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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Rwanda	Mozambique	Rwanda
1960	6,713,695	3,022,294	-	-
1961	6,834,936	3,106,779	1.81%	2.8%
1962	6,969,364	3,186,025	1.97%	2.55%
1963	7,109,828	3,258,890	2.02%	2.29%
1964	7,255,061	3,334,834	2.04%	2.33%
1965	7,406,421	3,423,210	2.09%	2.65%
1966	7,562,990	3,521,626	2.11%	2.87%
1967	7,724,550	3,629,577	2.14%	3.07%
1968	7,892,613	3,744,010	2.18%	3.15%
1969	8,066,951	3,861,271	2.21%	3.13%
1970	8,250,506	3,980,669	2.28%	3.09%
1971	8,456,317	4,100,044	2.49%	3%
1972	8,692,935	4,220,335	2.8%	2.93%
1973	8,954,242	4,345,047	3.01%	2.96%
1974	9,236,093	4,474,228	3.15%	2.97%
1975	9,540,817	4,607,728	3.3%	2.98%
1976	9,867,209	4,745,954	3.42%	3%
1977	10,224,975	4,888,240	3.63%	3%
1978	10,618,250	5,035,171	3.85%	3.01%
1979	11,028,809	5,189,541	3.87%	3.07%
1980	11,336,221	5,353,259	2.79%	3.15%
1981	11,568,127	5,527,230	2.05%	3.25%
1982	11,824,370	5,711,549	2.22%	3.33%
1983	12,073,822	5,905,311	2.11%	3.39%
1984	12,315,954	6,107,627	2.01%	3.43%
1985	12,548,949	6,317,228	1.89%	3.43%
1986	12,770,578	6,531,881	1.77%	3.4%
1987	12,822,574	6,749,493	0.41%	3.33%
1988	12,800,558	6,968,071	-0.17%	3.24%
1989	12,906,842	7,184,706	0.83%	3.11%
1990	13,094,537	7,375,307	1.45%	2.65%
1991	13,352,090	7,526,966	1.97%	2.06%
1992	13,613,316	7,683,266	1.96%	2.08%
1993	14,051,192	7,981,132	3.22%	3.88%
1994	15,033,853	6,792,352	6.99%	-14.9%
1995	15,960,530	5,674,118	6.16%	-16.5%
1996	16,492,480	6,708,764	3.33%	18.2%
1997	16,949,982	7,755,238	2.77%	15.6%
1998	17,340,464	8,081,681	2.3%	4.21%
1999	17,734,506	8,147,912	2.27%	0.82%
2000	18,129,653	8,213,931	2.23%	0.81%
2001	18,537,729	8,287,094	2.25%	0.89%
2002	18,958,338	8,400,180	2.27%	1.36%
2003	19,392,475	8,586,875	2.29%	2.22%
2004	19,840,313	8,816,844	2.31%	2.68%
2005	20,304,569	9,054,528	2.34%	2.7%
2006	20,787,087	9,299,246	2.38%	2.7%
2007	21,287,635	9,549,933	2.41%	2.7%
2008	21,819,036	9,804,269	2.5%	2.66%
2009	22,391,745	10,060,432	2.62%	2.61%
2010	22,999,235	10,317,553	2.71%	2.56%
2011	23,649,039	10,573,733	2.83%	2.48%
2012	24,337,846	10,829,901	2.91%	2.42%
2013	25,051,611	11,093,340	2.93%	2.43%
2014	25,788,475	11,364,757	2.94%	2.45%
2015	26,547,572	11,640,022	2.94%	2.42%
2016	27,337,105	11,919,183	2.97%	2.4%
2017	28,166,393	12,202,060	3.03%	2.37%
2018	29,018,644	12,487,996	3.03%	2.34%
2019	29,884,380	12,776,103	2.98%	2.31%
2020	30,783,688	13,065,837	3.01%	2.27%
2021	31,707,800	13,355,260	3%	2.22%
2022	32,656,246	13,651,030	2.99%	2.21%
2023	33,635,160	13,954,471	3%	2.22%
2024	34,631,766	14,256,567	2.96%	2.16%
2025	35,631,656	14,569,343	2.89%	2.19%
2026	36,639,853	14,889,694	2.83%	2.2%
2027	37,668,656	15,214,324	2.81%	2.18%
2028	38,714,097	15,536,461	2.78%	2.12%
2029	39,774,947	15,844,649	2.74%	1.98%
2030	40,846,749	16,154,698	2.69%	1.96%
2031	41,931,250	16,473,106	2.66%	1.97%
2032	43,032,887	16,771,820	2.63%	1.81%
2033	44,144,533	17,073,475	2.58%	1.8%
2034	45,273,522	17,402,250	2.56%	1.93%
2035	46,411,774	17,746,315	2.51%	1.98%
2036	47,548,671	18,076,769	2.45%	1.86%
2037	48,684,563	18,395,838	2.39%	1.77%
2038	49,822,039	18,729,778	2.34%	1.82%
2039	50,971,124	19,076,783	2.31%	1.85%
2040	52,124,215	19,440,762	2.26%	1.91%
2041	53,271,004	19,806,170	2.2%	1.88%
2042	54,423,407	20,153,979	2.16%	1.76%
2043	55,574,711	20,500,826	2.12%	1.72%
2044	56,716,585	20,837,079	2.05%	1.64%
2045	57,851,787	21,152,650	2%	1.51%
2046	58,981,102	21,459,144	1.95%	1.45%
2047	60,117,587	21,764,578	1.93%	1.42%
2048	61,254,584	22,086,112	1.89%	1.48%
2049	62,397,018	22,403,887	1.87%	1.44%
2050	63,530,955	22,707,896	1.82%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mozambique gained 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2005 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.