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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Belize was 417,072 in 2024 vs 14,256,567 people in Rwanda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belize's population is 427,523 people compared to 14,826,674 in Rwanda.

Population statistics:

  • Rwanda's population is 34.7 times bigger than Belize's.
  • Belize is ranked the 171st most populous country in the world, while Rwanda is the 77th.
  • The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.005% for Belize vs 0.18% for Rwanda.
  • For the last 10 years, Belize has had an average growth rate of +1.83% per year vs +2.31% in Rwanda.
  • Since 2005, the population of Belize has increased from 280K people to 428K (52.8% growth), while Rwanda has grown from 9.05M to 14.8M (63.7% growth).
  • Belize is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 528K people compared to the peak of 32.8M people in 2100 for Rwanda.

Belize vs Rwanda: live population counter

Belize Rwanda
Current population
427523
14826674
Population rank 171/197 77/197
Percent of world population 0.005% 0.18%
One net population change
1.47 hours
1.74 minutes
One birth every
1.18 hours
1.33 minutes
One death every
4.33 hours
6.35 minutes
One migration net change every
17.9 hours
33.7 minutes
Annual migration change +490 -15,582
Daily growth/decline +16 +828
Annual growth/decline +5,966 +302,096
Annual growth/decline rate +1.45% +2.16%
Population growth rate rank 75/197 47/197

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

Belize
Population

Growth rate
Rwanda
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Belize Rwanda Belize Rwanda
1960 91,318 3,022,294 - -
1961 93,632 3,106,779 2.53% 2.8%
1962 96,042 3,186,025 2.57% 2.55%
1963 98,704 3,258,890 2.77% 2.29%
1964 101,603 3,334,834 2.94% 2.33%
1965 104,675 3,423,210 3.02% 2.65%
1966 107,906 3,521,626 3.09% 2.87%
1967 111,272 3,629,577 3.12% 3.07%
1968 114,713 3,744,010 3.09% 3.15%
1969 118,040 3,861,271 2.9% 3.13%
1970 120,736 3,980,669 2.28% 3.09%
1971 122,805 4,100,044 1.71% 3%
1972 124,676 4,220,335 1.52% 2.93%
1973 126,445 4,345,047 1.42% 2.96%
1974 128,185 4,474,228 1.38% 2.97%
1975 130,387 4,607,728 1.72% 2.98%
1976 133,099 4,745,954 2.08% 3%
1977 135,887 4,888,240 2.09% 3%
1978 138,713 5,035,171 2.08% 3.01%
1979 141,678 5,189,541 2.14% 3.07%
1980 145,062 5,353,259 2.39% 3.15%
1981 148,786 5,527,230 2.57% 3.25%
1982 152,548 5,711,549 2.53% 3.33%
1983 156,297 5,905,311 2.46% 3.39%
1984 160,044 6,107,627 2.4% 3.43%
1985 163,796 6,317,228 2.34% 3.43%
1986 167,554 6,531,881 2.29% 3.4%
1987 171,338 6,749,493 2.26% 3.33%
1988 175,180 6,968,071 2.24% 3.24%
1989 179,107 7,184,706 2.24% 3.11%
1990 183,076 7,375,307 2.22% 2.65%
1991 187,040 7,526,966 2.17% 2.06%
1992 190,983 7,683,266 2.11% 2.08%
1993 194,902 7,981,132 2.05% 3.88%
1994 199,097 6,792,352 2.15% -14.9%
1995 204,146 5,674,118 2.54% -16.5%
1996 210,310 6,708,764 3.02% 18.2%
1997 217,446 7,755,238 3.39% 15.6%
1998 225,173 8,081,681 3.55% 4.21%
1999 233,059 8,147,912 3.5% 0.82%
2000 240,799 8,213,931 3.32% 0.81%
2001 248,379 8,287,094 3.15% 0.89%
2002 256,009 8,400,180 3.07% 1.36%
2003 263,780 8,586,875 3.04% 2.22%
2004 271,688 8,816,844 3% 2.68%
2005 279,731 9,054,528 2.96% 2.7%
2006 287,878 9,299,246 2.91% 2.7%
2007 296,100 9,549,933 2.86% 2.7%
2008 304,361 9,804,269 2.79% 2.66%
2009 312,614 10,060,432 2.71% 2.61%
2010 320,245 10,317,553 2.44% 2.56%
2011 327,298 10,573,733 2.2% 2.48%
2012 334,414 10,829,901 2.17% 2.42%
2013 341,627 11,093,340 2.16% 2.43%
2014 348,923 11,364,757 2.14% 2.45%
2015 356,333 11,640,022 2.12% 2.42%
2016 364,705 11,919,183 2.35% 2.4%
2017 373,202 12,202,060 2.33% 2.37%
2018 380,226 12,487,996 1.88% 2.34%
2019 385,829 12,776,103 1.47% 2.31%
2020 390,812 13,065,837 1.29% 2.27%
2021 395,346 13,355,260 1.16% 2.22%
2022 402,733 13,651,030 1.87% 2.21%
2023 411,106 13,954,471 2.08% 2.22%
2024 417,072 14,256,567 1.45% 2.16%
2025 422,922 14,569,343 1.4% 2.19%
2026 428,651 14,889,694 1.35% 2.2%
2027 434,214 15,214,324 1.3% 2.18%
2028 439,588 15,536,461 1.24% 2.12%
2029 444,794 15,844,649 1.18% 1.98%
2030 449,845 16,154,698 1.14% 1.96%
2031 454,733 16,473,106 1.09% 1.97%
2032 459,517 16,771,820 1.05% 1.81%
2033 464,203 17,073,475 1.02% 1.8%
2034 468,777 17,402,250 0.99% 1.93%
2035 473,126 17,746,315 0.93% 1.98%
2036 477,230 18,076,769 0.87% 1.86%
2037 481,157 18,395,838 0.82% 1.77%
2038 484,877 18,729,778 0.77% 1.82%
2039 488,334 19,076,783 0.71% 1.85%
2040 491,592 19,440,762 0.67% 1.91%
2041 494,725 19,806,170 0.64% 1.88%
2042 497,695 20,153,979 0.6% 1.76%
2043 500,514 20,500,826 0.57% 1.72%
2044 503,171 20,837,079 0.53% 1.64%
2045 505,692 21,152,650 0.5% 1.51%
2046 508,116 21,459,144 0.48% 1.45%
2047 510,423 21,764,578 0.45% 1.42%
2048 512,657 22,086,112 0.44% 1.48%
2049 514,721 22,403,887 0.4% 1.44%
2050 516,621 22,707,896 0.37% 1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Belize's population will grow by 20.8% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.

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