Where is Rwanda?
Rwanda is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa, bordered by Burundi, the DR Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Crazy but True
Once a month, almost the entire adult population of Rwanda stops work to clean. Umuganda is a mandatory community service morning on the last Saturday of each month, when shops close and traffic halts while people repair roads and pick up litter. Plastic bags have been banned since 2008.
Rwanda facts
- Capital
- Kigali
- Population
- 14,569,341 (2025)
- Area
- 26,338 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Currency
- Rwandan franc (RWF)
- Languages
- English, French, and Kinyarwanda
- Coordinates
- -2°, 30°
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Country code
- RW · RWA
How Rwanda compares
- Rwanda is the 146th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Haiti and larger than North Macedonia.
- It is the 76th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 4 countries.
- It is landlocked, one of 40 landlocked countries on our map.
- Within Africa, it is the 46th largest of 49 countries by area.