Population in Australia compared to Rwanda: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Rwanda: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Rwanda	Australia	Rwanda
1960	10,276,477	3,022,294	-	-
1961	10,483,000	3,106,779	2.01%	2.8%
1962	10,742,000	3,186,025	2.47%	2.55%
1963	10,950,000	3,258,890	1.94%	2.29%
1964	11,167,000	3,334,834	1.98%	2.33%
1965	11,388,000	3,423,210	1.98%	2.65%
1966	11,651,000	3,521,626	2.31%	2.87%
1967	11,799,000	3,629,577	1.27%	3.07%
1968	12,009,000	3,744,010	1.78%	3.15%
1969	12,263,000	3,861,271	2.12%	3.13%
1970	12,507,000	3,980,669	1.99%	3.09%
1971	12,937,000	4,100,044	3.44%	3%
1972	13,177,000	4,220,335	1.86%	2.93%
1973	13,380,000	4,345,047	1.54%	2.96%
1974	13,723,000	4,474,228	2.56%	2.97%
1975	13,893,000	4,607,728	1.24%	2.98%
1976	14,033,000	4,745,954	1.01%	3%
1977	14,192,000	4,888,240	1.13%	3%
1978	14,358,000	5,035,171	1.17%	3.01%
1979	14,514,000	5,189,541	1.09%	3.07%
1980	14,692,000	5,353,259	1.23%	3.15%
1981	14,923,260	5,527,230	1.57%	3.25%
1982	15,184,247	5,711,549	1.75%	3.33%
1983	15,393,472	5,905,311	1.38%	3.39%
1984	15,579,391	6,107,627	1.21%	3.43%
1985	15,788,312	6,317,228	1.34%	3.43%
1986	16,018,350	6,531,881	1.46%	3.4%
1987	16,263,874	6,749,493	1.53%	3.33%
1988	16,532,164	6,968,071	1.65%	3.24%
1989	16,814,416	7,184,706	1.71%	3.11%
1990	17,065,128	7,375,307	1.49%	2.65%
1991	17,284,036	7,526,966	1.28%	2.06%
1992	17,478,635	7,683,266	1.13%	2.08%
1993	17,634,808	7,981,132	0.89%	3.88%
1994	17,805,468	6,792,352	0.97%	-14.9%
1995	18,004,882	5,674,118	1.12%	-16.5%
1996	18,224,767	6,708,764	1.22%	18.2%
1997	18,423,037	7,755,238	1.09%	15.6%
1998	18,607,584	8,081,681	1%	4.21%
1999	18,812,264	8,147,912	1.1%	0.82%
2000	19,028,802	8,213,931	1.15%	0.81%
2001	19,274,701	8,287,094	1.29%	0.89%
2002	19,495,210	8,400,180	1.14%	1.36%
2003	19,720,737	8,586,875	1.16%	2.22%
2004	19,932,722	8,816,844	1.07%	2.68%
2005	20,176,844	9,054,528	1.22%	2.7%
2006	20,450,966	9,299,246	1.36%	2.7%
2007	20,827,622	9,549,933	1.84%	2.7%
2008	21,249,199	9,804,269	2.02%	2.66%
2009	21,691,653	10,060,432	2.08%	2.61%
2010	22,031,750	10,317,553	1.57%	2.56%
2011	22,340,024	10,573,733	1.4%	2.48%
2012	22,733,465	10,829,901	1.76%	2.42%
2013	23,128,129	11,093,340	1.74%	2.43%
2014	23,475,686	11,364,757	1.5%	2.45%
2015	23,815,995	11,640,022	1.45%	2.42%
2016	24,190,907	11,919,183	1.57%	2.4%
2017	24,592,588	12,202,060	1.66%	2.37%
2018	24,963,258	12,487,996	1.51%	2.34%
2019	25,334,826	12,776,103	1.49%	2.31%
2020	25,649,248	13,065,837	1.24%	2.27%
2021	25,685,412	13,355,260	0.14%	2.22%
2022	26,018,721	13,651,030	1.3%	2.21%
2023	26,659,922	13,954,471	2.46%	2.22%
2024	27,196,812	14,256,567	2.01%	2.16%
2025	27,462,351	14,569,343	0.98%	2.19%
2026	27,720,006	14,889,694	0.94%	2.2%
2027	27,971,653	15,214,324	0.91%	2.18%
2028	28,220,660	15,536,461	0.89%	2.12%
2029	28,462,685	15,844,649	0.86%	1.98%
2030	28,698,853	16,154,698	0.83%	1.96%
2031	28,932,262	16,473,106	0.81%	1.97%
2032	29,160,438	16,771,820	0.79%	1.81%
2033	29,384,107	17,073,475	0.77%	1.8%
2034	29,605,432	17,402,250	0.75%	1.93%
2035	29,826,537	17,746,315	0.75%	1.98%
2036	30,047,917	18,076,769	0.74%	1.86%
2037	30,264,792	18,395,838	0.72%	1.77%
2038	30,480,032	18,729,778	0.71%	1.82%
2039	30,694,219	19,076,783	0.7%	1.85%
2040	30,907,034	19,440,762	0.69%	1.91%
2041	31,123,706	19,806,170	0.7%	1.88%
2042	31,343,677	20,153,979	0.71%	1.76%
2043	31,563,469	20,500,826	0.7%	1.72%
2044	31,781,220	20,837,079	0.69%	1.64%
2045	32,000,146	21,152,650	0.69%	1.51%
2046	32,223,471	21,459,144	0.7%	1.45%
2047	32,443,112	21,764,578	0.68%	1.42%
2048	32,662,412	22,086,112	0.68%	1.48%
2049	32,881,878	22,403,887	0.67%	1.44%
2050	33,095,459	22,707,896	0.65%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.4% to 33,095,459 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.