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Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda
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Records
13
Datasets
257
Tables
13
Sources
856
SEL Fields
57
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2022. Included in HERA.
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Datasets (13)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

4 further sources (Ethnic Power Relations Dataset, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab, World Values Survey) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

RWA National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) RWA-NISR_RPHC5 Census
3,272 rows · 220 tables · 2022 National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) 0 1 2 3 684 SEL 2 CCL ▶
RWA HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) RWA-COD_PS Census Derived Population
452 rows · 4 tables · 2023 HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 20 SEL ▶
RWA World Bank Open Data RWA-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
RWA UNHCR Refugee Data Finder RWA-UNHCR Migration
121 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
RWA USAID DHS Program RWA-DHS Health Surveys
103 rows · 2 tables · 2019 USAID DHS Program 0 1 2 3 6 SEL 3 CCL 10 ext ▶
RWA OpenFactBook RWA-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
15 rows · 15 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 94 SEL 1 CCL 588 ext ▶
RWA LandScan Global (ORNL) RWA-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
11 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
RWA Glottolog Language Catalog RWA-GLOTTOLOG Language
9 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
RWA GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) RWA-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
5 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
RWA Google Community Mobility (2020-2022) RWA-GOOGLE-MOBILITY Mobility
5 rows · 1 table · 2022 Google 0 1 2 3 3 SEL 8 ext ▶
RWA NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) RWA-NGA_GNS Language
5 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 20 ext ▶
RWA D-PLACE RWA-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
2 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
RWA INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) RWA-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 21,313 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
French (fra) 54 36.5% —
Kinyarwanda (kin) 53 35.8% —
English (eng) 39 26.4% —
Swahili (generic) (swa) 2 1.4% —

18,411 distinct features · 4 languages · 0 scripts · 1 conventional English name
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 148 names that carry a language code; the remaining 21,165 of 21,313 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (13)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) official_nso bulk_download
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
Google commercial bulk_download
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
USAID DHS Program (US Agency for International Development · Demographic and Health Surveys) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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