Population of Rwanda

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	29 Dec 2024

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The current population of Rwanda is 14,498,403 as of April 20, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Rwanda is projected at 14,256,567, or 14.26 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Rwanda is projected at 13,954,471, or 13.95 million people for the year 2023.

Rwanda ranks 77th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Rwanda is ranked 29th 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	2,157,097	78,197	3.626	0.087
1951	2,196,195	2,236,031	79,672	3.563	0.088
1952	2,275,867	2,316,510	81,286	3.509	0.090
1953	2,357,153	2,398,360	82,413	3.437	0.091
1954	2,439,566	2,482,122	85,112	3.429	0.092
1955	2,524,678	2,568,298	87,241	3.397	0.094
1956	2,611,919	2,656,809	89,781	3.380	0.095
1957	2,701,700	2,747,874	92,348	3.361	0.096
1958	2,794,048	2,840,129	92,162	3.245	0.098
1959	2,886,210	2,932,394	92,368	3.150	0.099
1960	2,978,578	3,022,294	87,433	2.893	0.100
1961	3,066,011	3,106,779	81,536	2.625	0.101
1962	3,147,547	3,186,025	76,956	2.416	0.102
1963	3,224,503	3,258,890	68,775	2.110	0.102
1964	3,293,278	3,334,834	83,111	2.492	0.102
1965	3,376,389	3,423,210	93,642	2.736	0.103
1966	3,470,031	3,521,626	103,189	2.930	0.103
1967	3,573,220	3,629,577	112,714	3.106	0.104
1968	3,685,934	3,744,010	116,152	3.103	0.106
1969	3,802,086	3,861,271	118,370	3.066	0.107
1970	3,920,456	3,980,669	120,425	3.025	0.108
1971	4,040,881	4,100,044	118,326	2.886	0.109
1972	4,159,207	4,220,335	122,256	2.897	0.110
1973	4,281,463	4,345,047	127,167	2.927	0.111
1974	4,408,630	4,474,228	131,196	2.932	0.112
1975	4,539,826	4,607,728	135,804	2.948	0.113
1976	4,675,630	4,745,954	140,649	2.964	0.115
1977	4,816,279	4,888,240	143,923	2.944	0.116
1978	4,960,202	5,035,171	149,937	2.978	0.117
1979	5,110,139	5,189,541	158,803	3.060	0.119
1980	5,268,942	5,353,259	168,634	3.150	0.120
1981	5,437,576	5,527,230	179,309	3.244	0.122
1982	5,616,885	5,711,549	189,328	3.315	0.124
1983	5,806,213	5,905,311	198,197	3.357	0.126
1984	6,004,410	6,107,627	206,434	3.380	0.128
1985	6,210,844	6,317,228	212,768	3.368	0.130
1986	6,423,612	6,531,881	216,538	3.315	0.132
1987	6,640,150	6,749,493	218,685	3.240	0.134
1988	6,858,835	6,968,071	218,472	3.136	0.136
1989	7,077,307	7,184,706	214,798	2.990	0.137
1990	7,292,105	7,375,307	166,404	2.256	0.138
1991	7,458,509	7,526,966	136,913	1.819	0.139
1992	7,595,422	7,683,266	175,689	2.287	0.140
1993	7,771,111	7,981,132	420,042	5.264	0.143
1994	8,191,153	6,792,352	-2,797,601	-41.785	0.120
1995	5,393,552	5,674,118	561,132	9.897	0.099
1996	5,954,684	6,708,764	1,508,160	22.576	0.115
1997	7,462,844	7,755,238	584,788	7.544	0.131
1998	8,047,632	8,081,681	68,097	0.843	0.135
1999	8,115,729	8,147,912	64,365	0.790	0.134
2000	8,180,094	8,213,931	67,673	0.824	0.133
2001	8,247,767	8,287,094	78,655	0.949	0.132
2002	8,326,422	8,400,180	147,516	1.756	0.133
2003	8,473,938	8,586,875	225,874	2.631	0.134
2004	8,699,812	8,816,844	234,063	2.655	0.136
2005	8,933,875	9,054,528	241,306	2.665	0.137
2006	9,175,181	9,299,246	248,130	2.668	0.139
2007	9,423,311	9,549,933	253,245	2.652	0.141
2008	9,676,556	9,804,269	255,425	2.605	0.143
2009	9,931,981	10,060,432	256,901	2.554	0.145
2010	10,188,882	10,317,553	257,343	2.494	0.147
2011	10,446,225	10,573,733	255,016	2.412	0.149
2012	10,701,241	10,829,901	257,320	2.376	0.150
2013	10,958,561	11,093,340	269,558	2.430	0.152
2014	11,228,119	11,364,757	273,276	2.405	0.154
2015	11,501,395	11,640,022	277,254	2.382	0.156
2016	11,778,649	11,919,183	281,068	2.358	0.158
2017	12,059,717	12,202,060	284,687	2.333	0.160
2018	12,344,404	12,487,996	287,184	2.300	0.162
2019	12,631,588	12,776,103	289,030	2.262	0.164
2020	12,920,618	13,065,837	290,438	2.223	0.166
2021	13,211,056	13,355,260	288,408	2.160	0.168
2022	13,499,464	13,651,030	303,132	2.221	0.170
2023	13,802,596	13,954,471	303,751	2.177	0.172

