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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Rwanda	Moldova	Rwanda
1960	2,058,020	3,022,294	-	-
1961	2,103,327	3,106,779	2.2%	2.8%
1962	2,147,227	3,186,025	2.09%	2.55%
1963	2,188,895	3,258,890	1.94%	2.29%
1964	2,228,000	3,334,834	1.79%	2.33%
1965	2,265,287	3,423,210	1.67%	2.65%
1966	2,301,871	3,521,626	1.61%	2.87%
1967	2,337,695	3,629,577	1.56%	3.07%
1968	2,373,073	3,744,010	1.51%	3.15%
1969	2,408,469	3,861,271	1.49%	3.13%
1970	2,437,590	3,980,669	1.21%	3.09%
1971	2,460,611	4,100,044	0.94%	3%
1972	2,484,742	4,220,335	0.98%	2.93%
1973	2,510,584	4,345,047	1.04%	2.96%
1974	2,538,164	4,474,228	1.1%	2.97%
1975	2,566,998	4,607,728	1.14%	2.98%
1976	2,596,491	4,745,954	1.15%	3%
1977	2,626,298	4,888,240	1.15%	3%
1978	2,656,211	5,035,171	1.14%	3.01%
1979	2,683,035	5,189,541	1.01%	3.07%
1980	2,708,675	5,353,259	0.96%	3.15%
1981	2,735,987	5,527,230	1.01%	3.25%
1982	2,763,101	5,711,549	0.99%	3.33%
1983	2,791,207	5,905,311	1.02%	3.39%
1984	2,820,518	6,107,627	1.05%	3.43%
1985	2,850,787	6,317,228	1.07%	3.43%
1986	2,883,057	6,531,881	1.13%	3.4%
1987	2,916,306	6,749,493	1.15%	3.33%
1988	2,948,891	6,968,071	1.12%	3.24%
1989	2,970,039	7,184,706	0.72%	3.11%
1990	2,977,912	7,375,307	0.27%	2.65%
1991	2,981,566	7,526,966	0.12%	2.06%
1992	2,980,965	7,683,266	-0.02%	2.08%
1993	2,975,966	7,981,132	-0.17%	3.88%
1994	2,966,745	6,792,352	-0.31%	-14.9%
1995	2,953,200	5,674,118	-0.46%	-16.5%
1996	2,947,293	6,708,764	-0.2%	18.2%
1997	2,936,413	7,755,238	-0.37%	15.6%
1998	2,935,227	8,081,681	-0.04%	4.21%
1999	2,930,622	8,147,912	-0.16%	0.82%
2000	2,924,668	8,213,931	-0.2%	0.81%
2001	2,918,135	8,287,094	-0.22%	0.89%
2002	2,911,385	8,400,180	-0.23%	1.36%
2003	2,903,198	8,586,875	-0.28%	2.22%
2004	2,896,023	8,816,844	-0.25%	2.68%
2005	2,888,985	9,054,528	-0.24%	2.7%
2006	2,880,967	9,299,246	-0.28%	2.7%
2007	2,874,299	9,549,933	-0.23%	2.7%
2008	2,868,833	9,804,269	-0.19%	2.66%
2009	2,865,213	10,060,432	-0.13%	2.61%
2010	2,862,354	10,317,553	-0.1%	2.56%
2011	2,860,699	10,573,733	-0.06%	2.48%
2012	2,860,324	10,829,901	-0.01%	2.42%
2013	2,859,558	11,093,340	-0.03%	2.43%
2014	2,857,815	11,364,757	-0.06%	2.45%
2015	2,835,978	11,640,022	-0.76%	2.42%
2016	2,803,186	11,919,183	-1.16%	2.4%
2017	2,755,189	12,202,060	-1.71%	2.37%
2018	2,707,203	12,487,996	-1.74%	2.34%
2019	2,664,224	12,776,103	-1.59%	2.31%
2020	2,635,130	13,065,837	-1.09%	2.27%
2021	2,595,809	13,355,260	-1.49%	2.22%
2022	2,528,654	13,651,030	-2.59%	2.21%
2023	2,457,783	13,954,471	-2.8%	2.22%
2024	2,389,275	14,256,567	-2.79%	2.16%
2025	2,358,679	14,569,343	-1.28%	2.19%
2026	2,331,249	14,889,694	-1.16%	2.2%
2027	2,308,519	15,214,324	-0.97%	2.18%
2028	2,285,773	15,536,461	-0.99%	2.12%
2029	2,262,909	15,844,649	-1%	1.98%
2030	2,239,915	16,154,698	-1.02%	1.96%
2031	2,217,099	16,473,106	-1.02%	1.97%
2032	2,194,590	16,771,820	-1.02%	1.81%
2033	2,172,083	17,073,475	-1.03%	1.8%
2034	2,149,558	17,402,250	-1.04%	1.93%
2035	2,127,153	17,746,315	-1.04%	1.98%
2036	2,105,178	18,076,769	-1.03%	1.86%
2037	2,083,762	18,395,838	-1.02%	1.77%
2038	2,062,803	18,729,778	-1.01%	1.82%
2039	2,042,214	19,076,783	-1%	1.85%
2040	2,022,294	19,440,762	-0.98%	1.91%
2041	2,003,296	19,806,170	-0.94%	1.88%
2042	1,984,924	20,153,979	-0.92%	1.76%
2043	1,966,961	20,500,826	-0.9%	1.72%
2044	1,949,608	20,837,079	-0.88%	1.64%
2045	1,932,647	21,152,650	-0.87%	1.51%
2046	1,915,982	21,459,144	-0.86%	1.45%
2047	1,899,781	21,764,578	-0.85%	1.42%
2048	1,883,795	22,086,112	-0.84%	1.48%
2049	1,867,636	22,403,887	-0.86%	1.44%
2050	1,851,456	22,707,896	-0.87%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th 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) Moldova's population will shrink by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people with a rank change from 145th to 150th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.