Rwanda vs Switzerland statistics compared

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 146th vs. 131st).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Rwanda and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	$119,000,024	$10,412,232,621
1961	$122,000,016	$11,713,348,834
1962	$125,000,008	$12,989,649,694
1963	$128,000,000	$14,283,872,299
1964	$129,999,994	$15,833,133,858
1965	$148,799,980	$16,780,226,225
1966	$124,525,703	$18,019,402,374
1967	$159,560,018	$19,397,044,714
1968	$172,200,018	$20,712,102,794
1969	$188,700,037	$22,442,043,274
1970	$219,900,006	$24,998,066,773
1971	$222,952,504	$30,040,171,751
1972	$246,457,838	$36,844,318,854
1973	$290,746,157	$49,550,006,320
1974	$308,458,423	$57,103,011,446
1975	$571,863,500	$65,466,081,819
1976	$637,753,853	$68,476,524,644
1977	$746,650,613	$73,135,771,167
1978	$905,709,076	$102,280,472,036
1979	$1,109,346,131	$114,970,094,425
1980	$1,254,765,642	$122,557,843,886
1981	$1,407,062,527	$112,244,805,519
1982	$1,407,243,139	$115,043,365,512
1983	$1,479,687,587	$114,634,358,535
1984	$1,587,413,084	$109,455,312,168
1985	$1,715,626,331	$110,980,314,192
1986	$1,944,710,684	$159,089,921,063
1987	$2,157,432,668	$199,236,370,038
1988	$2,395,492,687	$215,540,625,299
1989	$2,405,022,593	$208,105,846,934
1990	$2,550,185,679	$265,763,573,999
1991	$1,911,600,237	$268,901,693,863
1992	$2,029,026,962	$279,921,425,828
1993	$1,971,525,712	$272,237,527,071
1994	$753,636,370	$301,375,055,202
1995	$1,293,535,193	$352,835,806,342
1996	$1,382,334,879	$340,103,959,547
1997	$1,851,558,197	$294,788,198,856
1998	$1,989,343,546	$303,459,014,347
1999	$2,157,108,263	$297,873,643,323
2000	$2,068,836,754	$279,216,033,870
2001	$1,966,600,715	$286,582,672,434
2002	$1,966,003,468	$309,301,422,430
2003	$2,138,237,279	$362,075,086,508
2004	$2,376,496,067	$403,912,891,033
2005	$2,933,819,766	$418,284,865,885
2006	$3,319,784,539	$441,634,672,197
2007	$4,070,507,895	$490,740,715,595
2008	$5,179,854,065	$567,267,767,519
2009	$5,674,476,969	$554,212,916,092
2010	$6,124,756,654	$598,851,027,948
2011	$6,884,913,658	$715,888,126,682
2012	$7,654,761,045	$686,420,221,558
2013	$7,819,964,024	$706,234,937,371
2014	$8,238,966,120	$726,537,809,430
2015	$8,543,760,206	$694,118,186,380
2016	$8,695,272,061	$687,895,460,903
2017	$9,252,833,894	$695,200,834,102
2018	$9,637,904,519	$725,568,717,468
2019	$10,349,300,277	$721,369,112,727
2020	$10,174,386,855	$741,999,406,006
2021	$11,078,787,095	$815,309,330,987
2022	$13,316,161,006	$828,508,926,958
2023	$14,331,722,700	$894,424,821,645
2024	$14,251,642,231	$936,564,198,049

Rwanda and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	$39.4	$1,954
1961	$39.3	$2,155
1962	$39.2	$2,330
1963	$39.3	$2,508
1964	$39	$2,735
1965	$43.5	$2,865
1966	$35.4	$3,045
1967	$44	$3,237
1968	$46	$3,413
1969	$48.9	$3,657
1970	$55.2	$4,044
1971	$54.4	$4,835
1972	$58.4	$5,885
1973	$66.9	$7,856
1974	$68.9	$9,005
1975	$124.1	$10,328
1976	$134.4	$10,865
1977	$152.7	$11,644
1978	$179.9	$16,282
1979	$213.8	$18,266
1980	$234.4	$19,394
1981	$254.6	$17,665
1982	$246.4	$18,000
1983	$250.6	$17,859
1984	$259.9	$16,991
1985	$271.6	$17,152
1986	$297.7	$24,460
1987	$320	$30,441
1988	$344	$32,690
1989	$335	$31,309
1990	$346	$39,575
1991	$254	$39,544
1992	$264.1	$40,714
1993	$247	$39,237
1994	$111	$43,092
1995	$228	$50,114
1996	$206	$48,093
1997	$238.7	$41,584
1998	$246.2	$42,681
1999	$264.7	$41,696
2000	$251.9	$38,865
2001	$237.3	$39,639
2002	$234	$42,459
2003	$249	$49,336
2004	$269.5	$54,659
2005	$324	$56,243
2006	$357	$59,011
2007	$426	$64,989
2008	$528	$74,175
2009	$564	$71,568
2010	$594	$76,531
2011	$651	$90,477
2012	$707	$85,836
2013	$705	$87,304
2014	$725	$88,725
2015	$734	$83,806
2016	$730	$82,153
2017	$758	$82,254
2018	$772	$85,217
2019	$810	$84,122
2020	$779	$85,898
2021	$830	$93,665
2022	$975	$94,395
2023	$1,027	$100,632
2024	$1,000	$103,670

