Rwanda vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 146th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Rwanda and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	United Kingdom
1960	$119,000,024	$73,233,967,692
1961	$122,000,016	$77,741,965,703
1962	$125,000,008	$81,247,564,157
1963	$128,000,000	$86,561,961,812
1964	$129,999,994	$94,407,558,351
1965	$148,799,980	$101,824,755,079
1966	$124,525,703	$108,572,752,102
1967	$159,560,018	$113,116,888,211
1968	$172,200,018	$107,759,910,068
1969	$188,700,037	$116,464,702,803
1970	$219,900,006	$130,671,946,244
1971	$222,952,504	$148,113,896,325
1972	$246,457,838	$169,965,034,965
1973	$290,746,157	$192,537,971,583
1974	$308,458,423	$206,131,369,799
1975	$571,863,500	$241,756,637,168
1976	$637,753,853	$232,614,555,256
1977	$746,650,613	$263,066,457,352
1978	$905,709,076	$335,883,029,722
1979	$1,109,346,131	$438,994,070,309
1980	$1,254,765,642	$564,947,710,899
1981	$1,407,062,527	$540,765,675,241
1982	$1,407,243,139	$515,048,916,841
1983	$1,479,687,587	$489,618,008,186
1984	$1,587,413,084	$461,487,097,632
1985	$1,715,626,331	$489,285,164,271
1986	$1,944,710,684	$601,452,653,181
1987	$2,157,432,668	$745,162,608,269
1988	$2,395,492,687	$910,122,732,124
1989	$2,405,022,593	$926,884,816,754
1990	$2,550,185,679	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$1,911,600,237	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$2,029,026,962	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$1,971,525,712	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$753,636,370	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$1,293,535,193	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$1,382,334,879	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$1,851,558,197	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$1,989,343,546	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$2,157,108,263	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$2,068,836,754	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$1,966,600,715	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$1,966,003,468	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$2,138,237,279	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$2,376,496,067	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$2,933,819,766	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$3,319,784,539	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$4,070,507,895	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$5,179,854,065	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$5,674,476,969	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$6,124,756,654	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$6,884,913,658	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$7,654,761,045	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$7,819,964,024	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$8,238,966,120	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$8,543,760,206	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$8,695,272,061	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$9,252,833,894	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$9,637,904,519	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$10,349,300,277	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$10,174,386,855	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$11,078,787,095	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$13,316,161,006	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$14,331,722,700	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$14,251,642,231	$3,643,834,188,783

Rwanda and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	United Kingdom
1960	$39.4	$1,398
1961	$39.3	$1,472
1962	$39.2	$1,526
1963	$39.3	$1,613
1964	$39	$1,748
1965	$43.5	$1,874
1966	$35.4	$1,987
1967	$44	$2,059
1968	$46	$1,952
1969	$48.9	$2,101
1970	$55.2	$2,348
1971	$54.4	$2,650
1972	$58.4	$3,030
1973	$66.9	$3,426
1974	$68.9	$3,666
1975	$124.1	$4,300
1976	$134.4	$4,138
1977	$152.7	$4,681
1978	$179.9	$5,977
1979	$213.8	$7,805
1980	$234.4	$10,032
1981	$254.6	$9,599
1982	$246.4	$9,146
1983	$250.6	$8,692
1984	$259.9	$8,179
1985	$271.6	$8,652
1986	$297.7	$10,611
1987	$320	$13,119
1988	$344	$15,987
1989	$335	$16,239
1990	$346	$19,095
1991	$254	$19,901
1992	$264.1	$20,487
1993	$247	$18,389
1994	$111	$19,709
1995	$228	$23,169
1996	$206	$24,406
1997	$238.7	$26,766
1998	$246.2	$28,275
1999	$264.7	$28,762
2000	$251.9	$28,281
2001	$237.3	$27,907
2002	$234	$30,078
2003	$249	$34,443
2004	$269.5	$40,367
2005	$324	$42,105
2006	$357	$44,512
2007	$426	$50,398
2008	$528	$47,396
2009	$564	$38,744
2010	$594	$39,599
2011	$651	$42,110
2012	$707	$42,490
2013	$705	$43,419
2014	$725	$47,427
2015	$734	$44,984
2016	$730	$40,988
2017	$758	$40,629
2018	$772	$43,315
2019	$810	$42,794
2020	$779	$40,405
2021	$830	$46,926
2022	$975	$46,063
2023	$1,027	$49,201
2024	$1,000	$52,637

