Rwanda: Administrative Division

Contents: Provinces and Districts

The population of the provinces and districts of Rwanda by census years.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, citizenship, literacy (a15+)).

Name	Status	Population Census 2002-08-16	Population Census 2012-08-15	Population Census 2022-08-15
Est (Intara y'Iburasirazuba) [Eastern]	Province	1,700,137	2,595,703	3,563,145	→
Bugesera	District	266,775	361,914	551,103	→
Gatsibo	District	283,456	433,020	551,164	→
Kayonza	District	209,723	344,157	457,156	→
Kirehe	District	229,468	340,368	460,860	→
Ngoma	District	235,109	336,928	404,048	→
Nyagatare	District	255,104	465,855	653,861	→
Rwamagana	District	220,502	313,461	484,953	→
Kigali	City	765,325	1,132,686	1,745,555	→
Gasabo	District	320,516	529,561	879,505	→
Kicukiro	District	207,819	318,564	491,731	→
Nyarugenge	District	236,990	284,561	374,319	→
Nord (Intara y'Amajyaruguru) [Northern]	Province	1,560,862	1,726,370	2,038,511	→
Burera	District	320,759	336,582	387,729	→
Gakenke	District	322,043	338,234	365,292	→
Gicumbi	District	359,716	395,606	448,824	→
Musanze	District	307,078	368,267	476,522	→
Rulindo	District	251,266	287,681	360,144	→
Ouest (Intara y'Iburengerazuba) [Western]	Province	2,043,555	2,471,239	2,896,484	→
Karongi	District	278,944	331,808	373,869	→
Ngororero	District	282,249	333,713	367,955	→
Nyabihu	District	268,367	294,740	319,047	→
Nyamasheke	District	325,032	381,804	434,221	→
Rubavu	District	292,653	403,662	546,683	→
Rusizi	District	331,950	400,858	485,529	→
Rutsiro	District	264,360	324,654	369,180	→
Sud (Intara y'Amajyepfo) [Southern]	Province	2,058,674	2,589,975	3,002,699	→
Gisagara	District	262,128	322,506	397,051	→
Huye	District	265,446	328,398	381,900	→
Kamonyi	District	261,336	340,501	450,849	→
Muhanga	District	287,219	319,141	358,433	→
Nyamagabe	District	280,007	341,491	371,501	→
Nyanza	District	225,209	323,719	365,718	→
Nyaruguru	District	231,496	294,334	318,126	→
Ruhango	District	245,833	319,885	359,121	→
Rwanda	Republic	8,128,553	10,515,973	13,246,394

Source: National Institute of Statistics Rwanda.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender	Persons
Males	6,429,326
Females	6,817,068

Gender (C 2022)
Males	6,429,326
Females	6,817,068

Age Groups	Persons
0-14 years	4,956,613
15-64 years	7,729,450
65+ years	550,771

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-14 years	4,956,613
15-64 years	7,729,450
65+ years	550,771

Age Distribution	Males	Females
80+ years	38722	74050
70-79 years	88457	136003
60-69 years	228203	295715
50-59 years	320311	389232
40-49 years	561216	641818
30-39 years	889695	929383
20-29 years	1064758	1114367
10-19 years	1524863	1534683
0-9 years	1705559	1699799

Age Distribution (C 2022)
80+ years	112,772
70-79 years	224,460
60-69 years	523,918
50-59 years	709,543
40-49 years	1,203,034
30-39 years	1,819,078
20-29 years	2,179,125
10-19 years	3,059,546
0-9 years	3,405,358

Urbanization	Persons
Rural	9,545,149
Urban	3,701,245

Urbanization (C 2022)
Rural	9,545,149
Urban	3,701,245

Citizenship	Persons
Rwanda	13,129,019
Foreign Citizenship	117,375

Citizenship (C 2022)
Rwanda	13,129,019
Foreign Citizenship	117,375

Literacy (A15+)	Persons
yes	6,529,138
no	1,760,444

Literacy (A15+) (C 2022)
yes	6,529,138
no	1,760,444