Infant mortality rate:
total: 101.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 96.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 106.68 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 39.18 years
male: 38.43 years
female: 39.96 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.55 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
5.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
250,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
22,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
typhoid fever, malaria
overall degree of risk: very high (2004)
Nationality:
noun: Rwandan(s)
adjective: Rwandan
Ethnic groups:
Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, Twa (Pygmoid) 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%,
indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)