Rwanda vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 146th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Rwanda and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
1960	$119,000,024	$1,052,990,485
1961	$122,000,016	$1,096,646,688
1962	$125,000,008	$1,117,601,690
1963	$128,000,000	$1,159,511,793
1964	$129,999,994	$1,217,138,098
1965	$148,799,980	$1,311,435,906
1966	$124,525,703	$1,281,749,603
1967	$159,560,018	$1,397,002,112
1968	$172,200,018	$1,479,600,019
1969	$188,700,037	$1,747,998,941
1970	$219,900,006	$1,884,206,452
1971	$222,952,504	$2,178,716,475
1972	$246,457,838	$2,677,729,616
1973	$290,746,157	$3,309,353,866
1974	$308,458,423	$3,982,161,721
1975	$571,863,500	$4,371,301,052
1976	$637,753,853	$4,318,372,348
1977	$746,650,613	$4,364,382,451
1978	$905,709,076	$4,351,600,850
1979	$1,109,346,131	$5,177,459,817
1980	$1,254,765,642	$6,678,868,738
1981	$1,407,062,527	$8,011,374,445
1982	$1,407,243,139	$8,539,701,388
1983	$1,479,687,587	$7,764,067,625
1984	$1,587,413,084	$6,352,126,411
1985	$1,715,626,331	$5,637,259,754
1986	$1,944,710,684	$6,217,524,201
1987	$2,157,432,668	$6,741,215,643
1988	$2,395,492,687	$7,814,784,729
1989	$2,405,022,593	$8,286,323,367
1990	$2,550,185,679	$8,783,817,407
1991	$1,911,600,237	$8,641,482,396
1992	$2,029,026,962	$6,751,472,744
1993	$1,971,525,712	$6,563,813,829
1994	$753,636,370	$6,890,675,555
1995	$1,293,535,193	$7,111,271,273
1996	$1,382,334,879	$8,553,147,289
1997	$1,851,558,197	$8,529,572,287
1998	$1,989,343,546	$6,401,968,715
1999	$2,157,108,263	$6,858,013,652
2000	$2,068,836,754	$6,689,958,139
2001	$1,966,600,715	$6,777,385,246
2002	$1,966,003,468	$6,342,116,911
2003	$2,138,237,279	$5,727,592,261
2004	$2,376,496,067	$5,805,598,867
2005	$2,933,819,766	$5,755,215,663
2006	$3,319,784,539	$5,443,896,938
2007	$4,070,507,895	$5,291,950,526
2008	$5,179,854,065	$4,415,703,156
2009	$5,674,476,969	$9,665,815,601
2010	$6,124,756,654	$12,041,602,762
2011	$6,884,913,658	$14,101,801,031
2012	$7,654,761,045	$17,114,762,914
2013	$7,819,964,024	$19,091,004,042
2014	$8,238,966,120	$19,495,547,523
2015	$8,543,760,206	$19,963,058,858
2016	$8,695,272,061	$20,548,759,858
2017	$9,252,833,894	$51,074,726,484
2018	$9,637,904,519	$34,156,057,417
2019	$10,349,300,277	$25,715,657,177
2020	$10,174,386,855	$26,868,564,055
2021	$11,078,787,095	$27,240,507,842
2022	$13,316,161,006	$32,789,657,378
2023	$14,331,722,700	$35,231,369,343
2024	$14,251,642,231	$44,187,704,410

Rwanda and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
1960	$39.4	$276.4
1961	$39.3	$279
1962	$39.2	$275.5
1963	$39.3	$277
1964	$39	$281.7
1965	$43.5	$294.1
1966	$35.4	$278.6
1967	$44	$294.2
1968	$46	$302
1969	$48.9	$346
1970	$55.2	$361
1971	$54.4	$405
1972	$58.4	$483
1973	$66.9	$579
1974	$68.9	$674
1975	$124.1	$717
1976	$134.4	$687
1977	$152.7	$677
1978	$179.9	$665
1979	$213.8	$779
1980	$234.4	$949
1981	$254.6	$1,068
1982	$246.4	$1,095
1983	$250.6	$959
1984	$259.9	$757
1985	$271.6	$649
1986	$297.7	$692
1987	$320	$726
1988	$344	$815
1989	$335	$840
1990	$346	$866
1991	$254	$831
1992	$264.1	$631
1993	$247	$604
1994	$111	$634
1995	$228	$648
1996	$206	$767
1997	$238.7	$750
1998	$246.2	$552
1999	$264.7	$582
2000	$251.9	$563
2001	$237.3	$566
2002	$234	$525
2003	$249	$468
2004	$269.5	$469
2005	$324	$461
2006	$357	$431
2007	$426	$413
2008	$528	$341
2009	$564	$735
2010	$594	$902
2011	$651	$1,037
2012	$707	$1,239
2013	$705	$1,362
2014	$725	$1,372
2015	$734	$1,386
2016	$730	$1,407
2017	$758	$3,448
2018	$772	$2,272
2019	$810	$1,684
2020	$779	$1,730
2021	$830	$1,724
2022	$975	$2,041
2023	$1,027	$2,156
2024	$1,000	$2,656

