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Rwanda: map and facts
Rwanda is in Eastern Africa. It has about 14.6 million people (2025), the 76th largest population. It covers 26,340 km², the 144th largest by area. That is about 553 people per km². Its highest point is Volcan Karisimbi, at 4,507 m. The longest river on its map is the Kagera, 400 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 14,569,341 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 26,340 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 25,400 km².
- Capital: Kigali
- Highest point: Volcan Karisimbi, 4,507 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 26.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Rwanda, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Kagera: 400 km
- Rusizi: 117 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Volcan Karisimbi: 4,507 m (its highest point)
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 24.4%, farmland 24%, farmland with natural plants 22.3%, savanna 15%, evergreen broadleaf forest 5.5%, water 4.6%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 58.5%, mountains 31.2%, plateaus 7.9%, high mountains 2.4%.
Forests covered 26.1% of its land in 2024, up from 17.7% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #5 in niobium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in tungsten among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Rwanda shares land borders with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Uganda on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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