Rwanda: Citizens Cautioned On High Birth Rates

22 September 2007

Kigali — Health Minister, Dr. Jean Damascéne Ntawukuliryayo has said that Rwanda's population growth rate does not match with the economic growth rate.

"The population which is currently over 9 million people is growing faster than the rate at which our economy is growing; the population growth rate of 2.7 per cent is still too high compared to the economic growth rate of 6 per cent," Ntawukulilyayo said.

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