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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Rwanda	Italy	Rwanda
1960	50,199,700	3,022,294	-	-
1961	50,536,350	3,106,779	0.67%	2.8%
1962	50,879,450	3,186,025	0.68%	2.55%
1963	51,252,000	3,258,890	0.73%	2.29%
1964	51,675,350	3,334,834	0.83%	2.33%
1965	52,112,350	3,423,210	0.85%	2.65%
1966	52,519,000	3,521,626	0.78%	2.87%
1967	52,900,500	3,629,577	0.73%	3.07%
1968	53,235,750	3,744,010	0.63%	3.15%
1969	53,537,950	3,861,271	0.57%	3.13%
1970	53,821,850	3,980,669	0.53%	3.09%
1971	54,073,490	4,100,044	0.47%	3%
1972	54,381,345	4,220,335	0.57%	2.93%
1973	54,751,406	4,345,047	0.68%	2.96%
1974	55,110,868	4,474,228	0.66%	2.97%
1975	55,441,001	4,607,728	0.6%	2.98%
1976	55,718,260	4,745,954	0.5%	3%
1977	55,955,411	4,888,240	0.43%	3%
1978	56,155,143	5,035,171	0.36%	3.01%
1979	56,317,749	5,189,541	0.29%	3.07%
1980	56,433,883	5,353,259	0.21%	3.15%
1981	56,501,675	5,527,230	0.12%	3.25%
1982	56,543,548	5,711,549	0.07%	3.33%
1983	56,564,074	5,905,311	0.04%	3.39%
1984	56,576,718	6,107,627	0.02%	3.43%
1985	56,593,071	6,317,228	0.03%	3.43%
1986	56,596,155	6,531,881	0.005%	3.4%
1987	56,601,931	6,749,493	0.01%	3.33%
1988	56,629,288	6,968,071	0.05%	3.24%
1989	56,671,781	7,184,706	0.08%	3.11%
1990	56,719,240	7,375,307	0.08%	2.65%
1991	56,758,521	7,526,966	0.07%	2.06%
1992	56,797,087	7,683,266	0.07%	2.08%
1993	56,831,821	7,981,132	0.06%	3.88%
1994	56,843,400	6,792,352	0.02%	-14.9%
1995	56,844,303	5,674,118	0.002%	-16.5%
1996	56,860,281	6,708,764	0.03%	18.2%
1997	56,890,372	7,755,238	0.05%	15.6%
1998	56,906,744	8,081,681	0.03%	4.21%
1999	56,916,317	8,147,912	0.02%	0.82%
2000	56,942,108	8,213,931	0.05%	0.81%
2001	56,976,981	8,287,094	0.06%	0.89%
2002	57,089,824	8,400,180	0.2%	1.36%
2003	57,399,184	8,586,875	0.54%	2.22%
2004	57,828,179	8,816,844	0.75%	2.68%
2005	58,166,682	9,054,528	0.59%	2.7%
2006	58,399,861	9,299,246	0.4%	2.7%
2007	58,756,247	9,549,933	0.61%	2.7%
2008	59,211,181	9,804,269	0.77%	2.66%
2009	59,555,454	10,060,432	0.58%	2.61%
2010	59,819,407	10,317,553	0.44%	2.56%
2011	60,026,841	10,573,733	0.35%	2.48%
2012	60,191,247	10,829,901	0.27%	2.42%
2013	60,311,613	11,093,340	0.2%	2.43%
2014	60,320,707	11,364,757	0.02%	2.45%
2015	60,229,605	11,640,022	-0.15%	2.42%
2016	60,115,223	11,919,183	-0.19%	2.4%
2017	60,002,252	12,202,060	-0.19%	2.37%
2018	60,148,658	12,487,996	0.24%	2.34%
2019	59,729,081	12,776,103	-0.7%	2.31%
2020	59,438,851	13,065,837	-0.49%	2.27%
2021	59,133,173	13,355,260	-0.51%	2.22%
2022	59,013,667	13,651,030	-0.2%	2.21%
2023	58,984,216	13,954,471	-0.05%	2.22%
2024	58,952,704	14,256,567	-0.05%	2.16%
2025	58,757,388	14,569,343	-0.33%	2.19%
2026	58,538,738	14,889,694	-0.37%	2.2%
2027	58,302,912	15,214,324	-0.4%	2.18%
2028	58,061,557	15,536,461	-0.41%	2.12%
2029	57,818,364	15,844,649	-0.42%	1.98%
2030	57,565,087	16,154,698	-0.44%	1.96%
2031	57,300,892	16,473,106	-0.46%	1.97%
2032	57,038,998	16,771,820	-0.46%	1.81%
2033	56,780,656	17,073,475	-0.45%	1.8%
2034	56,516,874	17,402,250	-0.46%	1.93%
2035	56,247,746	17,746,315	-0.48%	1.98%
2036	55,978,207	18,076,769	-0.48%	1.86%
2037	55,705,993	18,395,838	-0.49%	1.77%
2038	55,429,408	18,729,778	-0.5%	1.82%
2039	55,146,340	19,076,783	-0.51%	1.85%
2040	54,858,102	19,440,762	-0.52%	1.91%
2041	54,570,785	19,806,170	-0.52%	1.88%
2042	54,276,735	20,153,979	-0.54%	1.76%
2043	53,966,605	20,500,826	-0.57%	1.72%
2044	53,649,281	20,837,079	-0.59%	1.64%
2045	53,327,530	21,152,650	-0.6%	1.51%
2046	52,995,336	21,459,144	-0.62%	1.45%
2047	52,650,393	21,764,578	-0.65%	1.42%
2048	52,294,685	22,086,112	-0.68%	1.48%
2049	51,929,700	22,403,887	-0.7%	1.44%
2050	51,549,925	22,707,896	-0.73%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.