| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 14 May 2024 |
There are 7.06 million males and 7.35 million females in Rwanda. The percentage of the male population is 48.99%, compared to 51.01% of the female population. Rwanda has 290k more females than males. The sex ratio in Rwanda in 2024 will be 96.057 males per 100 females. Rwanda is in the 60th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,154,218 | 3.36 |
| 1955 | 2,537,919 | 3.22 |
| 1960 | 2,966,162 | 2.81 |
| 1965 | 3,348,631 | 2.70 |
| 1970 | 3,896,367 | 3.08 |
| 1975 | 4,515,756 | 2.90 |
| 1980 | 5,247,532 | 3.49 |
| 1985 | 6,266,752 | 3.55 |
| 1990 | 7,319,962 | 2.46 |
| 1995 | 5,686,897 | 9.79 |
| 2000 | 8,109,989 | 1.30 |
| 2005 | 9,026,299 | 2.64 |
| 2010 | 10,309,031 | 2.60 |
| 2015 | 11,642,959 | 2.39 |
| 2020 | 13,146,362 | 2.42 |
| 2021 | 13,461,888 | 2.33 |
| 2022 | 13,776,698 | 2.30 |
| 2023 | 14,094,683 | 2.27 |
| 2024 | 14,414,910 | 2.23 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 48,161 | 119,443 | 22.354 | 55.440 |
| 1955 | 55,922 | 138,454 | 22.025 | 54.532 |
| 1960 | 57,072 | 153,590 | 19.195 | 51.657 |
| 1965 | 59,092 | 159,316 | 17.619 | 47.501 |
| 1970 | 71,517 | 190,166 | 18.352 | 48.797 |
| 1975 | 92,298 | 227,814 | 20.422 | 50.408 |
| 1980 | 95,490 | 273,807 | 18.199 | 52.182 |
| 1985 | 91,784 | 310,192 | 14.649 | 49.508 |
| 1990 | 112,984 | 324,591 | 15.403 | 44.250 |
| 1995 | 111,332 | 224,164 | 20.369 | 41.012 |
| 2000 | 128,721 | 333,954 | 15.774 | 40.923 |
| 2005 | 95,326 | 356,713 | 10.546 | 39.462 |
| 2010 | 83,217 | 359,331 | 8.068 | 34.836 |
| 2015 | 78,346 | 370,930 | 6.724 | 31.833 |
| 2020 | 78,870 | 398,512 | 5.998 | 30.309 |
| 2021 | 84,576 | 403,681 | 6.280 | 29.976 |
| 2022 | 80,582 | 406,214 | 5.847 | 29.474 |
| 2023 | 81,501 | 409,837 | 5.780 | 29.065 |
| 2024 | 82,592 | 412,709 | 5.727 | 28.619 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 46,208 | 2,139,977 | 2.114 |
| 1955 | 59,211 | 2,466,316 | 2.345 |
| 1960 | 76,269 | 2,857,159 | 2.600 |
| 1965 | 93,184 | 3,139,750 | 2.882 |
| 1970 | 119,936 | 3,634,605 | 3.194 |
| 1975 | 174,257 | 4,184,835 | 3.998 |
| 1980 | 242,682 | 4,898,034 | 4.721 |
| 1985 | 309,499 | 5,810,608 | 5.057 |
| 1990 | 391,898 | 6,843,900 | 5.416 |
| 1995 | 583,164 | 5,344,914 | 9.837 |
| 2000 | 1,197,920 | 6,827,783 | 14.926 |
| 2005 | 1,520,718 | 7,471,017 | 16.912 |
| 2010 | 1,735,198 | 8,511,644 | 16.934 |
| 2015 | 1,977,467 | 9,652,086 | 17.004 |
| 2020 | 2,281,330 | 10,805,843 | 17.432 |
| 2021 | 2,350,389 | 11,028,578 | 17.568 |
| 2022 | 2,422,469 | 11,247,444 | 17.721 |
| 2023 | 2,497,854 | 11,462,678 | 17.892 |
| 2024 | 2,576,901 | 11,674,765 | 18.081 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 987,385 | 967,720 | 1,955,104 | 13.56 | 102.032 |
| 05-09 | 916,142 | 897,692 | 1,813,834 | 12.58 | 102.055 |
| 10-14 | 840,614 | 825,155 | 1,665,769 | 11.56 | 101.873 |
| 15-19 | 798,032 | 792,275 | 1,590,307 | 11.03 | 100.727 |
| 20-24 | 686,044 | 696,322 | 1,382,367 | 9.59 | 98.524 |
| 25-29 | 568,234 | 587,380 | 1,155,614 | 8.02 | 96.740 |
| 30-34 | 507,048 | 532,683 | 1,039,731 | 7.21 | 95.188 |
| 35-39 | 472,523 | 492,840 | 965,363 | 6.70 | 95.878 |
| 40-44 | 391,329 | 413,502 | 804,831 | 5.58 | 94.638 |
| 45-49 | 250,179 | 292,935 | 543,115 | 3.77 | 85.404 |
| 50-54 | 182,851 | 225,399 | 408,250 | 2.83 | 81.123 |
| 55-59 | 143,430 | 177,905 | 321,334 | 2.23 | 80.622 |
| 60-64 | 124,642 | 162,064 | 286,706 | 1.99 | 76.909 |
| 65-69 | 91,765 | 124,105 | 215,870 | 1.50 | 73.941 |
| 70-74 | 55,364 | 81,103 | 136,468 | 0.95 | 68.264 |
| 75-79 | 26,617 | 43,821 | 70,439 | 0.49 | 60.740 |
| 80-84 | 12,649 | 24,826 | 37,474 | 0.26 | 50.951 |
| 85-89 | 5,434 | 10,642 | 16,076 | 0.11 | 51.062 |
| 90-94 | 1,812 | 3,353 | 5,165 | 0.04 | 54.041 |
| 95-99 | 347 | 617 | 964 | 0.01 | 56.240 |
| 100+ | 48 | 83 | 131 | 0.00 | 57.831 |
| Total | 7,062,489 | 7,352,422 | 14,414,912 | 96.057 | |