Population of Rwanda

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Rwanda is 15,354,565 as of April 26, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Rwanda is projected at 13,276,513 or 13.277 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Rwanda is projected at 12,952,218 or 12.952 million people for the year 2020. Rwanda ranks number 76th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Rwanda is ranked 28th among 58 countries in Africa.

Rwanda's population will be increased year by year. The Rwanda population is projected to reach 16.23 million in 2030 and increase further to 23.05 million in 2050 and 33.41 million by 2100. Rwanda accounts for 0.17 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.11% in 1997 and is projected to increase by 0.31% by 2100.

Rwanda was at 109th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 62nd in 2100.

Rwanda population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	12,952,218	325,268	2.58	0.16
2021	13,276,513	324,295	2.50	0.17
2022	13,600,464	323,951	2.44	0.17
2023	13,924,508	324,044	2.38	0.17
2024	14,249,755	325,247	2.34	0.17
2025	14,576,985	327,230	2.30	0.17
2026	14,906,019	329,034	2.26	0.18
2027	15,236,265	330,246	2.22	0.18
2028	15,567,734	331,469	2.18	0.18
2029	15,900,444	332,710	2.14	0.18
2030	16,234,387	333,943	2.10	0.19
2031	16,569,539	335,152	2.06	0.19
2032	16,905,822	336,283	2.03	0.19
2033	17,243,246	337,424	2.00	0.19
2034	17,581,819	338,573	1.96	0.20
2035	17,921,521	339,702	1.93	0.20
2036	18,262,234	340,713	1.90	0.20
2037	18,603,843	341,609	1.87	0.20
2038	18,946,327	342,484	1.84	0.21
2039	19,289,693	343,366	1.81	0.21
2040	19,633,864	344,171	1.78	0.21
2041	19,978,729	344,865	1.76	0.21
2042	20,323,996	345,267	1.73	0.22
2043	20,669,201	345,205	1.70	0.22
2044	21,013,771	344,570	1.67	0.22
2045	21,357,199	343,428	1.63	0.22
2046	21,699,159	341,960	1.60	0.23
2047	22,039,448	340,289	1.57	0.23
2048	22,377,822	338,374	1.54	0.23
2049	22,714,084	336,262	1.50	0.23
2050	23,048,005	333,921	1.47	0.24
2051	23,379,353	331,348	1.44	0.24
2052	23,707,821	328,468	1.40	0.24
2053	24,033,017	325,196	1.37	0.24
2054	24,354,529	321,512	1.34	0.24
2055	24,671,982	317,453	1.30	0.25
2056	24,985,120	313,138	1.27	0.25
2057	25,293,798	308,678	1.24	0.25
2058	25,597,868	304,070	1.20	0.25
2059	25,897,281	299,413	1.17	0.26
2060	26,191,923	294,642	1.14	0.26
2061	26,481,670	289,747	1.11	0.26
2062	26,766,394	284,724	1.08	0.26
2063	27,045,946	279,552	1.04	0.27
2064	27,320,240	274,294	1.01	0.27
2065	27,589,166	268,926	0.98	0.27
2066	27,852,639	263,473	0.95	0.27
2067	28,110,613	257,974	0.93	0.27
2068	28,363,070	252,457	0.90	0.28
2069	28,610,010	246,940	0.87	0.28
2070	28,851,416	241,406	0.84	0.28
2071	29,087,256	235,840	0.82	0.28
2072	29,317,510	230,254	0.79	0.28
2073	29,542,184	224,674	0.77	0.28
2074	29,761,299	219,115	0.74	0.29
2075	29,974,868	213,569	0.72	0.29
2076	30,182,884	208,016	0.69	0.29
2077	30,385,317	202,433	0.67	0.29
2078	30,582,147	196,830	0.65	0.29
2079	30,773,404	191,257	0.63	0.30
2080	30,959,068	185,664	0.60	0.30
2081	31,139,116	180,048	0.58	0.30
2082	31,313,500	174,384	0.56	0.30
2083	31,482,142	168,642	0.54	0.30
2084	31,644,955	162,813	0.52	0.30
2085	31,801,863	156,908	0.50	0.30
2086	31,952,825	150,962	0.47	0.31
2087	32,097,815	144,990	0.45	0.31
2088	32,236,691	138,876	0.43	0.31
2089	32,369,299	132,608	0.41	0.31
2090	32,495,532	126,233	0.39	0.31
2091	32,615,342	119,810	0.37	0.31
2092	32,728,753	113,411	0.35	0.31
2093	32,835,811	107,058	0.33	0.32
2094	32,936,601	100,790	0.31	0.32
2095	33,031,193	94,592	0.29	0.32
2096	33,119,639	88,446	0.27	0.32
2097	33,201,985	82,346	0.25	0.32
2098	33,278,250	76,265	0.23	0.32
2099	33,348,478	70,228	0.21	inf
2100	33,412,648	64,170	0.19	inf

