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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	Rwanda	France	Rwanda
1960	47,412,964	3,022,294	-	-
1961	47,905,982	3,106,779	1.04%	2.8%
1962	48,389,516	3,186,025	1.01%	2.55%
1963	48,877,567	3,258,890	1.01%	2.29%
1964	49,401,492	3,334,834	1.07%	2.33%
1965	49,877,725	3,423,210	0.96%	2.65%
1966	50,311,637	3,521,626	0.87%	2.87%
1967	50,722,791	3,629,577	0.82%	3.07%
1968	51,112,980	3,744,010	0.77%	3.15%
1969	51,536,014	3,861,271	0.83%	3.13%
1970	52,007,169	3,980,669	0.91%	3.09%
1971	52,499,553	4,100,044	0.95%	3%
1972	52,962,356	4,220,335	0.88%	2.93%
1973	53,392,161	4,345,047	0.81%	2.96%
1974	53,746,571	4,474,228	0.66%	2.97%
1975	54,002,853	4,607,728	0.48%	2.98%
1976	54,232,383	4,745,954	0.43%	3%
1977	54,486,467	4,888,240	0.47%	3%
1978	54,734,030	5,035,171	0.45%	3.01%
1979	54,979,851	5,189,541	0.45%	3.07%
1980	55,274,184	5,353,259	0.54%	3.15%
1981	55,603,353	5,527,230	0.6%	3.25%
1982	55,806,789	5,711,549	0.37%	3.33%
1983	56,108,330	5,905,311	0.54%	3.39%
1984	56,383,085	6,107,627	0.49%	3.43%
1985	56,665,619	6,317,228	0.5%	3.43%
1986	56,956,002	6,531,881	0.51%	3.4%
1987	57,266,167	6,749,493	0.54%	3.33%
1988	57,598,186	6,968,071	0.58%	3.24%
1989	57,943,062	7,184,706	0.6%	3.11%
1990	58,261,012	7,375,307	0.55%	2.65%
1991	58,554,242	7,526,966	0.5%	2.06%
1992	58,846,584	7,683,266	0.5%	2.08%
1993	59,103,094	7,981,132	0.44%	3.88%
1994	59,324,863	6,792,352	0.38%	-14.9%
1995	59,541,294	5,674,118	0.36%	-16.5%
1996	59,754,504	6,708,764	0.36%	18.2%
1997	59,968,066	7,755,238	0.36%	15.6%
1998	60,190,684	8,081,681	0.37%	4.21%
1999	60,501,986	8,147,912	0.52%	0.82%
2000	60,918,661	8,213,931	0.69%	0.81%
2001	61,364,377	8,287,094	0.73%	0.89%
2002	61,812,142	8,400,180	0.73%	1.36%
2003	62,249,855	8,586,875	0.71%	2.22%
2004	62,707,588	8,816,844	0.74%	2.68%
2005	63,180,854	9,054,528	0.75%	2.7%
2006	63,622,342	9,299,246	0.7%	2.7%
2007	64,016,890	9,549,933	0.62%	2.7%
2008	64,375,116	9,804,269	0.56%	2.66%
2009	64,706,436	10,060,432	0.51%	2.61%
2010	65,026,211	10,317,553	0.49%	2.56%
2011	65,340,830	10,573,733	0.48%	2.48%
2012	65,657,659	10,829,901	0.48%	2.42%
2013	65,997,932	11,093,340	0.52%	2.43%
2014	66,312,067	11,364,757	0.48%	2.45%
2015	66,548,272	11,640,022	0.36%	2.42%
2016	66,724,104	11,919,183	0.26%	2.4%
2017	66,918,020	12,202,060	0.29%	2.37%
2018	67,158,348	12,487,996	0.36%	2.34%
2019	67,382,061	12,776,103	0.33%	2.31%
2020	67,601,110	13,065,837	0.33%	2.27%
2021	67,842,811	13,355,260	0.36%	2.22%
2022	68,065,015	13,651,030	0.33%	2.21%
2023	68,287,487	13,954,471	0.33%	2.22%
2024	68,516,699	14,256,567	0.34%	2.16%
2025	68,621,995	14,569,343	0.15%	2.19%
2026	68,720,416	14,889,694	0.14%	2.2%
2027	68,814,997	15,214,324	0.14%	2.18%
2028	68,908,044	15,536,461	0.14%	2.12%
2029	69,000,393	15,844,649	0.13%	1.98%
2030	69,092,395	16,154,698	0.13%	1.96%
2031	69,182,139	16,473,106	0.13%	1.97%
2032	69,271,844	16,771,820	0.13%	1.81%
2033	69,361,763	17,073,475	0.13%	1.8%
2034	69,453,221	17,402,250	0.13%	1.93%
2035	69,545,666	17,746,315	0.13%	1.98%
2036	69,635,631	18,076,769	0.13%	1.86%
2037	69,723,960	18,395,838	0.13%	1.77%
2038	69,807,163	18,729,778	0.12%	1.82%
2039	69,880,758	19,076,783	0.11%	1.85%
2040	69,948,192	19,440,762	0.1%	1.91%
2041	70,013,748	19,806,170	0.09%	1.88%
2042	70,076,842	20,153,979	0.09%	1.76%
2043	70,130,305	20,500,826	0.08%	1.72%
2044	70,172,822	20,837,079	0.06%	1.64%
2045	70,207,698	21,152,650	0.05%	1.51%
2046	70,232,113	21,459,144	0.03%	1.45%
2047	70,246,945	21,764,578	0.02%	1.42%
2048	70,253,351	22,086,112	0.009%	1.48%
2049	70,249,312	22,403,887	-0.006%	1.44%
2050	70,237,272	22,707,896	-0.02%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd 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) France's population will grow by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people with a rank change from 23rd to 30th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.