Rwanda vs Uganda statistics compared

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 146th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Rwanda and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and Uganda economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	Uganda
1960	$119,000,024	$423,145,605
1961	$122,000,016	$441,667,335
1962	$125,000,008	$449,158,233
1963	$128,000,000	$516,315,231
1964	$129,999,994	$589,247,687
1965	$148,799,980	$884,502,310
1966	$124,525,703	$925,381,492
1967	$159,560,018	$967,240,655
1968	$172,200,018	$1,037,379,252
1969	$188,700,037	$1,168,556,629
1970	$219,900,006	$1,259,554,809
1971	$222,952,504	$1,417,191,656
1972	$246,457,838	$1,490,970,181
1973	$290,746,157	$1,701,829,789
1974	$308,458,423	$2,098,944,967
1975	$571,863,500	$2,359,555,556
1976	$637,753,853	$2,447,300,000
1977	$746,650,613	$2,936,470,588
1978	$905,709,076	$2,420,260,870
1979	$1,109,346,131	$2,139,025,000
1980	$1,254,765,642	$1,244,610,000
1981	$1,407,062,527	$1,337,300,000
1982	$1,407,243,139	$2,177,500,000
1983	$1,479,687,587	$2,240,333,333
1984	$1,587,413,084	$3,615,647,477
1985	$1,715,626,331	$3,519,695,444
1986	$1,944,710,684	$3,923,244,050
1987	$2,157,432,668	$6,269,522,042
1988	$2,395,492,687	$6,508,931,652
1989	$2,405,022,593	$5,276,480,799
1990	$2,550,185,679	$4,304,399,310
1991	$1,911,600,237	$3,321,729,160
1992	$2,029,026,962	$2,857,457,762
1993	$1,971,525,712	$3,220,439,044
1994	$753,636,370	$3,990,430,447
1995	$1,293,535,193	$5,755,818,842
1996	$1,382,334,879	$6,044,585,327
1997	$1,851,558,197	$6,269,333,313
1998	$1,989,343,546	$6,584,815,847
1999	$2,157,108,263	$5,998,563,258
2000	$2,068,836,754	$6,193,246,837
2001	$1,966,600,715	$5,840,503,869
2002	$1,966,003,468	$6,178,563,591
2003	$2,138,237,279	$6,606,884,275
2004	$2,376,496,067	$7,939,487,548
2005	$2,933,819,766	$9,239,221,763
2006	$3,319,784,539	$9,977,647,683
2007	$4,070,507,895	$11,902,564,495
2008	$5,179,854,065	$14,440,404,132
2009	$5,674,476,969	$25,127,805,567
2010	$6,124,756,654	$26,673,441,431
2011	$6,884,913,658	$27,871,725,241
2012	$7,654,761,045	$27,305,915,911
2013	$7,819,964,024	$28,915,786,517
2014	$8,238,966,120	$32,612,397,257
2015	$8,543,760,206	$32,387,183,730
2016	$8,695,272,061	$29,203,988,696
2017	$9,252,833,894	$30,744,473,841
2018	$9,637,904,519	$32,927,025,620
2019	$10,349,300,277	$35,353,061,008
2020	$10,174,386,855	$37,600,368,240
2021	$11,078,787,095	$40,529,788,744
2022	$13,316,161,006	$45,565,333,216
2023	$14,331,722,700	$48,768,955,859
2024	$14,251,642,231	$53,651,874,314

Rwanda and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	Uganda
1960	$39.4	$55.4
1961	$39.3	$56.2
1962	$39.2	$55.5
1963	$39.3	$62
1964	$39	$68.6
1965	$43.5	$100
1966	$35.4	$101.4
1967	$44	$102.8
1968	$46	$106.9
1969	$48.9	$116.7
1970	$55.2	$122
1971	$54.4	$133.5
1972	$58.4	$137
1973	$66.9	$152.7
1974	$68.9	$183.7
1975	$124.1	$201.2
1976	$134.4	$203.3
1977	$152.7	$237.6
1978	$179.9	$190.7
1979	$213.8	$164.5
1980	$234.4	$93.8
1981	$254.6	$98.6
1982	$246.4	$157
1983	$250.6	$157.5
1984	$259.9	$247.5
1985	$271.6	$234.3
1986	$297.7	$253.6
1987	$320	$393
1988	$344	$395
1989	$335	$310
1990	$346	$245
1991	$254	$183
1992	$264.1	$152.1
1993	$247	$165.6
1994	$111	$198.4
1995	$228	$278.5
1996	$206	$284.7
1997	$238.7	$286.8
1998	$246.2	$292.5
1999	$264.7	$257.9
2000	$251.9	$258.1
2001	$237.3	$236
2002	$234	$242
2003	$249	$250.7
2004	$269.5	$292.4
2005	$324	$330
2006	$357	$347
2007	$426	$401
2008	$528	$473
2009	$564	$799
2010	$594	$823
2011	$651	$836
2012	$707	$795
2013	$705	$818
2014	$725	$896
2015	$734	$863
2016	$730	$753
2017	$758	$765
2018	$772	$792
2019	$810	$822
2020	$779	$846
2021	$830	$883
2022	$975	$963
2023	$1,027	$1,002
2024	$1,000	$1,073

