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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Rwanda	India	Rwanda
1960	435,990,338	3,022,294	-	-
1961	446,564,729	3,106,779	2.43%	2.8%
1962	457,283,090	3,186,025	2.4%	2.55%
1963	468,138,575	3,258,890	2.37%	2.29%
1964	479,229,598	3,334,834	2.37%	2.33%
1965	490,140,146	3,423,210	2.28%	2.65%
1966	500,740,247	3,521,626	2.16%	2.87%
1967	511,606,372	3,629,577	2.17%	3.07%
1968	522,716,889	3,744,010	2.17%	3.15%
1969	533,880,544	3,861,271	2.14%	3.13%
1970	545,864,268	3,980,669	2.24%	3.09%
1971	558,096,387	4,100,044	2.24%	3%
1972	570,482,142	4,220,335	2.22%	2.93%
1973	583,465,598	4,345,047	2.28%	2.96%
1974	597,041,391	4,474,228	2.33%	2.97%
1975	611,309,535	4,607,728	2.39%	2.98%
1976	625,861,883	4,745,954	2.38%	3%
1977	640,801,103	4,888,240	2.39%	3%
1978	655,728,229	5,035,171	2.33%	3.01%
1979	671,155,747	5,189,541	2.35%	3.07%
1980	687,354,025	5,353,259	2.41%	3.15%
1981	703,696,250	5,527,230	2.38%	3.25%
1982	720,313,473	5,711,549	2.36%	3.33%
1983	737,372,681	5,905,311	2.37%	3.39%
1984	754,875,449	6,107,627	2.37%	3.43%
1985	772,647,793	6,317,228	2.35%	3.43%
1986	790,689,978	6,531,881	2.34%	3.4%
1987	808,931,270	6,749,493	2.31%	3.33%
1988	827,342,990	6,968,071	2.28%	3.24%
1989	846,039,529	7,184,706	2.26%	3.11%
1990	864,972,221	7,375,307	2.24%	2.65%
1991	883,927,600	7,526,966	2.19%	2.06%
1992	902,957,070	7,683,266	2.15%	2.08%
1993	922,118,387	7,981,132	2.12%	3.88%
1994	941,163,767	6,792,352	2.07%	-14.9%
1995	960,301,044	5,674,118	2.03%	-16.5%
1996	979,678,458	6,708,764	2.02%	18.2%
1997	999,133,762	7,755,238	1.99%	15.6%
1998	1,018,665,080	8,081,681	1.95%	4.21%
1999	1,038,225,823	8,147,912	1.92%	0.82%
2000	1,057,922,733	8,213,931	1.9%	0.81%
2001	1,077,898,575	8,287,094	1.89%	0.89%
2002	1,097,600,380	8,400,180	1.83%	1.36%
2003	1,116,803,006	8,586,875	1.75%	2.22%
2004	1,135,991,513	8,816,844	1.72%	2.68%
2005	1,154,676,322	9,054,528	1.64%	2.7%
2006	1,172,878,890	9,299,246	1.58%	2.7%
2007	1,190,676,021	9,549,933	1.52%	2.7%
2008	1,207,930,964	9,804,269	1.45%	2.66%
2009	1,225,524,753	10,060,432	1.46%	2.61%
2010	1,243,481,564	10,317,553	1.47%	2.56%
2011	1,261,224,954	10,573,733	1.43%	2.48%
2012	1,278,674,502	10,829,901	1.38%	2.42%
2013	1,295,829,511	11,093,340	1.34%	2.43%
2014	1,312,277,191	11,364,757	1.27%	2.45%
2015	1,328,024,498	11,640,022	1.2%	2.42%
2016	1,343,944,296	11,919,183	1.2%	2.4%
2017	1,359,657,400	12,202,060	1.17%	2.37%
2018	1,374,659,064	12,487,996	1.1%	2.34%
2019	1,389,030,312	12,776,103	1.05%	2.31%
2020	1,402,617,695	13,065,837	0.98%	2.27%
2021	1,414,203,896	13,355,260	0.83%	2.22%
2022	1,425,423,212	13,651,030	0.79%	2.21%
2023	1,438,069,596	13,954,471	0.89%	2.22%
2024	1,450,935,791	14,256,567	0.89%	2.16%
2025	1,463,865,531	14,569,343	0.89%	2.19%
2026	1,476,625,576	14,889,694	0.87%	2.2%
2027	1,489,164,679	15,214,324	0.85%	2.18%
2028	1,501,432,748	15,536,461	0.82%	2.12%
2029	1,513,423,737	15,844,649	0.8%	1.98%
2030	1,525,138,852	16,154,698	0.77%	1.96%
2031	1,536,540,604	16,473,106	0.75%	1.97%
2032	1,547,607,126	16,771,820	0.72%	1.81%
2033	1,558,324,087	17,073,475	0.69%	1.8%
2034	1,568,688,356	17,402,250	0.67%	1.93%
2035	1,578,694,799	17,746,315	0.64%	1.98%
2036	1,588,325,366	18,076,769	0.61%	1.86%
2037	1,597,537,009	18,395,838	0.58%	1.77%
2038	1,606,300,646	18,729,778	0.55%	1.82%
2039	1,614,639,243	19,076,783	0.52%	1.85%
2040	1,622,580,052	19,440,762	0.49%	1.91%
2041	1,630,119,374	19,806,170	0.46%	1.88%
2042	1,637,235,363	20,153,979	0.44%	1.76%
2043	1,643,915,269	20,500,826	0.41%	1.72%
2044	1,650,186,610	20,837,079	0.38%	1.64%
2045	1,656,067,585	21,152,650	0.36%	1.51%
2046	1,661,548,400	21,459,144	0.33%	1.45%
2047	1,666,628,151	21,764,578	0.31%	1.42%
2048	1,671,309,727	22,086,112	0.28%	1.48%
2049	1,675,619,893	22,403,887	0.26%	1.44%
2050	1,679,589,268	22,707,896	0.24%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.