Population of Rwanda

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jun 2024

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The current population of Rwanda is 14,339,931 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Rwanda is projected at 14,414,910, or 14.41 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Rwanda is projected at 14,094,683, or 14.09 million people for the year 2023.

Rwanda ranks 76th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Rwanda is ranked 28th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Rwanda population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,117,998	2,154,218	72,440	3.363	0.09
1951	2,190,438	2,227,465	74,055	3.325	0.09
1952	2,264,493	2,302,453	75,920	3.298	0.09
1953	2,340,413	2,378,936	77,045	3.239	0.09
1954	2,417,458	2,457,262	79,607	3.240	0.09
1955	2,497,065	2,537,919	81,709	3.220	0.09
1956	2,578,774	2,620,713	83,877	3.201	0.09
1957	2,662,651	2,706,054	86,806	3.208	0.09
1958	2,749,457	2,793,070	87,227	3.123	0.10
1959	2,836,684	2,880,595	87,821	3.049	0.10
1960	2,924,505	2,966,162	83,313	2.809	0.10
1961	3,007,818	3,046,654	77,672	2.550	0.10
1962	3,085,490	3,122,124	73,267	2.347	0.10
1963	3,158,757	3,191,311	65,107	2.040	0.10
1964	3,223,864	3,263,640	79,552	2.438	0.10
1965	3,303,416	3,348,631	90,431	2.701	0.10
1966	3,393,847	3,444,021	100,347	2.914	0.10
1967	3,494,194	3,549,461	110,533	3.114	0.10
1968	3,604,727	3,662,010	114,566	3.129	0.10
1969	3,719,293	3,777,879	117,172	3.102	0.10
1970	3,836,465	3,896,367	119,803	3.075	0.11
1971	3,956,268	4,015,403	118,270	2.946	0.11
1972	4,074,538	4,135,579	122,083	2.952	0.11
1973	4,196,621	4,259,484	125,727	2.952	0.11
1974	4,322,348	4,386,369	128,043	2.919	0.11
1975	4,450,391	4,515,756	130,730	2.895	0.11
1976	4,581,121	4,648,207	134,172	2.887	0.11
1977	4,715,293	4,783,252	135,918	2.842	0.11
1978	4,851,211	4,921,953	141,483	2.875	0.11
1979	4,992,694	5,074,374	163,360	3.220	0.12
1980	5,156,054	5,247,532	182,955	3.487	0.12
1981	5,339,009	5,441,966	205,914	3.784	0.12
1982	5,544,923	5,652,900	215,953	3.821	0.12
1983	5,760,876	5,859,396	197,041	3.363	0.12
1984	5,957,917	6,056,729	197,624	3.263	0.13
1985	6,155,541	6,266,752	222,422	3.550	0.13
1986	6,377,963	6,497,804	239,682	3.689	0.13
1987	6,617,645	6,735,829	236,369	3.509	0.13
1988	6,854,014	6,953,975	199,921	2.875	0.14
1989	7,053,935	7,141,974	176,077	2.466	0.14
1990	7,230,012	7,319,962	179,901	2.458	0.14
1991	7,409,913	7,485,681	151,536	2.024	0.14
1992	7,561,449	7,657,208	191,517	2.501	0.14
1993	7,752,966	7,904,740	303,548	3.841	0.14
1994	8,056,514	6,732,665	-2,647,698	-39.845	0.12
1995	5,408,816	5,686,897	556,162	9.788	0.10
1996	5,964,978	6,715,510	1,501,063	22.446	0.12
1997	7,466,041	7,666,732	401,382	5.237	0.13
1998	7,867,423	7,914,645	94,445	1.193	0.13
1999	7,961,868	8,009,587	95,438	1.192	0.13
2000	8,057,306	8,109,989	105,365	1.299	0.13
2001	8,162,671	8,223,941	122,540	1.490	0.13
2002	8,285,211	8,372,306	174,190	2.081	0.13
2003	8,459,401	8,567,992	217,181	2.535	0.13
2004	8,676,582	8,791,853	230,541	2.622	0.14
2005	8,907,123	9,026,299	238,353	2.641	0.14
2006	9,145,476	9,270,066	249,179	2.688	0.14
2007	9,394,655	9,523,168	257,027	2.699	0.14
2008	9,651,682	9,781,996	260,629	2.665	0.14
2009	9,912,311	10,043,737	262,852	2.617	0.15
2010	10,175,163	10,309,031	267,736	2.597	0.15
2011	10,442,899	10,576,932	268,066	2.535	0.15
2012	10,710,965	10,840,334	258,738	2.387	0.15
2013	10,969,703	11,101,350	263,293	2.372	0.15
2014	11,232,996	11,368,451	270,911	2.383	0.15
2015	11,503,907	11,642,959	278,104	2.389	0.16
2016	11,782,011	11,930,899	297,777	2.496	0.16
2017	12,079,788	12,230,339	301,102	2.462	0.16
2018	12,380,890	12,531,808	301,835	2.409	0.16
2019	12,682,725	12,835,028	304,606	2.373	0.17
2020	12,987,331	13,146,362	318,061	2.420	0.17
2021	13,305,392	13,461,888	312,991	2.325	0.17

