Rwanda

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    12,501,156 1
    Urban
    17.2% 1
    Rural
    82.8% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    4.0% 2
    Homicides
    3.59 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
    Level of Public Corruption
    53 (100 is very clean, 0 is highly corrupt) 4
    Fertility Rate
    3.80 live births per woman 5
    Under-Five Mortality Rate
    39.00 deaths per 1,000 live births 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    66 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    65.85% 6
    Male Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    84% 5
    Female Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    89% 5
    Internet Users
    30% 6
    GDP per Capita
    US$820 5
    Population Living Below US$2.15 per Day
    52.0% 7
    Gender Gap Ranking based on economy, health, education, and politics
    12 (146 is the lowest ranked country; 1 is the highest ranked country) 8
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
    3.2 - Moderate
    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
    0 - Low

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    5,930,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    46.82
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    78,819
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    69,254
    First Communions per Year
    72,234
    Confirmations per Year
    101,149
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    1,045,601
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    367,859
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    8,348
    Church Marriages per Year
    27,380
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    26,208
    Priests
    939
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    2,219
    Catholics per Priest
    6,315
    Parishes
    205
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    196
    Catholic Hospitals
    10
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    26