Rwanda vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Rwanda

Uganda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Rwanda	Uganda
1950	43.2	39.7
1951	43.5	40.2
1952	43.8	40.8
1953	44.1	41.3
1954	44.4	41.8
1955	44.8	42.4
1956	45.2	43
1957	45.6	43.7
1958	46.1	44.3
1959	46.5	45
1960	47	45.6
1961	47.5	46.3
1962	47.8	46.8
1963	44	47.4
1964	48.1	47.8
1965	48.2	48.3
1966	48.1	48.5
1967	48	49
1968	47.7	49.3
1969	47.4	49.5
1970	47.1	49.6
1971	46.8	47.1
1972	46.3	47.2
1973	45.9	47
1974	45.6	46.9
1975	45.3	46.5
1976	45.3	46.2
1977	45.6	45.8
1978	46.2	45.6
1979	47.1	45.4
1980	48.1	43.5
1981	49.2	43.5
1982	50.2	43.3
1983	50.9	43.5
1984	51.4	43.7
1985	51.7	45.5
1986	51.7	45.7
1987	51.5	47.4
1988	50.9	47.5
1989	49.5	47.5
1990	47.8	47.6
1991	46.2	47.5
1992	44.4	47.7
1993	42.9	47.7
1994	12.2	47.7
1995	41.5	47.7
1996	42.5	47.8
1997	42	48
1998	43.1	48.3
1999	45.7	49
2000	47.8	49.6
2001	49.5	50.6
2002	51.3	51.4
2003	53.5	52.4
2004	55.5	53.7
2005	57	54.9
2006	58.3	56.1
2007	59.5	57.2
2008	60.6	58.3
2009	61.8	59.2
2010	62.8	60
2011	63.5	60.8
2012	64.2	61.6
2013	64.7	62.4
2014	65.1	63.1
2015	65.4	63.8
2016	65.7	64.5
2017	66.1	65.2
2018	66.4	65.8
2019	66.7	66.4
2020	67	66.4
2021	66.8	66.4
2022	67.5	67.7
2023	67.8	68.3
2024	68	68.5
2025	68.2	68.7

Rwanda and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population

Rwanda

Uganda

Table

Year	Population
	Rwanda	Uganda
1960	3,022,294	7,640,973
1961	3,106,779	7,862,217
1962	3,186,025	8,092,231
1963	3,258,890	8,333,663
1964	3,334,834	8,586,363
1965	3,423,210	8,849,203
1966	3,521,626	9,122,864
1967	3,629,577	9,408,924
1968	3,744,010	9,708,632
1969	3,861,271	10,014,858
1970	3,980,669	10,321,603
1971	4,100,044	10,618,206
1972	4,220,335	10,885,796
1973	4,345,047	11,144,236
1974	4,474,228	11,424,846
1975	4,607,728	11,725,240
1976	4,745,954	12,037,294
1977	4,888,240	12,359,669
1978	5,035,171	12,692,113
1979	5,189,541	13,002,163
1980	5,353,259	13,275,741
1981	5,527,230	13,556,452
1982	5,711,549	13,873,631
1983	5,905,311	14,221,881
1984	6,107,627	14,607,677
1985	6,317,228	15,023,681
1986	6,531,881	15,467,579
1987	6,749,493	15,954,170
1988	6,968,071	16,470,483
1989	7,184,706	17,010,698
1990	7,375,307	17,569,897
1991	7,526,966	18,155,901
1992	7,683,266	18,785,032
1993	7,981,132	19,445,161
1994	6,792,352	20,108,801
1995	5,674,118	20,665,667
1996	6,708,764	21,231,550
1997	7,755,238	21,856,046
1998	8,081,681	22,515,806
1999	8,147,912	23,257,281
2000	8,213,931	24,000,150
2001	8,287,094	24,745,676
2002	8,400,180	25,532,870
2003	8,586,875	26,352,124
2004	8,816,844	27,154,515
2005	9,054,528	27,963,289
2006	9,299,246	28,794,003
2007	9,549,933	29,653,430
2008	9,804,269	30,539,553
2009	10,060,432	31,451,151
2010	10,317,553	32,390,802
2011	10,573,733	33,354,543
2012	10,829,901	34,337,438
2013	11,093,340	35,337,042
2014	11,364,757	36,395,539
2015	11,640,022	37,531,446
2016	11,919,183	38,799,152
2017	12,202,060	40,177,388
2018	12,487,996	41,565,831
2019	12,776,103	42,999,637
2020	13,065,837	44,457,152
2021	13,355,260	45,910,930
2022	13,651,030	47,312,719
2023	13,954,471	48,656,601
2024	14,256,567	50,015,092

