Rwanda Holds Population Census

The Rwandan government has kicked off its population census.

The once-in-a-decade survey of people living in the country. will be conducted over the next two weeks.

Report says officers were asking individuals about the number of people in their households, their level of education, health cover, how they make a living, their water and electricity supply, internet use, and ownership of telephones among other questions.

The last census conducted in 2012 put the country’s population at 10.5 million.

Authorities said the census would cost over $28m (£23), with provisional results expected by December.

President Paul Kagame and his wife Jeannette were among the first to be counted:

President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame were enumerated as the National Institute of Statistics (NISR) started to conduct the fifth Population and Housing Census. Details about the first family were recorded by Yusuf Murangwa, the Director General of NISR. #Ibarura2022 pic.twitter.com/xpXeuWEobw

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