Ouest

Province in Rwanda

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Name	Status	Population Census 2002-08-16	Population Census 2012-08-15	Population Census 2022-08-15
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	→
Rwanda	Republic	8,128,553	10,515,973	13,246,394

Source: National Institute of Statistics Rwanda.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2022)
Males	1,384,635
Females	1,511,849

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-14 years	1,143,618
15-64 years	1,622,268
65+ years	125,908

Age Distribution (C 2022)
80+ years	24,811
70-79 years	50,404
60-69 years	123,147
50-59 years	146,452
40-49 years	249,819
30-39 years	369,529
20-29 years	447,152
10-19 years	701,184
0-9 years	779,296

Urbanization (C 2022)
Rural	2,256,177
Urban	640,307

Citizenship (C 2022)
Rwanda	2,880,813
Foreign Citizenship	15,671

Literacy (A15+) (C 2022)
yes	1,319,900
no	433,000