Demographics of Rwanda

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date14 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Rwanda population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,154,2183.36
19552,537,9193.22
19602,966,1622.81
19653,348,6312.70
19703,896,3673.08
19754,515,7562.90
19805,247,5323.49
19856,266,7523.55
19907,319,9622.46
19955,686,8979.79
20008,109,9891.30
20059,026,2992.64
201010,309,0312.60
201511,642,9592.39
202013,146,3622.42
202113,461,8882.33
202213,776,6982.30
202314,094,6832.27
202414,414,9102.23
  • Total
  • Crude

Rwanda death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195048,161119,44322.35455.440
195555,922138,45422.02554.532
196057,072153,59019.19551.657
196559,092159,31617.61947.501
197071,517190,16618.35248.797
197592,298227,81420.42250.408
198095,490273,80718.19952.182
198591,784310,19214.64949.508
1990112,984324,59115.40344.250
1995111,332224,16420.36941.012
2000128,721333,95415.77440.923
200595,326356,71310.54639.462
201083,217359,3318.06834.836
201578,346370,9306.72431.833
202078,870398,5125.99830.309
202184,576403,6816.28029.976
202280,582406,2145.84729.474
202381,501409,8375.78029.065
202482,592412,7095.72728.619
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Rwanda

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195046,2082,139,9772.114
195559,2112,466,3162.345
196076,2692,857,1592.600
196593,1843,139,7502.882
1970119,9363,634,6053.194
1975174,2574,184,8353.998
1980242,6824,898,0344.721
1985309,4995,810,6085.057
1990391,8986,843,9005.416
1995583,1645,344,9149.837
20001,197,9206,827,78314.926
20051,520,7187,471,01716.912
20101,735,1988,511,64416.934
20151,977,4679,652,08617.004
20202,281,33010,805,84317.432
20212,350,38911,028,57817.568
20222,422,46911,247,44417.721
20232,497,85411,462,67817.892
20242,576,90111,674,76518.081
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Rwanda population by Age Group (2024)

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