Rwanda population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,186,185	-	-	0.09
1951	2,251,130	64,945	2.97	0.09
1952	2,314,186	63,056	2.80	0.09
1953	2,379,692	65,506	2.83	0.09
1954	2,450,358	70,666	2.97	0.09
1955	2,527,294	76,936	3.14	0.09
1956	2,609,862	82,568	3.27	0.09
1957	2,695,828	85,966	3.29	0.09
1958	2,781,612	85,784	3.18	0.10
1959	2,862,792	81,180	2.92	0.10
1960	2,935,582	72,790	2.54	0.10
1961	2,998,325	62,743	2.14	0.10
1962	3,052,936	54,611	1.82	0.10
1963	3,105,419	52,483	1.72	0.10
1964	3,164,263	58,844	1.89	0.10
1965	3,235,531	71,268	2.25	0.10
1966	3,321,679	86,148	2.66	0.10
1967	3,420,895	99,216	2.99	0.10
1968	3,529,843	108,948	3.18	0.10
1969	3,643,237	113,394	3.21	0.10
1970	3,757,358	114,121	3.13	0.10
1971	3,871,439	114,081	3.04	0.10
1972	3,987,224	115,785	2.99	0.10
1973	4,106,407	119,183	2.99	0.10
1974	4,231,578	125,171	3.05	0.11
1975	4,364,706	133,128	3.15	0.11
1976	4,506,109	141,403	3.24	0.11
1977	4,655,383	149,274	3.31	0.11
1978	4,812,872	157,489	3.38	0.11
1979	4,978,817	165,945	3.45	0.11
1980	5,153,312	174,495	3.50	0.12
1981	5,329,252	175,940	3.41	0.12
1982	5,504,842	175,590	3.29	0.12
1983	5,690,980	186,138	3.38	0.12
1984	5,902,843	211,863	3.72	0.12
1985	6,146,891	244,048	4.13	0.13
1986	6,443,751	296,860	4.83	0.13
1987	6,779,983	336,232	5.22	0.13
1988	7,088,191	308,208	4.55	0.14
1989	7,276,985	188,794	2.66	0.14
1990	7,288,882	11,897	0.16	0.14
1991	7,083,935	-204,947	-2.81	0.13
1992	6,702,244	-381,691	-5.39	0.12
1993	6,263,757	-438,487	-6.54	0.11
1994	5,936,261	-327,496	-5.23	0.10
1995	5,836,495	-99,766	-1.68	0.10
1996	6,013,107	176,612	3.03	0.10
1997	6,419,901	406,794	6.77	0.11
1998	6,962,802	542,901	8.46	0.12
1999	7,501,234	538,432	7.73	0.12
2000	7,933,681	432,447	5.77	0.13
2001	8,231,156	297,475	3.75	0.13
2002	8,427,060	195,904	2.38	0.13
2003	8,557,161	130,101	1.54	0.13
2004	8,680,524	123,363	1.44	0.13
2005	8,840,215	159,691	1.84	0.13
2006	9,043,337	203,122	2.30	0.14
2007	9,273,757	230,420	2.55	0.14
2008	9,524,534	250,777	2.70	0.14
2009	9,782,770	258,236	2.71	0.14
2010	10,039,338	256,568	2.62	0.14
2011	10,293,331	253,993	2.53	0.15
2012	10,549,673	256,342	2.49	0.15
2013	10,811,538	261,865	2.48	0.15
2014	11,083,630	272,092	2.52	0.15
2015	11,369,071	285,441	2.58	0.15
2016	11,668,827	299,756	2.64	0.16
2017	11,980,961	312,134	2.67	0.16
2018	12,301,970	321,009	2.68	0.16
2019	12,626,950	324,980	2.64	0.16