Demographics of Rwanda

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Rwanda population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,186,183-
19552,527,2933.14
19602,935,5752.54
19653,235,5362.25
19703,757,3513.13
19754,364,7093.15
19805,153,3143.50
19856,146,8844.13
19907,288,8830.16
19955,836,490-1.68
20007,933,6885.77
20058,840,2201.84
201010,039,3382.62
201511,369,0662.58
201611,668,8292.64
201711,980,9602.67
201812,301,9692.68
201912,626,9382.64
202012,952,2092.58
202113,276,5172.50
  • Total
  • Crude

Rwanda death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195055,616116,48825.2653.17
195561,698137,77824.2054.01
196066,087150,97622.7352.00
196568,784161,50721.0149.35
197075,868186,89920.1649.74
197587,756229,73919.9652.36
198090,675278,40717.6253.72
198587,761323,77914.0451.81
1990226,499317,28734.1847.28
1995226,968284,86934.4343.09
2000108,377299,90614.0039.66
2005105,367331,18011.8037.02
201073,684347,0197.3134.58
201564,133372,6285.6032.60
202065,464397,6575.0530.73
202166,151399,8614.9830.15
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Rwanda

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195046,2082,139,977-2.114
195559,2112,466,3165.292.345
196076,2692,857,1594.692.600
196593,1843,139,7504.382.882
1970119,9363,634,6055.273.194
1975174,2574,184,8357.893.998
1980242,6824,898,0344.914.721
1985309,4995,810,6085.495.057
1990391,8986,843,9001.665.416
1995583,1645,344,91414.389.837
20001,197,9206,827,78312.1814.926
20051,520,7187,471,0171.9916.912
20101,735,1988,511,6442.7316.934
20151,977,4679,652,0862.7317.004
20202,281,33010,805,8432.9917.432
20212,350,38911,028,5783.0317.568
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Rwanda population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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