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title: "Rwanda — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Rwanda: capital Kigali, area 26,338 km², population 14,569,341 (2025), currency Rwandan franc. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/rwanda/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Rwanda

**Rwanda: Capital Kigali**

26,338 km² · 14,569,341 people (2025) · Rwandan franc

Known as the land of a thousand hills; almost none of it is flat, and it has the highest population density of any mainland African country. The Virunga volcanoes along its northern border hold most of the world's remaining mountain gorillas.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Kigali
- **Area:** 26,338 km² — 10,169 sq mi
- **Population:** 14,569,341 (2025)
- **Density:** 553.2 people per km²
- **Currency:** Rwandan franc (RWF, Fr)
- **Official languages:** English, French, Kinyarwanda
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +250
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** RW · RWA
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 146 of 200
- **By population:** 77 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Burundi | 27,830 | 14,390,003 |
| Haiti | 27,750 | 11,906,095 |
| Rwanda ← | 26,338 | 14,569,341 |
| North Macedonia | 25,713 | 1,820,909 |
| Djibouti | 23,200 | 1,184,076 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Rwanda?

Kigali

### What currency does Rwanda use?

The Rwandan franc (RWF).

### How big is Rwanda?

26,338 km², or 10,169 square miles — 146 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Rwanda drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Burundi](https://atoneplace.net/country/burundi/)
- [Haiti](https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/)
- [North Macedonia](https://atoneplace.net/country/north-macedonia/)
- [Djibouti](https://atoneplace.net/country/djibouti/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]