Rwanda vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
1950	43.2	49.4
1951	43.5	49.8
1952	43.8	50.2
1953	44.1	50.6
1954	44.4	51
1955	44.8	51.4
1956	45.2	51.8
1957	45.6	52.2
1958	46.1	52.6
1959	46.5	53
1960	47	53.5
1961	47.5	54
1962	47.8	54.5
1963	44	54.9
1964	48.1	55.4
1965	48.2	55.9
1966	48.1	56.4
1967	48	56.8
1968	47.7	57.1
1969	47.4	57.5
1970	47.1	57.8
1971	46.8	58
1972	46.3	58.2
1973	45.9	58.1
1974	45.6	58.2
1975	45.3	58.2
1976	45.3	57.6
1977	45.6	57
1978	46.2	54.7
1979	47.1	54.9
1980	48.1	59.1
1981	49.2	59.4
1982	50.2	59.9
1983	50.9	60
1984	51.4	60.6
1985	51.7	60.9
1986	51.7	61
1987	51.5	60.7
1988	50.9	60.2
1989	49.5	59.4
1990	47.8	58.3
1991	46.2	57
1992	44.4	55.6
1993	42.9	54
1994	12.2	52.5
1995	41.5	51.1
1996	42.5	49
1997	42	48.5
1998	43.1	47.6
1999	45.7	46.4
2000	47.8	46
2001	49.5	44.5
2002	51.3	45.9
2003	53.5	45.4
2004	55.5	46
2005	57	46.6
2006	58.3	47.1
2007	59.5	47.6
2008	60.6	48.5
2009	61.8	49.7
2010	62.8	51.9
2011	63.5	53.9
2012	64.2	55.4
2013	64.7	56.8
2014	65.1	58.1
2015	65.4	59
2016	65.7	59.8
2017	66.1	60.3
2018	66.4	60.9
2019	66.7	61.1
2020	67	61.5
2021	66.8	60.1
2022	67.5	62.4
2023	67.8	62.8
2024	68	63.1
2025	68.2	63.3

