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 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 178/197 ($1,000), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

Rwanda and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
1960	$119,000,024	$1,053,528,036
1961	$122,000,016	$1,097,206,526
1962	$125,000,008	$1,118,172,226
1963	$128,000,000	$1,160,103,724
1964	$129,999,994	$1,217,759,447
1965	$148,799,980	$1,312,105,394
1966	$124,525,703	$1,282,403,936
1967	$159,560,018	$1,397,715,282
1968	$172,200,018	$1,480,355,355
1969	$188,700,037	$1,748,891,294
1970	$219,900,006	$1,885,168,339
1971	$222,952,504	$2,179,828,710
1972	$246,457,838	$2,679,096,597
1973	$290,746,157	$3,311,043,292
1974	$308,458,423	$3,984,194,614
1975	$571,863,500	$4,373,532,601
1976	$637,753,853	$4,320,576,877
1977	$746,650,613	$4,366,610,469
1978	$905,709,076	$4,353,822,343
1979	$1,109,346,131	$5,180,102,910
1980	$1,254,765,642	$6,682,278,300
1981	$1,407,062,527	$8,015,464,252
1982	$1,407,243,139	$8,544,060,905
1983	$1,479,687,587	$7,768,031,182
1984	$1,587,413,084	$6,355,369,172
1985	$1,715,626,331	$5,640,137,575
1986	$1,944,710,684	$6,220,698,247
1987	$2,157,432,668	$6,744,657,033
1988	$2,395,492,687	$7,818,774,177
1989	$2,405,022,593	$8,290,553,535
1990	$2,550,185,679	$8,788,301,546
1991	$1,911,600,237	$8,646,000,000
1992	$2,029,026,962	$6,755,000,000
1993	$1,971,525,712	$6,567,250,000
1994	$753,636,370	$6,894,250,000
1995	$1,293,535,193	$7,115,000,000
1996	$1,382,334,879	$8,557,500,000
1997	$1,851,558,197	$8,534,000,000
1998	$1,989,343,546	$6,405,250,000
1999	$2,157,108,263	$6,861,500,000
2000	$2,068,836,754	$6,693,250,000
2001	$1,966,600,715	$6,780,750,000
2002	$1,966,003,468	$6,345,250,000
2003	$2,138,237,279	$5,730,500,000
2004	$2,376,496,067	$5,808,500,000
2005	$2,933,819,766	$5,758,250,000
2006	$3,319,784,539	$5,446,750,000
2007	$4,070,507,895	$5,294,750,000
2008	$5,179,854,065	$4,418,000,000
2009	$5,674,476,969	$9,670,750,000
2010	$6,124,756,654	$12,047,750,000
2011	$6,884,913,658	$14,109,000,000
2012	$7,654,761,050	$17,123,500,000
2013	$7,819,964,030	$19,100,750,000
2014	$8,238,966,124	$19,505,500,000
2015	$8,543,760,200	$19,973,250,000
2016	$8,695,272,058	$20,559,250,000
2017	$9,252,833,891	$51,035,657,371
2018	$9,637,904,521	$34,141,666,667
2019	$10,349,300,277	$33,357,695,635
2020	$10,174,386,857	$31,980,334,561
2021	$11,078,787,090	$41,287,673,690
2022	$13,316,161,002	$40,757,561,709
2023	$14,331,722,703	$35,871,779,681
2024	$14,251,642,235	$41,539,411,516

Rwanda and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
1960	$39.4	$276.6
1961	$39.3	$279.2
1962	$39.2	$275.7
1963	$39.3	$277.1
1964	$39	$281.9
1965	$43.5	$294.3
1966	$35.4	$278.7
1967	$44	$294.4
1968	$46	$302
1969	$48.9	$346
1970	$55.2	$361
1971	$54.4	$406
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	$1,069
1982	$246.4	$1,096
1983	$250.6	$959
1984	$259.9	$757
1985	$271.6	$649
1986	$297.7	$693
1987	$320	$726
1988	$344	$816
1989	$335	$840
1990	$346	$867
1991	$254	$831
1992	$264.1	$631
1993	$247	$605
1994	$111	$634
1995	$228	$648
1996	$206	$767
1997	$238.7	$751
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	$470
2005	$324	$461
2006	$357	$431
2007	$426	$414
2008	$528	$341
2009	$564	$736
2010	$594	$902
2011	$651	$1,038
2012	$707	$1,239
2013	$705	$1,363
2014	$725	$1,373
2015	$734	$1,387
2016	$730	$1,408
2017	$758	$3,445
2018	$772	$2,271
2019	$810	$2,184
2020	$779	$2,060
2021	$830	$2,614
2022	$975	$2,536
2023	$1,027	$2,195
2024	$1,000	$2,497

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
2026	68.5	63.6

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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