Population
There is a considerable range in the estimates of the Muslim population of Rwanda. No accurate census of the Muslim population has been done.
| Source | Population (000s) | Population (%) | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Washington Post | 1,148 | 14 | 2002 | |
| The Washington Post | 7 | 1993 "before killings began" | ||
| CIA World factbook | 456 | 4.6 | 2001 | |
| The New York Times | 15 | 2004 | ||
| Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life | 350 | 5 | 1998 | |
| US Dept. of State (UN Population Fund survey) | 1.1 | 1996 | ||
| US Dept. of State (university study) | 4.6 | 2001 |
A report from the Rwandan government reported on November 1, 2006, that 56.5% of the Rwanda's population is Roman Catholic, 26% is Protestant, 11.1% is Seventh-day Adventist, 4.6% is Muslim, 1.7% claims no religious affiliation, and 0.1% practices traditional indigenous beliefs.
Read more about this topic: Islam In Rwanda
Famous quotes containing the word population:
“We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children, but because we do not like children.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)
“How much atonement is enough? The bombing must be allowed as at least part-payment: those of our young people who are concerned about the moral problem posed by the Allied air offensive should at least consider the moral problem that would have been posed if the German civilian population had not suffered at all.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)
“The population of the world is a conditional population; these are not the best, but the best that could live in the existing state of soils, gases, animals, and morals: the best that could yet live; there shall be a better, please God.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)