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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Rwanda	Liberia	Rwanda
1960	1,139,522	3,022,294	-	-
1961	1,167,717	3,106,779	2.47%	2.8%
1962	1,197,039	3,186,025	2.51%	2.55%
1963	1,227,414	3,258,890	2.54%	2.29%
1964	1,258,745	3,334,834	2.55%	2.33%
1965	1,291,156	3,423,210	2.57%	2.65%
1966	1,324,383	3,521,626	2.57%	2.87%
1967	1,358,435	3,629,577	2.57%	3.07%
1968	1,393,530	3,744,010	2.58%	3.15%
1969	1,429,605	3,861,271	2.59%	3.13%
1970	1,466,676	3,980,669	2.59%	3.09%
1971	1,504,077	4,100,044	2.55%	3%
1972	1,542,670	4,220,335	2.57%	2.93%
1973	1,583,588	4,345,047	2.65%	2.96%
1974	1,626,362	4,474,228	2.7%	2.97%
1975	1,670,913	4,607,728	2.74%	2.98%
1976	1,717,060	4,745,954	2.76%	3%
1977	1,766,019	4,888,240	2.85%	3%
1978	1,818,247	5,035,171	2.96%	3.01%
1979	1,872,713	5,189,541	3%	3.07%
1980	1,929,253	5,353,259	3.02%	3.15%
1981	1,986,867	5,527,230	2.99%	3.25%
1982	2,045,073	5,711,549	2.93%	3.33%
1983	2,107,113	5,905,311	3.03%	3.39%
1984	2,173,312	6,107,627	3.14%	3.43%
1985	2,240,539	6,317,228	3.09%	3.43%
1986	2,308,511	6,531,881	3.03%	3.4%
1987	2,377,229	6,749,493	2.98%	3.33%
1988	2,446,941	6,968,071	2.93%	3.24%
1989	2,517,858	7,184,706	2.9%	3.11%
1990	2,223,667	7,375,307	-11.7%	2.65%
1991	1,956,518	7,526,966	-12%	2.06%
1992	2,072,461	7,683,266	5.93%	2.08%
1993	2,155,126	7,981,132	3.99%	3.88%
1994	2,149,928	6,792,352	-0.24%	-14.9%
1995	2,169,162	5,674,118	0.89%	-16.5%
1996	2,232,289	6,708,764	2.91%	18.2%
1997	2,412,989	7,755,238	8.09%	15.6%
1998	2,670,124	8,081,681	10.7%	4.21%
1999	2,821,684	8,147,912	5.68%	0.82%
2000	2,928,117	8,213,931	3.77%	0.81%
2001	3,015,338	8,287,094	2.98%	0.89%
2002	3,094,782	8,400,180	2.63%	1.36%
2003	3,119,532	8,586,875	0.8%	2.22%
2004	3,156,892	8,816,844	1.2%	2.68%
2005	3,301,015	9,054,528	4.57%	2.7%
2006	3,490,787	9,299,246	5.75%	2.7%
2007	3,669,050	9,549,933	5.11%	2.7%
2008	3,821,003	9,804,269	4.14%	2.66%
2009	3,943,028	10,060,432	3.19%	2.61%
2010	4,058,890	10,317,553	2.94%	2.56%
2011	4,221,178	10,573,733	4%	2.48%
2012	4,373,043	10,829,901	3.6%	2.42%
2013	4,470,239	11,093,340	2.22%	2.43%
2014	4,564,293	11,364,757	2.1%	2.45%
2015	4,659,431	11,640,022	2.08%	2.42%
2016	4,755,608	11,919,183	2.06%	2.4%
2017	4,848,925	12,202,060	1.96%	2.37%
2018	4,944,726	12,487,996	1.98%	2.34%
2019	5,043,721	12,776,103	2%	2.31%
2020	5,149,463	13,065,837	2.1%	2.27%
2021	5,259,323	13,355,260	2.13%	2.22%
2022	5,373,294	13,651,030	2.17%	2.21%
2023	5,493,031	13,954,471	2.23%	2.22%
2024	5,612,817	14,256,567	2.18%	2.16%
2025	5,731,211	14,569,343	2.11%	2.19%
2026	5,853,958	14,889,694	2.14%	2.2%
2027	5,986,805	15,214,324	2.27%	2.18%
2028	6,118,769	15,536,461	2.2%	2.12%
2029	6,245,093	15,844,649	2.06%	1.98%
2030	6,366,293	16,154,698	1.94%	1.96%
2031	6,486,749	16,473,106	1.89%	1.97%
2032	6,614,257	16,771,820	1.97%	1.81%
2033	6,744,927	17,073,475	1.98%	1.8%
2034	6,873,688	17,402,250	1.91%	1.93%
2035	7,003,567	17,746,315	1.89%	1.98%
2036	7,142,326	18,076,769	1.98%	1.86%
2037	7,278,759	18,395,838	1.91%	1.77%
2038	7,408,720	18,729,778	1.79%	1.82%
2039	7,545,510	19,076,783	1.85%	1.85%
2040	7,681,693	19,440,762	1.8%	1.91%
2041	7,817,089	19,806,170	1.76%	1.88%
2042	7,954,182	20,153,979	1.75%	1.76%
2043	8,077,173	20,500,826	1.55%	1.72%
2044	8,194,136	20,837,079	1.45%	1.64%
2045	8,310,657	21,152,650	1.42%	1.51%
2046	8,428,924	21,459,144	1.42%	1.45%
2047	8,552,033	21,764,578	1.46%	1.42%
2048	8,673,963	22,086,112	1.43%	1.48%
2049	8,795,838	22,403,887	1.41%	1.44%
2050	8,910,539	22,707,896	1.3%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.