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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Rwanda	Chad	Rwanda
1960	3,049,838	3,022,294	-	-
1961	3,111,947	3,106,779	2.04%	2.8%
1962	3,175,598	3,186,025	2.05%	2.55%
1963	3,240,905	3,258,890	2.06%	2.29%
1964	3,307,479	3,334,834	2.05%	2.33%
1965	3,374,220	3,423,210	2.02%	2.65%
1966	3,440,903	3,521,626	1.98%	2.87%
1967	3,508,512	3,629,577	1.96%	3.07%
1968	3,578,231	3,744,010	1.99%	3.15%
1969	3,651,113	3,861,271	2.04%	3.13%
1970	3,727,828	3,980,669	2.1%	3.09%
1971	3,807,316	4,100,044	2.13%	3%
1972	3,893,252	4,220,335	2.26%	2.93%
1973	3,985,909	4,345,047	2.38%	2.96%
1974	4,078,356	4,474,228	2.32%	2.97%
1975	4,167,234	4,607,728	2.18%	2.98%
1976	4,251,297	4,745,954	2.02%	3%
1977	4,331,667	4,888,240	1.89%	3%
1978	4,411,366	5,035,171	1.84%	3.01%
1979	4,505,384	5,189,541	2.13%	3.07%
1980	4,515,453	5,353,259	0.22%	3.15%
1981	4,520,959	5,527,230	0.12%	3.25%
1982	4,738,483	5,711,549	4.81%	3.33%
1983	4,979,130	5,905,311	5.08%	3.39%
1984	5,045,145	6,107,627	1.33%	3.43%
1985	5,096,269	6,317,228	1.01%	3.43%
1986	5,251,069	6,531,881	3.04%	3.4%
1987	5,438,309	6,749,493	3.57%	3.33%
1988	5,625,602	6,968,071	3.44%	3.24%
1989	5,819,586	7,184,706	3.45%	3.11%
1990	5,982,833	7,375,307	2.81%	2.65%
1991	6,205,676	7,526,966	3.72%	2.06%
1992	6,474,656	7,683,266	4.33%	2.08%
1993	6,629,146	7,981,132	2.39%	3.88%
1994	6,783,450	6,792,352	2.33%	-14.9%
1995	7,089,064	5,674,118	4.51%	-16.5%
1996	7,410,108	6,708,764	4.53%	18.2%
1997	7,670,366	7,755,238	3.51%	15.6%
1998	7,938,840	8,081,681	3.5%	4.21%
1999	8,222,705	8,147,912	3.58%	0.82%
2000	8,512,093	8,213,931	3.52%	0.81%
2001	8,804,124	8,287,094	3.43%	0.89%
2002	9,116,192	8,400,180	3.54%	1.36%
2003	9,487,833	8,586,875	4.08%	2.22%
2004	9,920,036	8,816,844	4.56%	2.68%
2005	10,328,092	9,054,528	4.11%	2.7%
2006	10,706,424	9,299,246	3.66%	2.7%
2007	11,081,660	9,549,933	3.5%	2.7%
2008	11,476,296	9,804,269	3.56%	2.66%
2009	11,893,754	10,060,432	3.64%	2.61%
2010	12,312,575	10,317,553	3.52%	2.56%
2011	12,754,997	10,573,733	3.59%	2.48%
2012	13,210,998	10,829,901	3.58%	2.42%
2013	13,691,079	11,093,340	3.63%	2.43%
2014	14,188,678	11,364,757	3.63%	2.45%
2015	14,647,621	11,640,022	3.23%	2.42%
2016	15,114,655	11,919,183	3.19%	2.4%
2017	15,622,759	12,202,060	3.36%	2.37%
2018	16,156,531	12,487,996	3.42%	2.34%
2019	16,685,223	12,776,103	3.27%	2.31%
2020	17,224,679	13,065,837	3.23%	2.27%
2021	17,828,273	13,355,260	3.5%	2.22%
2022	18,455,316	13,651,030	3.52%	2.21%
2023	19,319,064	13,954,471	4.68%	2.22%
2024	20,299,123	14,256,567	5.07%	2.16%
2025	21,003,694	14,569,343	3.47%	2.19%
2026	21,560,377	14,889,694	2.65%	2.2%
2027	22,175,373	15,214,324	2.85%	2.18%
2028	22,847,740	15,536,461	3.03%	2.12%
2029	23,526,035	15,844,649	2.97%	1.98%
2030	24,207,481	16,154,698	2.9%	1.96%
2031	24,897,231	16,473,106	2.85%	1.97%
2032	25,596,224	16,771,820	2.81%	1.81%
2033	26,297,830	17,073,475	2.74%	1.8%
2034	26,997,395	17,402,250	2.66%	1.93%
2035	27,697,268	17,746,315	2.59%	1.98%
2036	28,410,489	18,076,769	2.58%	1.86%
2037	29,132,961	18,395,838	2.54%	1.77%
2038	29,856,451	18,729,778	2.48%	1.82%
2039	30,584,696	19,076,783	2.44%	1.85%
2040	31,307,329	19,440,762	2.36%	1.91%
2041	32,035,111	19,806,170	2.32%	1.88%
2042	32,777,662	20,153,979	2.32%	1.76%
2043	33,525,238	20,500,826	2.28%	1.72%
2044	34,272,313	20,837,079	2.23%	1.64%
2045	35,026,384	21,152,650	2.2%	1.51%
2046	35,788,056	21,459,144	2.17%	1.45%
2047	36,546,910	21,764,578	2.12%	1.42%
2048	37,317,460	22,086,112	2.11%	1.48%
2049	38,088,916	22,403,887	2.07%	1.44%
2050	38,857,671	22,707,896	2.02%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th 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) Chad's population will grow by 81.1% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.