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	2,402,306	14,256,567	-2.26%	2.16%
2025	2,371,543	14,569,343	-1.28%	2.19%
2026	2,343,963	14,889,694	-1.16%	2.2%
2027	2,321,110	15,214,324	-0.97%	2.18%
2028	2,298,239	15,536,461	-0.99%	2.12%
2029	2,275,251	15,844,649	-1%	1.98%
2030	2,252,131	16,154,698	-1.02%	1.96%
2031	2,229,191	16,473,106	-1.02%	1.97%
2032	2,206,559	16,771,820	-1.02%	1.81%
2033	2,183,929	17,073,475	-1.03%	1.8%
2034	2,161,282	17,402,250	-1.04%	1.93%
2035	2,138,754	17,746,315	-1.04%	1.98%
2036	2,116,659	18,076,769	-1.03%	1.86%
2037	2,095,127	18,395,838	-1.02%	1.77%
2038	2,074,054	18,729,778	-1.01%	1.82%
2039	2,053,352	19,076,783	-1%	1.85%
2040	2,033,323	19,440,762	-0.98%	1.91%
2041	2,014,222	19,806,170	-0.94%	1.88%
2042	1,995,750	20,153,979	-0.92%	1.76%
2043	1,977,688	20,500,826	-0.9%	1.72%
2044	1,960,241	20,837,079	-0.88%	1.64%
2045	1,943,187	21,152,650	-0.87%	1.51%
2046	1,926,432	21,459,144	-0.86%	1.45%
2047	1,910,142	21,764,578	-0.85%	1.42%
2048	1,894,069	22,086,112	-0.84%	1.48%
2049	1,877,822	22,403,887	-0.86%	1.44%
2050	1,861,554	22,707,896	-0.87%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th 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) Moldova's population will shrink by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people with a rank change from 144th to 150th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.