Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Rwanda is projected at 13.28 million, up by 2.50% compared with 12.95 million in 2020. Rwanda is ranked 76th in terms of population and 29th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 0.4 million births in Rwanda in 2021. That is 1,096 per day, which is ranked 63rd. The crude birth rate is 30.15 per 1000 people. There are 66.15 thousand deaths in Rwanda in 2021. That is 181 per day, which is ranked 99th. The crude death rate is 4.98 per 1000 people.
2.35 million people are living in urban areas, which is 17.57% of Rwanda population. Rwanda is ranked 226th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Rwanda in 2021 is 96.75 males per 100 females. There are 6.53 million males and 6.75 million females in Rwanda. The percentage of female population is 50.83% compare to 49.17% male population. Rwanda has 0.22 million more females than males. Rwanda is at 58th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 2,186,183 | - |
1955 | 2,527,293 | 3.14 |
1960 | 2,935,575 | 2.54 |
1965 | 3,235,536 | 2.25 |
1970 | 3,757,351 | 3.13 |
1975 | 4,364,709 | 3.15 |
1980 | 5,153,314 | 3.50 |
1985 | 6,146,884 | 4.13 |
1990 | 7,288,883 | 0.16 |
1995 | 5,836,490 | -1.68 |
2000 | 7,933,688 | 5.77 |
2005 | 8,840,220 | 1.84 |
2010 | 10,039,338 | 2.62 |
2015 | 11,369,066 | 2.58 |
2016 | 11,668,829 | 2.64 |
2017 | 11,980,960 | 2.67 |
2018 | 12,301,969 | 2.68 |
2019 | 12,626,938 | 2.64 |
2020 | 12,952,209 | 2.58 |
2021 | 13,276,517 | 2.50 |
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
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Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 55,616 | 116,488 | 25.26 | 53.17 |
1955 | 61,698 | 137,778 | 24.20 | 54.01 |
1960 | 66,087 | 150,976 | 22.73 | 52.00 |
1965 | 68,784 | 161,507 | 21.01 | 49.35 |
1970 | 75,868 | 186,899 | 20.16 | 49.74 |
1975 | 87,756 | 229,739 | 19.96 | 52.36 |
1980 | 90,675 | 278,407 | 17.62 | 53.72 |
1985 | 87,761 | 323,779 | 14.04 | 51.81 |
1990 | 226,499 | 317,287 | 34.18 | 47.28 |
1995 | 226,968 | 284,869 | 34.43 | 43.09 |
2000 | 108,377 | 299,906 | 14.00 | 39.66 |
2005 | 105,367 | 331,180 | 11.80 | 37.02 |
2010 | 73,684 | 347,019 | 7.31 | 34.58 |
2015 | 64,133 | 372,628 | 5.60 | 32.60 |
2020 | 65,464 | 397,657 | 5.05 | 30.73 |
2021 | 66,151 | 399,861 | 4.98 | 30.15 |
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 46,208 | 2,139,977 | - | 2.114 |
1955 | 59,211 | 2,466,316 | 5.29 | 2.345 |
1960 | 76,269 | 2,857,159 | 4.69 | 2.600 |
1965 | 93,184 | 3,139,750 | 4.38 | 2.882 |
1970 | 119,936 | 3,634,605 | 5.27 | 3.194 |
1975 | 174,257 | 4,184,835 | 7.89 | 3.998 |
1980 | 242,682 | 4,898,034 | 4.91 | 4.721 |
1985 | 309,499 | 5,810,608 | 5.49 | 5.057 |
1990 | 391,898 | 6,843,900 | 1.66 | 5.416 |
1995 | 583,164 | 5,344,914 | 14.38 | 9.837 |
2000 | 1,197,920 | 6,827,783 | 12.18 | 14.926 |
2005 | 1,520,718 | 7,471,017 | 1.99 | 16.912 |
2010 | 1,735,198 | 8,511,644 | 2.73 | 16.934 |
2015 | 1,977,467 | 9,652,086 | 2.73 | 17.004 |
2020 | 2,281,330 | 10,805,843 | 2.99 | 17.432 |
2021 | 2,350,389 | 11,028,578 | 3.03 | 17.568 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 972,439 | 956,712 | 1,929,151 | 14.53 | 101.644 |
05-09 | 856,057 | 848,030 | 1,704,087 | 12.84 | 100.947 |
10-14 | 787,659 | 789,343 | 1,577,002 | 11.88 | 99.787 |
15-19 | 690,524 | 698,175 | 1,388,699 | 10.46 | 98.904 |
20-24 | 601,057 | 611,039 | 1,212,096 | 9.13 | 98.366 |
25-29 | 510,908 | 533,882 | 1,044,790 | 7.87 | 95.697 |
30-34 | 489,772 | 497,473 | 987,245 | 7.44 | 98.452 |
35-39 | 409,181 | 458,301 | 867,482 | 6.53 | 89.282 |
40-44 | 308,622 | 338,200 | 646,822 | 4.87 | 91.254 |
45-49 | 228,046 | 255,598 | 483,644 | 3.64 | 89.221 |
50-54 | 176,203 | 184,301 | 360,504 | 2.72 | 95.606 |
55-59 | 186,946 | 185,431 | 372,377 | 2.80 | 100.817 |
60-64 | 133,227 | 143,598 | 276,825 | 2.09 | 92.778 |
65-69 | 87,420 | 106,609 | 194,029 | 1.46 | 82.001 |
70-74 | 47,971 | 69,090 | 117,061 | 0.88 | 69.433 |
75-79 | 25,657 | 42,682 | 68,339 | 0.51 | 60.112 |
80-84 | 10,294 | 17,954 | 28,248 | 0.21 | 57.335 |
85-89 | 5,381 | 9,520 | 14,901 | 0.11 | 56.523 |
90-94 | 1,030 | 1,903 | 2,933 | 0.02 | 54.125 |
95-99 | 98 | 175 | 273 | 0.00 | 56.000 |
100+ | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.00 | 80.000 |
Total | 6,528,496 | 6,748,021 | 13,276,517 | 96.747 |