Rwanda vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Rwanda

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Rwanda	United Kingdom
1950	43.2	68.6
1951	43.5	68.2
1952	43.8	69.5
1953	44.1	69.8
1954	44.4	70.2
1955	44.8	70.1
1956	45.2	70.4
1957	45.6	70.5
1958	46.1	70.7
1959	46.5	70.8
1960	47	71
1961	47.5	70.8
1962	47.8	70.9
1963	44	70.8
1964	48.1	71.5
1965	48.2	71.5
1966	48.1	71.4
1967	48	72.1
1968	47.7	71.7
1969	47.4	71.7
1970	47.1	71.9
1971	46.8	72.2
1972	46.3	72
1973	45.9	72.2
1974	45.6	72.4
1975	45.3	72.7
1976	45.3	72.6
1977	45.6	73.1
1978	46.2	73
1979	47.1	73.2
1980	48.1	73.6
1981	49.2	73.9
1982	50.2	74
1983	50.9	74.3
1984	51.4	74.7
1985	51.7	74.5
1986	51.7	74.8
1987	51.5	75.1
1988	50.9	75.3
1989	49.5	75.4
1990	47.8	75.7
1991	46.2	75.9
1992	44.4	76.3
1993	42.9	76.2
1994	12.2	76.7
1995	41.5	76.6
1996	42.5	76.9
1997	42	77.1
1998	43.1	77.3
1999	45.7	77.4
2000	47.8	77.8
2001	49.5	78.1
2002	51.3	78.2
2003	53.5	78.3
2004	55.5	78.9
2005	57	79.1
2006	58.3	79.3
2007	59.5	79.5
2008	60.6	79.7
2009	61.8	80.2
2010	62.8	80.4
2011	63.5	80.8
2012	64.2	80.9
2013	64.7	80.9
2014	65.1	81.2
2015	65.4	80.9
2016	65.7	81.1
2017	66.1	81.2
2018	66.4	81.1
2019	66.7	81.4
2020	67	80.4
2021	66.8	80.7
2022	67.5	81.1
2023	67.8	81.3
2024	68	81.4
2025	68.2	81.6

Rwanda and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Rwanda

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Rwanda	United Kingdom
1960	3,022,294	52,400,000
1961	3,106,779	52,800,000
1962	3,186,025	53,250,000
1963	3,258,890	53,650,000
1964	3,334,834	54,000,000
1965	3,423,210	54,348,050
1966	3,521,626	54,648,500
1967	3,629,577	54,943,600
1968	3,744,010	55,211,700
1969	3,861,271	55,441,750
1970	3,980,669	55,663,250
1971	4,100,044	55,896,223
1972	4,220,335	56,086,065
1973	4,345,047	56,194,527
1974	4,474,228	56,229,974
1975	4,607,728	56,225,800
1976	4,745,954	56,211,968
1977	4,888,240	56,193,492
1978	5,035,171	56,196,504
1979	5,189,541	56,246,951
1980	5,353,259	56,314,216
1981	5,527,230	56,333,829
1982	5,711,549	56,313,641
1983	5,905,311	56,332,848
1984	6,107,627	56,422,072
1985	6,317,228	56,550,268
1986	6,531,881	56,681,396
1987	6,749,493	56,802,050
1988	6,968,071	56,928,327
1989	7,184,706	57,076,711
1990	7,375,307	57,247,586
1991	7,526,966	57,424,897
1992	7,683,266	57,580,402
1993	7,981,132	57,718,614
1994	6,792,352	57,865,745
1995	5,674,118	58,019,030
1996	6,708,764	58,166,950
1997	7,755,238	58,316,954
1998	8,081,681	58,487,141
1999	8,147,912	58,682,466
2000	8,213,931	58,892,514
2001	8,287,094	59,119,673
2002	8,400,180	59,370,479
2003	8,586,875	59,647,577
2004	8,816,844	59,987,905
2005	9,054,528	60,401,206
2006	9,299,246	60,846,820
2007	9,549,933	61,322,463
2008	9,804,269	61,806,995
2009	10,060,432	62,276,270
2010	10,317,553	62,766,365
2011	10,573,733	63,258,810
2012	10,829,901	63,711,000
2013	11,093,340	64,139,000
2014	11,364,757	64,620,000
2015	11,640,022	65,088,000
2016	11,919,183	65,607,000
2017	12,202,060	65,966,000
2018	12,487,996	66,289,000
2019	12,776,103	66,631,000
2020	13,065,837	66,744,000
2021	13,355,260	66,984,000
2022	13,651,030	67,604,000
2023	13,954,471	68,492,000
2024	14,256,567	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Rwanda and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Rwanda

