Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Rwanda: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Rwanda: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Rwanda	Guinea-Bissau	Rwanda
1960	577,633	3,022,294	-	-
1961	582,532	3,106,779	0.85%	2.8%
1962	589,474	3,186,025	1.19%	2.55%
1963	594,418	3,258,890	0.84%	2.29%
1964	588,543	3,334,834	-0.99%	2.33%
1965	575,005	3,423,210	-2.3%	2.65%
1966	566,908	3,521,626	-1.41%	2.87%
1967	569,011	3,629,577	0.37%	3.07%
1968	578,170	3,744,010	1.61%	3.15%
1969	581,610	3,861,271	0.59%	3.13%
1970	584,403	3,980,669	0.48%	3.09%
1971	586,221	4,100,044	0.31%	3%
1972	586,620	4,220,335	0.07%	2.93%
1973	592,808	4,345,047	1.05%	2.96%
1974	613,338	4,474,228	3.46%	2.97%
1975	650,966	4,607,728	6.13%	2.98%
1976	694,191	4,745,954	6.64%	3%
1977	741,789	4,888,240	6.86%	3%
1978	791,694	5,035,171	6.73%	3.01%
1979	819,867	5,189,541	3.56%	3.07%
1980	829,303	5,353,259	1.15%	3.15%
1981	842,432	5,527,230	1.58%	3.25%
1982	855,891	5,711,549	1.6%	3.33%
1983	869,592	5,905,311	1.6%	3.39%
1984	883,519	6,107,627	1.6%	3.43%
1985	897,697	6,317,228	1.6%	3.43%
1986	912,126	6,531,881	1.61%	3.4%
1987	926,862	6,749,493	1.62%	3.33%
1988	942,061	6,968,071	1.64%	3.24%
1989	957,789	7,184,706	1.67%	3.11%
1990	973,669	7,375,307	1.66%	2.65%
1991	994,639	7,526,966	2.15%	2.06%
1992	1,024,356	7,683,266	2.99%	2.08%
1993	1,058,745	7,981,132	3.36%	3.88%
1994	1,092,031	6,792,352	3.14%	-14.9%
1995	1,119,949	5,674,118	2.56%	-16.5%
1996	1,143,535	6,708,764	2.11%	18.2%
1997	1,165,545	7,755,238	1.92%	15.6%
1998	1,187,473	8,081,681	1.88%	4.21%
1999	1,210,206	8,147,912	1.91%	0.82%
2000	1,234,741	8,213,931	2.03%	0.81%
2001	1,261,273	8,287,094	2.15%	0.89%
2002	1,289,307	8,400,180	2.22%	1.36%
2003	1,318,806	8,586,875	2.29%	2.22%
2004	1,349,563	8,816,844	2.33%	2.68%
2005	1,381,585	9,054,528	2.37%	2.7%
2006	1,415,303	9,299,246	2.44%	2.7%
2007	1,450,986	9,549,933	2.52%	2.7%
2008	1,488,054	9,804,269	2.55%	2.66%
2009	1,526,377	10,060,432	2.58%	2.61%
2010	1,566,347	10,317,553	2.62%	2.56%
2011	1,608,076	10,573,733	2.66%	2.48%
2012	1,651,417	10,829,901	2.7%	2.42%
2013	1,695,973	11,093,340	2.7%	2.43%
2014	1,741,122	11,364,757	2.66%	2.45%
2015	1,786,457	11,640,022	2.6%	2.42%
2016	1,831,893	11,919,183	2.54%	2.4%
2017	1,877,072	12,202,060	2.47%	2.37%
2018	1,922,168	12,487,996	2.4%	2.34%
2019	1,967,696	12,776,103	2.37%	2.31%
2020	2,013,255	13,065,837	2.32%	2.27%
2021	2,058,841	13,355,260	2.26%	2.22%
2022	2,105,529	13,651,030	2.27%	2.21%
2023	2,153,339	13,954,471	2.27%	2.22%
2024	2,201,352	14,256,567	2.23%	2.16%
2025	2,249,512	14,569,343	2.19%	2.19%
2026	2,297,807	14,889,694	2.15%	2.2%
2027	2,346,190	15,214,324	2.11%	2.18%
2028	2,394,226	15,536,461	2.05%	2.12%
2029	2,441,574	15,844,649	1.98%	1.98%
2030	2,488,931	16,154,698	1.94%	1.96%
2031	2,536,893	16,473,106	1.93%	1.97%
2032	2,585,565	16,771,820	1.92%	1.81%
2033	2,634,701	17,073,475	1.9%	1.8%
2034	2,683,078	17,402,250	1.84%	1.93%
2035	2,730,136	17,746,315	1.75%	1.98%
2036	2,777,887	18,076,769	1.75%	1.86%
2037	2,826,159	18,395,838	1.74%	1.77%
2038	2,873,929	18,729,778	1.69%	1.82%
2039	2,921,973	19,076,783	1.67%	1.85%
2040	2,969,699	19,440,762	1.63%	1.91%
2041	3,016,537	19,806,170	1.58%	1.88%
2042	3,063,161	20,153,979	1.55%	1.76%
2043	3,109,927	20,500,826	1.53%	1.72%
2044	3,156,704	20,837,079	1.5%	1.64%
2045	3,204,242	21,152,650	1.51%	1.51%
2046	3,251,465	21,459,144	1.47%	1.45%
2047	3,298,563	21,764,578	1.45%	1.42%
2048	3,345,853	22,086,112	1.43%	1.48%
2049	3,392,557	22,403,887	1.4%	1.44%
2050	3,438,597	22,707,896	1.36%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.