Rwanda Fact #11

I feel that I should clear this up this week... it seemed like people may not know this...


The Twa, Batwa, and the Pygmies are all the same people group... they just have different names.

Rwanda Fact #10

The Hutu people group make up the largest percentage of the population and they have about 8 million people.

Rwanda Fact #9

After the Genocide in 1994, there was a large turn from Christianity to Islamic belief because of certain things the people saw and also because they wondered why God would let that happen.

Rwanda Fact #8

The Hutu and Tutsi were the two main people groups that were fighting and killing each other during the Genocide.

Rwanda Fact #7

Before Rwanda gained its independence in 1962 the countries name was originally spelled Ruanda.

Rwanda Fact #6

Aproxmately 49.6% of the population is Roman Catholic, 43.9% is Protestant, 4.6% are Muslim, and 1.7% claim no religious beliefs.

Rwanda Fact #5

The Genocide in 1994 had a total death count of over 1 million people!! And about 30% of the Twa population was killed in the fighting.

Rwanda Fact #4

In a 3 month period over 500,000 people were killed in a mass Genocide in 1994!

Rwanda Fact #3

Of the 10,000,000 people that live in Rwanda 60% live in Poverty and of that 60% there is 42% who live in EXTREAME POVERTY!!!

Rwanda Fact #2

90% of the Economy is Agriculture and the other 10% is Industrial.

Rwanda Fact #1

Rwanda Fact Number 1 is that Rwanda has 13 people groups including the Pigmys and the Deaf.