Rwanda vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Rwanda

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1950	43.2	68.9
1951	43.5	68.7
1952	43.8	69.6
1953	44.1	69.5
1954	44.4	70
1955	44.8	70.1
1956	45.2	70.2
1957	45.6	70.5
1958	46.1	71.3
1959	46.5	71.5
1960	47	71.4
1961	47.5	71.7
1962	47.8	71.3
1963	44	71.3
1964	48.1	72.2
1965	48.2	72.3
1966	48.1	72.4
1967	48	72.7
1968	47.7	72.7
1969	47.4	72.7
1970	47.1	73.1
1971	46.8	73.2
1972	46.3	73.8
1973	45.9	74.1
1974	45.6	74.4
1975	45.3	74.8
1976	45.3	74.9
1977	45.6	75.4
1978	46.2	75.3
1979	47.1	75.6
1980	48.1	75.6
1981	49.2	75.8
1982	50.2	76.2
1983	50.9	76.2
1984	51.4	76.8
1985	51.7	76.9
1986	51.7	77
1987	51.5	77.3
1988	50.9	77.4
1989	49.5	77.6
1990	47.8	77.4
1991	46.2	77.6
1992	44.4	77.9
1993	42.9	78.2
1994	12.2	78.5
1995	41.5	78.6
1996	42.5	79
1997	42	79.2
1998	43.1	79.5
1999	45.7	79.7
2000	47.8	79.8
2001	49.5	80.3
2002	51.3	80.4
2003	53.5	80.5
2004	55.5	81.1
2005	57	81.2
2006	58.3	81.5
2007	59.5	81.7
2008	60.6	82
2009	61.8	82
2010	62.8	82.3
2011	63.5	82.6
2012	64.2	82.6
2013	64.7	82.7
2014	65.1	83.1
2015	65.4	82.8
2016	65.7	83.4
2017	66.1	83.4
2018	66.4	83.6
2019	66.7	83.8
2020	67	83.1
2021	66.8	83.6
2022	67.5	83.2
2023	67.8	84
2024	68	84.1
2025	68.2	84.2

Rwanda and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Rwanda

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	3,022,294	5,327,827
1961	3,106,779	5,434,294
1962	3,186,025	5,573,815
1963	3,258,890	5,694,247
1964	3,334,834	5,789,228
1965	3,423,210	5,856,472
1966	3,521,626	5,918,002
1967	3,629,577	5,991,785
1968	3,744,010	6,067,714
1969	3,861,271	6,136,387
1970	3,980,669	6,180,877
1971	4,100,044	6,213,399
1972	4,220,335	6,260,956
1973	4,345,047	6,307,347
1974	4,474,228	6,341,405
1975	4,607,728	6,338,632
1976	4,745,954	6,302,504
1977	4,888,240	6,281,174
1978	5,035,171	6,281,738
1979	5,189,541	6,294,365
1980	5,353,259	6,319,408
1981	5,527,230	6,354,074
1982	5,711,549	6,391,309
1983	5,905,311	6,418,773
1984	6,107,627	6,441,865
1985	6,317,228	6,470,365
1986	6,531,881	6,504,124
1987	6,749,493	6,545,106
1988	6,968,071	6,593,386
1989	7,184,706	6,646,912
1990	7,375,307	6,715,519
1991	7,526,966	6,799,978
1992	7,683,266	6,875,364
1993	7,981,132	6,938,265
1994	6,792,352	6,993,795
1995	5,674,118	7,040,687
1996	6,708,764	7,071,850
1997	7,755,238	7,088,906
1998	8,081,681	7,110,001
1999	8,147,912	7,143,991
2000	8,213,931	7,184,250
2001	8,287,094	7,229,854
2002	8,400,180	7,284,753
2003	8,586,875	7,339,001
2004	8,816,844	7,389,625
2005	9,054,528	7,437,115
2006	9,299,246	7,483,934
2007	9,549,933	7,551,117
2008	9,804,269	7,647,675
2009	10,060,432	7,743,831
2010	10,317,553	7,824,909
2011	10,573,733	7,912,398
2012	10,829,901	7,996,861
2013	11,093,340	8,089,346
2014	11,364,757	8,188,649
2015	11,640,022	8,282,396
2016	11,919,183	8,373,338
2017	12,202,060	8,451,840
2018	12,487,996	8,514,329
2019	12,776,103	8,575,280
2020	13,065,837	8,638,167
2021	13,355,260	8,704,546
2022	13,651,030	8,777,088
2023	13,954,471	8,888,093
2024	14,256,567	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Rwanda and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Rwanda

