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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Rwandans of Rwanda

The Rwandans of Rwanda, numbering approximately 13,940,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Banyarwanda people of the African Great Lakes region whose identity is rooted in a shared Kinyarwanda language and history that encompasses the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa communities of Rwanda. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Kinyarwanda is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Rwandan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Rwanda
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Lakes
Primary Language(s): Kinyarwanda (kin)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 13,940,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039283
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Pray for the Rwandans of Rwanda

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

81%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kinyarwanda
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kinyarwanda Speakers

Media Resources in Kinyarwanda:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Kinyarwanda:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Ikinyarwanda Cy'iki Gihe (Common) Interconfessional✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kinyarwanda bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Rwandans are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Rwandans:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Rwandans of Rwanda

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

Rwandan Across Countries (ROP3 - 108463) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
RwandansPG039283RwandansRwanda13,940,000No Longer UnreachedKinyarwandaRoman Catholicism
RwandansPG014470RwandansBurundi236,000Engaged yet UnreachedKinyarwandaRoman Catholicism
RwandansPG014528RwandansCongo, Democratic Republic of the215,000Engaged yet UnreachedKinyarwandaEthnoreligion
RwandansPG047447RwandansCanada4,000No Longer UnreachedKinyarwandaRoman Catholicism
RwandansPG047295RwandansUnited States2,400No Longer UnreachedKinyarwandaRoman Catholicism
RwandansPG000430RwandansNetherlands1,700No Longer UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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