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Country
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Leader
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President: Paul Kagame
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime minister: Ralph Gonsalves
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Population
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11,689,696
| 103,537
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Life Expectancy
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58.440 years
| 74.390 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Kigali (population: 745,261) | Kingstown (population: 24,518) |
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Human Development Index
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0.435
| 0.766
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| GDP per capita |
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Literacy Rate
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70.4%
| 96%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3
| 6.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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50.9%
| 18.2%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
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Political System
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republic; presidential, multiparty system
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
| Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
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| Languages |
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
| English, French patois
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| Location |
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Area |
26,338 km sq
| 389 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 84 km
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| Climate |
temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible
| tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
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