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	8.28	2.44
1961	8.28	2.52
1962	8.27	2.58
1963	8.27	2.65
1964	8.27	2.66
1965	8.25	2.59
1966	8.23	2.5
1967	8.21	2.39
1968	8.19	2.29
1969	8.18	2.19
1970	8.15	2.1
1971	8.09	2.04
1972	8.09	1.91
1973	8.09	1.81
1974	8.1	1.73
1975	8.1	1.61
1976	8.12	1.55
1977	8.14	1.53
1978	8.16	1.51
1979	8.13	1.52
1980	8.12	1.55
1981	8.1	1.55
1982	8.06	1.56
1983	8	1.52
1984	7.91	1.53
1985	7.79	1.52
1986	7.61	1.53
1987	7.43	1.52
1988	7.23	1.57
1989	7.03	1.56
1990	6.8	1.58
1991	6.62	1.58
1992	6.54	1.58
1993	6.48	1.51
1994	6.42	1.49
1995	6.35	1.48
1996	6.29	1.5
1997	6.24	1.48
1998	6.17	1.47
1999	6.06	1.48
2000	5.97	1.5
2001	5.89	1.38
2002	5.82	1.39
2003	5.74	1.39
2004	5.64	1.42
2005	5.5	1.42
2006	5.34	1.44
2007	5.14	1.46
2008	4.92	1.48
2009	4.71	1.5
2010	4.52	1.52
2011	4.33	1.52
2012	4.2	1.52
2013	4.14	1.52
2014	4.12	1.54
2015	4.11	1.54
2016	4.11	1.54
2017	4.08	1.52
2018	4.05	1.52
2019	3.99	1.48
2020	3.91	1.46
2021	3.84	1.52
2022	3.78	1.39
2023	3.7	1.33

Rwanda and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Rwanda

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Rwanda	Switzerland
1960	15.5	32.6
1961	15.1	32.4
1962	14.9	32
1963	14.8	31.7
1964	14.7	31.5
1965	14.8	31.6
1966	14.9	31.6
1967	15.1	31.6
1968	15.3	31.7
1969	15.5	31.7
1970	15.7	32
1971	15.9	32.2
1972	16	32.3
1973	16.2	32.5
1974	16.3	32.7
1975	16.4	33.1
1976	16.5	33.5
1977	16.6	33.8
1978	16.6	34.2
1979	16.5	34.5
1980	16.5	34.8
1981	16.4	35
1982	16.2	35.3
1983	16.1	35.6
1984	16	35.9
1985	15.8	36.1
1986	15.7	36.3
1987	15.6	36.5
1988	15.6	36.7
1989	15.5	36.8
1990	15.5	36.9
1991	15.5	36.9
1992	15.6	36.9
1993	15.7	37
1994	15	37.1
1995	14.3	37.3
1996	14.6	37.6
1997	14.8	37.9
1998	15.3	38.2
1999	15.8	38.4
2000	16.3	38.7
2001	16.8	39
2002	17.1	39.3
2003	17.4	39.6
2004	17.6	39.9
2005	17.8	40.3
2006	18	40.6
2007	18.1	40.9
2008	18.3	41.1
2009	18.4	41.3
2010	18.5	41.5
2011	18.7	41.6
2012	18.8	41.8
2013	19	42
2014	19.1	42.1
2015	19.3	42.2
2016	19.4	42.3
2017	19.6	42.4
2018	19.7	42.5
2019	19.8	42.6
2020	19.9	42.7
2021	20	42.8
2022	20.3	43
2023	20.5	43.4
2024	20.8	43.7

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