Rwanda population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	13,618,383	13,776,698	316,629	2.298	0.17
2023	13,935,012	14,094,683	319,342	2.266	0.18
2024	14,254,354	14,414,910	321,113	2.228	0.18
2025	14,575,467	14,737,248	323,562	2.196	0.18
2026	14,899,029	15,061,867	325,675	2.162	0.18
2027	15,224,704	15,387,840	326,272	2.120	0.18
2028	15,550,976	15,715,617	329,282	2.095	0.19
2029	15,880,258	16,045,268	330,020	2.057	0.19
2030	16,210,278	16,375,704	330,852	2.020	0.19
2031	16,541,130	16,706,697	331,134	1.982	0.19
2032	16,872,264	17,038,488	332,449	1.951	0.20
2033	17,204,713	17,371,424	333,422	1.919	0.20
2034	17,538,135	17,705,321	334,371	1.889	0.20
2035	17,872,506	18,040,220	335,428	1.859	0.20
2036	18,207,934	18,376,507	337,147	1.835	0.21
2037	18,545,081	18,714,064	337,966	1.806	0.21
2038	18,883,047	19,051,669	337,244	1.770	0.21
2039	19,220,291	19,388,318	336,054	1.733	0.21
2040	19,556,345	19,724,007	335,324	1.700	0.21
2041	19,891,669	20,059,538	335,738	1.674	0.22
2042	20,227,407	20,394,731	334,648	1.641	0.22
2043	20,562,055	20,728,002	331,894	1.601	0.22
2044	20,893,949	21,060,157	332,416	1.578	0.22
2045	21,226,365	21,391,576	330,423	1.545	0.23
2046	21,556,788	21,722,279	330,982	1.524	0.23
2047	21,887,770	22,052,274	329,009	1.492	0.23
2048	22,216,779	22,380,425	327,292	1.462	0.23
2049	22,544,071	22,706,656	325,169	1.432	0.23
2050	22,869,240	23,030,046	321,612	1.397	0.24
2051	23,190,852	23,349,990	318,276	1.363	0.24
2052	23,509,128	23,668,244	318,232	1.345	0.24
2053	23,827,360	23,984,997	315,274	1.314	0.24
2054	24,142,634	24,299,139	313,009	1.288	0.25
2055	24,455,643	24,610,589	309,891	1.259	0.25
2056	24,765,534	24,918,288	305,508	1.226	0.25
2057	25,071,042	25,222,428	302,771	1.200	0.25
2058	25,373,813	25,521,922	296,217	1.161	0.26
2059	25,670,030	25,815,858	291,656	1.130	0.26
2060	25,961,686	26,105,535	287,698	1.102	0.26
2061	26,249,384	26,391,711	284,654	1.079	0.26
2062	26,534,038	26,674,285	280,494	1.052	0.26
2063	26,814,532	26,951,769	274,475	1.018	0.27
2064	27,089,007	27,223,932	269,851	0.991	0.27
2065	27,358,858	27,490,943	264,170	0.961	0.27
2066	27,623,028	27,753,004	259,952	0.937	0.27
2067	27,882,980	28,010,974	255,987	0.914	0.27
2068	28,138,967	28,264,570	251,205	0.889	0.28
2069	28,390,172	28,514,002	247,660	0.869	0.28
2070	28,637,832	28,759,715	243,766	0.848	0.28
2071	28,881,598	29,000,543	237,891	0.820	0.28
2072	29,119,489	29,236,375	233,773	0.800	0.28
2073	29,353,262	29,467,686	228,849	0.777	0.28
2074	29,582,111	29,693,780	223,337	0.752	0.29
2075	29,805,448	29,915,471	220,046	0.736	0.29
2076	30,025,494	30,132,930	214,872	0.713	0.29
2077	30,240,366	30,346,162	211,592	0.697	0.29
2078	30,451,958	30,554,766	205,615	0.673	0.29
2079	30,657,573	30,757,446	199,747	0.649	0.30
2080	30,857,320	30,954,631	194,622	0.629	0.30
2081	31,051,942	31,147,082	190,280	0.611	0.30
2082	31,242,222	31,334,547	184,650	0.589	0.30
2083	31,426,872	31,516,875	180,006	0.571	0.30
2084	31,606,878	31,694,499	175,242	0.553	0.30
2085	31,782,120	31,866,314	168,387	0.528	0.31
2086	31,950,507	32,032,725	164,436	0.513	0.31
2087	32,114,943	32,194,558	159,231	0.495	0.31
2088	32,274,174	32,351,512	154,676	0.478	0.31
2089	32,428,850	32,503,141	148,582	0.457	0.31
2090	32,577,432	32,649,239	143,615	0.440	0.31
2091	32,721,047	32,789,938	137,783	0.420	0.31
2092	32,858,830	32,925,522	133,385	0.405	0.32
2093	32,992,215	33,056,357	128,284	0.388	0.32
2094	33,120,499	33,180,814	120,630	0.364	0.32
2095	33,241,129	33,299,384	116,509	0.350	0.32
2096	33,357,638	33,412,586	109,897	0.329	0.32
2097	33,467,535	33,519,705	104,341	0.311	0.32
2098	33,571,876	33,621,499	99,247	0.295	0.32
2099	33,671,123	33,718,662	95,077	0.282	0.33
2100	33,766,200	33,811,630	90,860	0.269	0.33