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Rwanda	United Kingdom
1960	8.28	2.69
1961	8.28	2.78
1962	8.27	2.86
1963	8.27	2.88
1964	8.27	2.93
1965	8.25	2.86
1966	8.23	2.78
1967	8.21	2.68
1968	8.19	2.6
1969	8.18	2.51
1970	8.15	2.44
1971	8.09	2.41
1972	8.09	2.2
1973	8.09	2.04
1974	8.1	1.92
1975	8.1	1.81
1976	8.12	1.74
1977	8.14	1.69
1978	8.16	1.75
1979	8.13	1.86
1980	8.12	1.9
1981	8.1	1.82
1982	8.06	1.78
1983	8	1.77
1984	7.91	1.77
1985	7.79	1.79
1986	7.61	1.78
1987	7.43	1.81
1988	7.23	1.82
1989	7.03	1.79
1990	6.8	1.83
1991	6.62	1.82
1992	6.54	1.79
1993	6.48	1.76
1994	6.42	1.74
1995	6.35	1.71
1996	6.29	1.73
1997	6.24	1.72
1998	6.17	1.71
1999	6.06	1.68
2000	5.97	1.64
2001	5.89	1.63
2002	5.82	1.63
2003	5.74	1.7
2004	5.64	1.75
2005	5.5	1.76
2006	5.34	1.82
2007	5.14	1.86
2008	4.92	1.91
2009	4.71	1.89
2010	4.52	1.92
2011	4.33	1.91
2012	4.2	1.92
2013	4.14	1.83
2014	4.12	1.81
2015	4.11	1.8
2016	4.11	1.79
2017	4.08	1.74
2018	4.05	1.68
2019	3.99	1.63
2020	3.91	1.57
2021	3.84	1.58
2022	3.78	1.56
2023	3.7	1.56

Rwanda and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Rwanda

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Rwanda	United Kingdom
1960	15.5	35.5
1961	15.1	35.4
1962	14.9	35.3
1963	14.8	35.3
1964	14.7	35.2
1965	14.8	35.1
1966	14.9	34.9
1967	15.1	34.8
1968	15.3	34.6
1969	15.5	34.4
1970	15.7	34.2
1971	15.9	34.1
1972	16	34
1973	16.2	34
1974	16.3	34
1975	16.4	34
1976	16.5	34
1977	16.6	34.1
1978	16.6	34.2
1979	16.5	34.3
1980	16.5	34.4
1981	16.4	34.5
1982	16.2	34.8
1983	16.1	35
1984	16	35.2
1985	15.8	35.3
1986	15.7	35.4
1987	15.6	35.4
1988	15.6	35.7
1989	15.5	35.9
1990	15.5	36
1991	15.5	36.1
1992	15.6	36.2
1993	15.7	36.3
1994	15	36.5
1995	14.3	36.6
1996	14.6	36.8
1997	14.8	37
1998	15.3	37.2
1999	15.8	37.4
2000	16.3	37.7
2001	16.8	37.9
2002	17.1	38.1
2003	17.4	38.2
2004	17.6	38.4
2005	17.8	38.5
2006	18	38.6
2007	18.1	38.8
2008	18.3	38.9
2009	18.4	39
2010	18.5	39.2
2011	18.7	39.3
2012	18.8	39.5
2013	19	39.6
2014	19.1	39.7
2015	19.3	39.8
2016	19.4	39.8
2017	19.6	39.9
2018	19.7	40
2019	19.8	40.1
2020	19.9	40.2
2021	20	40.3
2022	20.3	40.5
2023	20.5	40.8
2024	20.8	41

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