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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Rwanda	Fiji	Rwanda
1960	404,887	3,022,294	-	-
1961	417,406	3,106,779	3.09%	2.8%
1962	430,536	3,186,025	3.15%	2.55%
1963	444,276	3,258,890	3.19%	2.29%
1964	458,324	3,334,834	3.16%	2.33%
1965	472,575	3,423,210	3.11%	2.65%
1966	486,487	3,521,626	2.94%	2.87%
1967	498,873	3,629,577	2.55%	3.07%
1968	510,002	3,744,010	2.23%	3.15%
1969	520,797	3,861,271	2.12%	3.13%
1970	531,188	3,980,669	2%	3.09%
1971	541,121	4,100,044	1.87%	3%
1972	550,499	4,220,335	1.73%	2.93%
1973	559,222	4,345,047	1.58%	2.96%
1974	567,489	4,474,228	1.48%	2.97%
1975	575,906	4,607,728	1.48%	2.98%
1976	585,534	4,745,954	1.67%	3%
1977	597,805	4,888,240	2.1%	3%
1978	612,091	5,035,171	2.39%	3.01%
1979	626,862	5,189,541	2.41%	3.07%
1980	641,975	5,353,259	2.41%	3.15%
1981	657,471	5,527,230	2.41%	3.25%
1982	673,414	5,711,549	2.42%	3.33%
1983	689,835	5,905,311	2.44%	3.39%
1984	706,716	6,107,627	2.45%	3.43%
1985	723,761	6,317,228	2.41%	3.43%
1986	739,306	6,531,881	2.15%	3.4%
1987	750,540	6,749,493	1.52%	3.33%
1988	758,697	6,968,071	1.09%	3.24%
1989	766,321	7,184,706	1%	3.11%
1990	773,316	7,375,307	0.91%	2.65%
1991	779,656	7,526,966	0.82%	2.06%
1992	785,346	7,683,266	0.73%	2.08%
1993	790,369	7,981,132	0.64%	3.88%
1994	794,771	6,792,352	0.56%	-14.9%
1995	798,746	5,674,118	0.5%	-16.5%
1996	803,789	6,708,764	0.63%	18.2%
1997	812,139	7,755,238	1.04%	15.6%
1998	822,258	8,081,681	1.25%	4.21%
1999	831,828	8,147,912	1.16%	0.82%
2000	840,909	8,213,931	1.09%	0.81%
2001	849,596	8,287,094	1.03%	0.89%
2002	858,049	8,400,180	0.99%	1.36%
2003	866,286	8,586,875	0.96%	2.22%
2004	874,366	8,816,844	0.93%	2.68%
2005	882,379	9,054,528	0.92%	2.7%
2006	890,365	9,299,246	0.91%	2.7%
2007	897,832	9,549,933	0.84%	2.7%
2008	903,399	9,804,269	0.62%	2.66%
2009	907,239	10,060,432	0.43%	2.61%
2010	910,419	10,317,553	0.35%	2.56%
2011	912,989	10,573,733	0.28%	2.48%
2012	914,918	10,829,901	0.21%	2.42%
2013	916,352	11,093,340	0.16%	2.43%
2014	917,585	11,364,757	0.13%	2.45%
2015	918,578	11,640,022	0.11%	2.42%
2016	919,166	11,919,183	0.06%	2.4%
2017	918,759	12,202,060	-0.04%	2.37%
2018	917,180	12,487,996	-0.17%	2.34%
2019	914,899	12,776,103	-0.25%	2.31%
2020	914,963	13,065,837	0.007%	2.27%
2021	916,711	13,355,260	0.19%	2.22%
2022	919,422	13,651,030	0.3%	2.21%
2023	924,145	13,954,471	0.51%	2.22%
2024	928,784	14,256,567	0.5%	2.16%
2025	933,141	14,569,343	0.47%	2.19%
2026	937,268	14,889,694	0.44%	2.2%
2027	941,304	15,214,324	0.43%	2.18%
2028	945,347	15,536,461	0.43%	2.12%
2029	949,269	15,844,649	0.41%	1.98%
2030	953,095	16,154,698	0.4%	1.96%
2031	956,685	16,473,106	0.38%	1.97%
2032	960,056	16,771,820	0.35%	1.81%
2033	963,339	17,073,475	0.34%	1.8%
2034	966,516	17,402,250	0.33%	1.93%
2035	969,613	17,746,315	0.32%	1.98%
2036	972,641	18,076,769	0.31%	1.86%
2037	975,643	18,395,838	0.31%	1.77%
2038	978,533	18,729,778	0.3%	1.82%
2039	981,270	19,076,783	0.28%	1.85%
2040	983,842	19,440,762	0.26%	1.91%
2041	986,409	19,806,170	0.26%	1.88%
2042	988,810	20,153,979	0.24%	1.76%
2043	990,851	20,500,826	0.21%	1.72%
2044	992,731	20,837,079	0.19%	1.64%
2045	994,437	21,152,650	0.17%	1.51%
2046	995,957	21,459,144	0.15%	1.45%
2047	997,319	21,764,578	0.14%	1.42%
2048	998,544	22,086,112	0.12%	1.48%
2049	999,530	22,403,887	0.1%	1.44%
2050	1,000,244	22,707,896	0.07%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.