| GENERAL
STATISTICS
Population:
8,154,933
(January 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Hutu 80%,
Tutsi 19%, Twa (Pygmoid) 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic
65%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 1%, Indigenous beliefs and other 25%
Languages:
Kinyarwanda
(official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official),
Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers |
|
| ROMAN
CATHOLIC WORKFORCE
Bishops: 12
Diocesan Priests:
284
Religious
Priests: 131
Professed
Religious men (not Priests): 165
Professed
Religious women: 1,084
Members of
Secular Institute (Men): -
Members of
Secular Institute (Women): 50
Lay Missionaries:
80
Catechists:
3,303 |
(As
at 31 December, 1997) |