Rwanda population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	14,106,347	14,256,567	300,439	2.107	0.175
2025	14,406,786	14,569,341	325,109	2.232	0.177
2026	14,731,895	14,889,693	315,596	2.120	0.179
2027	15,047,491	15,214,327	333,673	2.193	0.182
2028	15,381,164	15,536,461	310,595	1.999	0.184
2029	15,691,759	15,844,658	305,798	1.930	0.186
2030	15,997,557	16,154,705	314,296	1.946	0.189
2031	16,311,853	16,473,108	322,511	1.958	0.191
2032	16,634,364	16,771,822	274,917	1.639	0.193
2033	16,909,281	17,073,475	328,388	1.923	0.195
2034	17,237,669	17,402,254	329,170	1.892	0.197
2035	17,566,839	17,746,319	358,959	2.023	0.200
2036	17,925,798	18,076,776	301,957	1.670	0.202
2037	18,227,755	18,395,846	336,182	1.828	0.204
2038	18,563,937	18,729,788	331,702	1.771	0.207
2039	18,895,639	19,076,787	362,297	1.899	0.209
2040	19,257,936	19,440,770	365,668	1.881	0.212
2041	19,623,604	19,806,175	365,142	1.844	0.215
2042	19,988,746	20,153,985	330,478	1.640	0.217
2043	20,319,224	20,500,835	363,222	1.772	0.220
2044	20,682,446	20,837,083	309,273	1.484	0.222
2045	20,991,719	21,152,658	321,877	1.522	0.224
2046	21,313,596	21,459,156	291,120	1.357	0.226
2047	21,604,716	21,764,589	319,747	1.469	0.228
2048	21,924,463	22,086,122	323,317	1.464	0.231
2049	22,247,780	22,403,893	312,227	1.394	0.233
2050	22,560,007	22,707,910	295,806	1.303	0.235
2051	22,855,813	23,007,765	303,903	1.321	0.237
2052	23,159,716	23,300,260	281,087	1.206	0.239
2053	23,440,803	23,582,537	283,469	1.202	0.241
2054	23,724,272	23,867,623	286,702	1.201	0.243
2055	24,010,974	24,159,450	296,953	1.229	0.245
2056	24,307,927	24,442,071	268,287	1.098	0.247
2057	24,576,214	24,708,958	265,487	1.074	0.249
2058	24,841,701	25,005,558	327,714	1.311	0.252
2059	25,169,415	25,305,693	272,555	1.077	0.254
2060	25,441,970	25,576,761	269,581	1.054	0.256
2061	25,711,551	25,865,302	307,502	1.189	0.258
2062	26,019,053	26,141,278	244,449	0.935	0.260
2063	26,263,502	26,401,102	275,200	1.042	0.262
2064	26,538,702	26,669,009	260,614	0.977	0.265
2065	26,799,316	26,933,366	268,100	0.995	0.267
2066	27,067,416	27,184,216	233,600	0.859	0.269
2067	27,301,016	27,431,209	260,386	0.949	0.271
2068	27,561,402	27,684,410	246,015	0.889	0.273
2069	27,807,417	27,912,791	210,748	0.755	0.274
2070	28,018,165	28,138,805	241,280	0.857	0.276
2071	28,259,445	28,368,475	218,059	0.769	0.278
2072	28,477,504	28,589,815	224,621	0.786	0.280
2073	28,702,125	28,809,911	215,571	0.748	0.282
2074	28,917,696	29,015,584	195,775	0.675	0.283
2075	29,113,471	29,214,158	201,374	0.689	0.285
2076	29,314,845	29,400,700	171,711	0.584	0.287
2077	29,486,556	29,584,169	195,226	0.660	0.288
2078	29,681,782	29,770,220	176,877	0.594	0.290
2079	29,858,659	29,952,990	188,662	0.630	0.291
2080	30,047,321	30,141,578	188,514	0.625	0.293
2081	30,235,835	30,322,788	173,907	0.574	0.295
2082	30,409,742	30,500,837	182,189	0.597	0.296
2083	30,591,931	30,678,624	173,386	0.565	0.298
2084	30,765,317	30,835,599	140,563	0.456	0.300
2085	30,905,880	30,977,278	142,795	0.461	0.301
2086	31,048,675	31,124,888	152,426	0.490	0.303
2087	31,201,101	31,296,840	191,479	0.612	0.304
2088	31,392,580	31,464,667	144,175	0.458	0.306
2089	31,536,755	31,633,739	193,968	0.613	0.308
2090	31,730,723	31,781,409	101,371	0.319	0.309
2091	31,832,094	31,883,054	101,921	0.320	0.311
2092	31,934,015	31,994,600	121,170	0.379	0.312
2093	32,055,185	32,121,007	131,645	0.410	0.313
2094	32,186,830	32,229,107	84,553	0.262	0.315
2095	32,271,383	32,336,909	131,051	0.405	0.316
2096	32,402,434	32,444,593	84,318	0.260	0.317
2097	32,486,752	32,523,673	73,842	0.227	0.318
2098	32,560,594	32,600,426	79,664	0.244	0.319
2099	32,640,258	32,692,043	103,570	0.317	0.321
2100	32,743,828	32,779,346	71,036	0.217	0.322