GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)

(Estimated 2011): $6 billion (US$) or £3,600 million(GBP)

GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)

 

GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States) 

 (Estimated 2011): $13.46 billion (US$) or £8,076 million(GBP)

GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $1,300 (US$) or £780(GBP)

 

 

Capital: Kigali

Population (Estimated July 2012): 11,689,696

Area: 26,379km² or 10,185mi²

Currency: Rwandan Franc (RF)

Official Language: Kinyarwanda, French and English

Political Information: Presidential, Parliamentary Republic

Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 56.5% of the population are Roman Catholic, 26% are Protestant, 11.1% are Adventist, 4.6% are Muslim, 0.1% have indigenous beliefs and 1.7% have no religious beliefs).

Highest Mountain: Volcan Karisimbi at 4,510m or 14,797ft

Largest River:

Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +2:00

Wildlife: Silverback gorillas

 

 

Counties/Provinces/States: 4 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - intara for singular and plural) and 1 city* (in French - ville; in Kinyarwanda - umujyi); Est (Eastern), Kigali*, Nord (Northern), Ouest (Western), Sud (Southern)

 

Leaders: President Paul Kagame with Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi

 Additional: Gained independence from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship on the 1^st of July 1962.

Rwanda gain approximately 2 million pound a year through tourist wanting to see the mountain gorillas. This tourism ensures the gorillas safety from poachers and may prove to be the instument of their continued survival.

 

Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.