Fertility rates in Rwanda and Uganda

Fertility rate

Rwanda

Uganda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Rwanda	Uganda
1960	8.28	6.91
1961	8.28	6.93
1962	8.27	6.96
1963	8.27	6.98
1964	8.27	7.01
1965	8.25	7.04
1966	8.23	7.07
1967	8.21	7.1
1968	8.19	7.13
1969	8.18	7.12
1970	8.15	7.15
1971	8.09	7.18
1972	8.09	7.19
1973	8.09	7.19
1974	8.1	7.19
1975	8.1	7.2
1976	8.12	7.19
1977	8.14	7.18
1978	8.16	7.16
1979	8.13	7.14
1980	8.12	7.11
1981	8.1	7.12
1982	8.06	7.11
1983	8	7.07
1984	7.91	7.02
1985	7.79	7.04
1986	7.61	7.08
1987	7.43	7.12
1988	7.23	7.1
1989	7.03	7.05
1990	6.8	7.01
1991	6.62	6.94
1992	6.54	6.91
1993	6.48	6.89
1994	6.42	6.9
1995	6.35	6.87
1996	6.29	6.84
1997	6.24	6.86
1998	6.17	6.84
1999	6.06	6.83
2000	5.97	6.79
2001	5.89	6.76
2002	5.82	6.74
2003	5.74	6.67
2004	5.64	6.61
2005	5.5	6.53
2006	5.34	6.43
2007	5.14	6.33
2008	4.92	6.2
2009	4.71	6.12
2010	4.52	6.02
2011	4.33	5.89
2012	4.2	5.73
2013	4.14	5.56
2014	4.12	5.41
2015	4.11	5.25
2016	4.11	5.11
2017	4.08	4.99
2018	4.05	4.87
2019	3.99	4.74
2020	3.91	4.62
2021	3.84	4.51
2022	3.78	4.39
2023	3.7	4.28

Rwanda and Uganda demographics compared

Median age

Rwanda

Uganda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Rwanda	Uganda
1960	15.5	17.1
1961	15.1	16.9
1962	14.9	16.8
1963	14.8	16.7
1964	14.7	16.6
1965	14.8	16.6
1966	14.9	16.6
1967	15.1	16.6
1968	15.3	16.6
1969	15.5	16.6
1970	15.7	16.6
1971	15.9	16.6
1972	16	16.5
1973	16.2	16.3
1974	16.3	16.3
1975	16.4	16.2
1976	16.5	16.2
1977	16.6	16.2
1978	16.6	16.1
1979	16.5	16.1
1980	16.5	16
1981	16.4	15.9
1982	16.2	15.9
1983	16.1	15.9
1984	16	15.9
1985	15.8	15.9
1986	15.7	15.9
1987	15.6	15.9
1988	15.6	15.9
1989	15.5	15.8
1990	15.5	15.8
1991	15.5	15.8
1992	15.6	15.7
1993	15.7	15.7
1994	15	15.6
1995	14.3	15.4
1996	14.6	15.3
1997	14.8	15.1
1998	15.3	15
1999	15.8	15
2000	16.3	15
2001	16.8	15
2002	17.1	15
2003	17.4	15
2004	17.6	15
2005	17.8	15
2006	18	15
2007	18.1	15
2008	18.3	15.1
2009	18.4	15.1
2010	18.5	15.2
2011	18.7	15.3
2012	18.8	15.4
2013	19	15.5
2014	19.1	15.6
2015	19.3	15.8
2016	19.4	16
2017	19.6	16.3
2018	19.7	16.5
2019	19.8	16.8
2020	19.9	17
2021	20	17.2
2022	20.3	17.4
2023	20.5	17.6
2024	20.8	17.8

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