Rwanda and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
1960	3,022,294	3,809,389
1961	3,106,779	3,930,401
1962	3,186,025	4,055,959
1963	3,258,890	4,185,877
1964	3,334,834	4,320,006
1965	3,423,210	4,458,462
1966	3,521,626	4,601,217
1967	3,629,577	4,748,307
1968	3,744,010	4,900,440
1969	3,861,271	5,058,181
1970	3,980,669	5,215,918
1971	4,100,044	5,374,712
1972	4,220,335	5,542,445
1973	4,345,047	5,720,404
1974	4,474,228	5,908,328
1975	4,607,728	6,098,658
1976	4,745,954	6,287,105
1977	4,888,240	6,449,512
1978	5,035,171	6,543,575
1979	5,189,541	6,647,556
1980	5,353,259	7,041,303
1981	5,527,230	7,498,635
1982	5,711,549	7,796,496
1983	5,905,311	8,098,404
1984	6,107,627	8,391,488
1985	6,317,228	8,686,813
1986	6,531,881	8,982,578
1987	6,749,493	9,284,644
1988	6,968,071	9,583,094
1989	7,184,706	9,864,798
1990	7,375,307	10,137,281
1991	7,526,966	10,404,816
1992	7,683,266	10,702,700
1993	7,981,132	10,860,288
1994	6,792,352	10,873,148
1995	5,674,118	10,974,599
1996	6,708,764	11,158,360
1997	7,755,238	11,369,827
1998	8,081,681	11,594,297
1999	8,147,912	11,783,458
2000	8,213,931	11,892,055
2001	8,287,094	11,971,901
2002	8,400,180	12,087,653
2003	8,586,875	12,232,323
2004	8,816,844	12,365,896
2005	9,054,528	12,483,432
2006	9,299,246	12,636,445
2007	9,549,933	12,804,058
2008	9,804,269	12,959,149
2009	10,060,432	13,142,790
2010	10,317,553	13,356,548
2011	10,573,733	13,595,424
2012	10,829,901	13,817,887
2013	11,093,340	14,013,808
2014	11,364,757	14,207,359
2015	11,640,022	14,399,013
2016	11,919,183	14,600,294
2017	12,202,060	14,812,482
2018	12,487,996	15,034,452
2019	12,776,103	15,271,368
2020	13,065,837	15,526,888
2021	13,355,260	15,797,210
2022	13,651,030	16,069,056
2023	13,954,471	16,340,822
2024	14,256,567	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Rwanda and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
1960	8.28	7.2
1961	8.28	7.21
1962	8.27	7.23
1963	8.27	7.23
1964	8.27	7.23
1965	8.25	7.23
1966	8.23	7.2
1967	8.21	7.16
1968	8.19	7.11
1969	8.18	7.04
1970	8.15	6.98
1971	8.09	6.94
1972	8.09	6.94
1973	8.09	6.94
1974	8.1	6.88
1975	8.1	6.83
1976	8.12	6.77
1977	8.14	6.71
1978	8.16	6.66
1979	8.13	6.59
1980	8.12	6.52
1981	8.1	6.45
1982	8.06	6.33
1983	8	6.2
1984	7.91	6.04
1985	7.79	5.87
1986	7.61	5.69
1987	7.43	5.5
1988	7.23	5.28
1989	7.03	5.07
1990	6.8	4.88
1991	6.62	4.72
1992	6.54	4.57
1993	6.48	4.39
1994	6.42	4.28
1995	6.35	4.15
1996	6.29	4.11
1997	6.24	4.08
1998	6.17	4.07
1999	6.06	4.06
2000	5.97	4.01
2001	5.89	3.98
2002	5.82	3.93
2003	5.74	3.86
2004	5.64	3.78
2005	5.5	3.69
2006	5.34	3.64
2007	5.14	3.68
2008	4.92	3.78
2009	4.71	3.95
2010	4.52	4.04
2011	4.33	4.13
2012	4.2	4.13
2013	4.14	4.11
2014	4.12	4.01
2015	4.11	3.91
2016	4.11	3.83
2017	4.08	3.77
2018	4.05	3.74
2019	3.99	3.75
2020	3.91	3.75
2021	3.84	3.77
2022	3.78	3.77
2023	3.7	3.72

Rwanda and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
1960	15.5	16.4
1961	15.1	16.2
1962	14.9	16
1963	14.8	15.8
1964	14.7	15.7
1965	14.8	15.7
1966	14.9	15.7
1967	15.1	15.7
1968	15.3	15.7
1969	15.5	15.7
1970	15.7	15.7
1971	15.9	15.8
1972	16	15.8
1973	16.2	15.8
1974	16.3	15.9
1975	16.4	15.9
1976	16.5	15.8
1977	16.6	15.8
1978	16.6	15.7
1979	16.5	15.6
1980	16.5	15.6
1981	16.4	15.7
1982	16.2	15.8
1983	16.1	15.8
1984	16	15.8
1985	15.8	15.9
1986	15.7	15.9
1987	15.6	15.9
1988	15.6	15.9
1989	15.5	16.1
1990	15.5	16.3
1991	15.5	16.5
1992	15.6	16.4
1993	15.7	16.3
1994	15	16.4
1995	14.3	16.6
1996	14.6	16.9
1997	14.8	17.2
1998	15.3	17.5
1999	15.8	17.7
2000	16.3	17.8
2001	16.8	18
2002	17.1	18.1
2003	17.4	18.2
2004	17.6	18.3
2005	17.8	18.3
2006	18	18.5
2007	18.1	18.5
2008	18.3	18.5
2009	18.4	18.4
2010	18.5	18.3
2011	18.7	18.2
2012	18.8	18.1
2013	19	18
2014	19.1	18
2015	19.3	18
2016	19.4	18
2017	19.6	18.1
2018	19.7	18.2
2019	19.8	18.3
2020	19.9	18.5
2021	20	18.6
2022	20.3	18.7
2023	20.5	18.9
2024	20.8	19

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