Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Lingala (secondary) · Rwandan Sign Language (secondary) · Swahili (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Rwanda

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Hutu, Rwandese	12328000	Kinyarwanda	Christianity
Tutsi	1500000	Kinyarwanda	Christianity
Hutu, Rundi	673000	Rundi	Christianity
Lingala, Congolese	75000	Lingala	Christianity
Pygmy, Twa	34000	Kinyarwanda	Ethnic Religions
Deaf	34000	Rwandan Sign Language	Unknown
Banyankore	15000	Nyankore	Christianity
Swahili	6800	Swahili	Islam

Languages

6 languages recorded here.

Kinyarwanda

Lingala

Nyankore

Rundi

Rwandan Sign Language

Swahili

All catalogue fields

155 fields recorded

rog3: RW
iso3: RWA
iso2: RW
ctry: Rwanda
poplpeoples: 14667000
cntpeoples: 8
cntpeopleslr: 2
poplpeopleslr: 41000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: kin
officiallang: Kinyarwanda
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 90.202313493278
percentevangelical: 26.792837564774
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 2
harvest_rog3: RW
harvest_iso3: RWA
harvest_iso2: RW
harvest_owcountrycode: RWAN
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: RW
harvest_countrynumber: 177
harvest_ctry: Rwanda
harvest_ctryshort: Rwanda
harvest_countrynamechinese: 卢旺达
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 卢旺达
harvest_countrynamedutch: Rwanda
harvest_countrynamefrench: Rwanda
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Rwanda
harvest_countrynamegerman: Ruanda
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Ruanda
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Rwanda
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Rwanda
harvest_countrynameitalian: Ruanda
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Ruanda
harvest_countrynamekorean: 르완다
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 르완다
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Rwanda
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Rwanda
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Ruanda
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Ruanda
harvest_countrynamerussian: Руанда
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Руанда
harvest_countrynamespanish: Ruanda
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Ruanda
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Rwanda
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Rwanda
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: N
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 2
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 014
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_maniregioncode: EA
harvest_capital: Kigali
harvest_population: 14569000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/rwanda.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 22045546
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ug+rw+by.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/rwanda
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 79
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 14
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/RW_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 26.9
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 13.281656
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3
harvest_owcountrypage: rwanda
harvest_literacyrate: 73
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 17
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: kin
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: fra
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 3.8
harvest_pctbahai: 0.18
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 5.2
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 1.7
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 89.12
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 24.68
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 1.46
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 9.73
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 45.25
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.02
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.54
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 7.44
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.498
harvest_hdirank: 159
harvest_internetusers: 20
harvest_flashmapzoom: 910
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -446
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -510
harvest_googlemapzoom: 8
harvest_googlemaplat: -2
harvest_googlemaplng: 30
harvest_ctrylatitude: -1.940278
harvest_ctrylongitude: 29.873888
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/rwanda/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 101
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.331061179836742
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=rw&joshua=rw
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-rwanda
harvest_internetusage: 22
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://biblesociety-rwanda.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 10170
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 26338
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 729
harvest_countryphonecode: 250
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 75.59999999999999
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 16
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 76
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 20.1
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 80.83000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 22.8
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .rw
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/rwanda
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00