General information
Rwanda | United States | |
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Region: | Eastern Africa | North America |
Area: | 26,340 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Kinyarwanda | English |
Government form: | Presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1962 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Kigali | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Rwanda | United States | |
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Population: | 12,952,000 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 491.7 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 67 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 71 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 19.7 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 30.73 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 5.05 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -3.27 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Rwanda | United States | |
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Political stability: | 68 | 60 |
Civil rights: | 48 | 81 |
Health: | 27 | 71 |
Climate: | 60 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 58 | 23 |
Popularity: | 37 | 67 |
Economy
Rwanda | United States | |
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Currency: | Rwandan Franc (1 RWF = 100 Centimes) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 1.6 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | -0.39 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 29.86 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 33.20 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 780 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 53 (moderate) | 67 (moderate) |
RWA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 10,334 M US$ | 0.80 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 10,072 M US$ | 0.78 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 1,929 M US$ | 0.15 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 3,578 M US$ | 0.28 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
RWA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 4,700 km | 0.36 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Airports: | 7 | 0.001 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
RWA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 527.30 m kWh | 40,711.20 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 525.00 m kWh | 40,533.63 kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 4.00 m kWh | 308.83 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,424.79 kWh |
Energy imports: | 42.00 m kWh | 3,242.69 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 220,708.66 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 1.08 m t | 83.38 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
Rwanda | United States | |
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International dialing: | +250 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .rw | .us |
RWA total | RWA per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 11,671 | 1 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 10,614,408 | 820 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 1,447 | 0 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 3,367,574 | 260 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 17,685 | 1 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
Rwanda | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 1.60 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.13 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 5.1 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.58 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.6 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 87.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 14.1 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Rwanda and United StatesRwanda | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 26.6 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 16.0 °C | 7.2 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 74 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 10.9 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.3 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Rwanda | United States | |
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Kinyarwanda: | 93.2 % | n/a |
English: | 0.1 % | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | 0.1 % | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 6.6 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Rwanda | United States | |
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Christianity: | 93.4 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 3.6 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Islam: | 1.8 % | 1.1 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
Animism: | 0.1 % | n/a |
other: | 1.1 % | 15.3 % |