This is a list of the districts of Rwanda by population as of August 15, 2012, the date of the 2012 Rwanda population and housing census.[1] Gasabo District of Kigali City is the most populous district with more than half a million people, while Nyarugenge of Kigali City is the least populous. This list compares the results from 2012 census with the results from 2002 when the last census was held.__TOC__
Rank in Rwanda Districts, 2012 | Rank in Rwanda Districts, 2002 | District | Province | Population August 15, 2012 | Population, August 15, 2002 | Population Change 2002-2012 (%) | Population Density 2012 (per km2) | Population Density Rank,2012 | ||
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align = left | align = left | 530,907 | 320,516 | 65.6 | 1237 | 3 | ||||
align = left | align = left | Eastern Province | 466,944 | 255,104 | 83.0 | 243 | 29 | |||
align = left | align = left | Eastern Province | 433,997 | 283,456 | 53.1 | 275 | 28 | |||
align = left | align = left | Western Province | 404,278 | 331,950 | 21.9 | 422 | 19 | |||
align = left | align = left | 404,278 | 292,653 | 38.1 | 1041 | 4 | ||||
align = left | align = left | Northern Province | 397,871 | 359,716 | 10.6 | 480 | 16 | |||
align = left | align = left | Western Province | 383,138 | 325,032 | 17.9 | 326 | 22 | |||
align = left | align = left | Northern Province | 368,563 | 307,078 | 20.0 | 695 | 5 | |||
align = left | align = left | Eastern Province | 363,339 | 266,775 | 36.2 | 282 | 28 | |||
align = left | align = left | Eastern Province | 346,751 | 209,723 | 65.3 | 179 | 30 | |||
align = left | align = left | Southern Province | 342,792 | 261,336 | 31.2 | 523 | 8 | |||
align = left | align = left | Southern Province | 342,112 | 280,007 | 22.2 | 314 | 23 | |||
align = left | Ngoma | align = left | 340,983 | 235,109 | 44.0 | 390 | 20 | |||
align = left | align = left | Northern Province | 338,586 | 322,043 | 5.1 | 481 | 15 | |||
align = left | align = left | 338,562 | 229,468 | 48.6 | 288 | 25 | ||||
align = left | align = left | Northern Province | 336,455 | 320,759 | 4.9 | 522 | 9 | |||
align = left | align = left | Western Province | 334,413 | 282,249 | 18.5 | 493 | 12 | |||
align = left | align = left | Western Province | 331,571 | 278,944 | 18.9 | 334 | 21 | |||
align = left | align = left | Southern Province | 328,605 | 265,446 | 23.8 | 565 | 6 | |||
align = left | align = left | Southern Province | 323,388 | 225,209 | 43.6 | 481 | 14 | |||
align = left | align = left | 323,251 | 264,360 | 22.3 | 279 | 27 | ||||
align = left | align = left | 322,803 | 262128 | 23.1 | 475 | 17 | ||||
align = left | align = left | Southern Province | 322,021 | 245,833 | 31.0 | 514 | 10 | |||
align = left | align = left | 319,661 | 207819 | 53.8 | 1918 | 2 | ||||
align = left | align = left | 318,965 | 287,219 | 11.1 | 492 | 13 | ||||
align = left | align = left | 310,238 | 220,502 | 40.7 | 455 | 18 | ||||
align = left | align = left | 295,580 | 268,367 | 10.1 | 556 | 7 | ||||
align = left | align = left | 293,424 | 231,496 | 26.8 | 290 | 24 | ||||
align = left | align = left | Northern Province | 288,452 | 252,266 | 14.8 | 509 | 11 | |||
align = left | align = left | Kigali City | 284,860 | 236,990 | 20.2 | 2127 | 1 | |||