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Country
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Leader
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Prime minister: Denzil Douglas
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President: Paul Kagame
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Population
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50,726
| 11,689,696
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Life Expectancy
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74.840 years
| 58.440 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Basseterre (population: 12,920) | Kigali (population: 745,261) |
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Human Development Index
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0.83
| 0.435
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Literacy Rate
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97.8%
| 70.4%
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Corruption Perception Index
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NA
| 3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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6.7%
| 50.9%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| republic; presidential, multiparty system
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
| Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
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| Languages |
English
| Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
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| Location |
Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
| Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Area |
261 km sq
| 26,338 km sq
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| Coastline |
135 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
| temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible
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