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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Rwanda	Nauru	Rwanda
1960	4,607	3,022,294	-	-
1961	4,774	3,106,779	3.62%	2.8%
1962	4,979	3,186,025	4.29%	2.55%
1963	5,226	3,258,890	4.96%	2.29%
1964	5,515	3,334,834	5.53%	2.33%
1965	5,832	3,423,210	5.75%	2.65%
1966	6,043	3,521,626	3.62%	2.87%
1967	6,135	3,629,577	1.52%	3.07%
1968	6,328	3,744,010	3.15%	3.15%
1969	6,581	3,861,271	4%	3.13%
1970	6,710	3,980,669	1.96%	3.09%
1971	6,762	4,100,044	0.77%	3%
1972	6,812	4,220,335	0.74%	2.93%
1973	6,866	4,345,047	0.79%	2.96%
1974	6,923	4,474,228	0.83%	2.97%
1975	6,987	4,607,728	0.92%	2.98%
1976	7,064	4,745,954	1.1%	3%
1977	7,163	4,888,240	1.4%	3%
1978	7,298	5,035,171	1.88%	3.01%
1979	7,468	5,189,541	2.33%	3.07%
1980	7,649	5,353,259	2.42%	3.15%
1981	7,839	5,527,230	2.48%	3.25%
1982	8,040	5,711,549	2.56%	3.33%
1983	8,216	5,905,311	2.19%	3.39%
1984	8,377	6,107,627	1.96%	3.43%
1985	8,551	6,317,228	2.08%	3.43%
1986	8,742	6,531,881	2.23%	3.4%
1987	8,946	6,749,493	2.33%	3.33%
1988	9,165	6,968,071	2.45%	3.24%
1989	9,390	7,184,706	2.45%	3.11%
1990	9,622	7,375,307	2.47%	2.65%
1991	9,850	7,526,966	2.37%	2.06%
1992	10,021	7,683,266	1.74%	2.08%
1993	10,102	7,981,132	0.81%	3.88%
1994	10,137	6,792,352	0.35%	-14.9%
1995	10,165	5,674,118	0.28%	-16.5%
1996	10,183	6,708,764	0.18%	18.2%
1997	10,197	7,755,238	0.14%	15.6%
1998	10,198	8,081,681	0.01%	4.21%
1999	10,187	8,147,912	-0.11%	0.82%
2000	10,168	8,213,931	-0.19%	0.81%
2001	10,130	8,287,094	-0.37%	0.89%
2002	10,082	8,400,180	-0.47%	1.36%
2003	10,059	8,586,875	-0.23%	2.22%
2004	10,060	8,816,844	0.01%	2.68%
2005	10,049	9,054,528	-0.11%	2.7%
2006	10,034	9,299,246	-0.15%	2.7%
2007	10,020	9,549,933	-0.14%	2.7%
2008	10,009	9,804,269	-0.11%	2.66%
2009	10,016	10,060,432	0.07%	2.61%
2010	10,043	10,317,553	0.27%	2.56%
2011	10,098	10,573,733	0.55%	2.48%
2012	10,267	10,829,901	1.67%	2.42%
2013	10,517	11,093,340	2.43%	2.43%
2014	10,742	11,364,757	2.14%	2.45%
2015	10,954	11,640,022	1.97%	2.42%
2016	11,150	11,919,183	1.79%	2.4%
2017	11,324	12,202,060	1.56%	2.37%
2018	11,477	12,487,996	1.35%	2.34%
2019	11,587	12,776,103	0.96%	2.31%
2020	11,643	13,065,837	0.48%	2.27%
2021	11,709	13,355,260	0.57%	2.22%
2022	11,801	13,651,030	0.79%	2.21%
2023	11,875	13,954,471	0.63%	2.22%
2024	11,947	14,256,567	0.61%	2.16%
2025	12,030	14,569,343	0.7%	2.19%
2026	12,103	14,889,694	0.61%	2.2%
2027	12,196	15,214,324	0.77%	2.18%
2028	12,296	15,536,461	0.82%	2.12%
2029	12,403	15,844,649	0.87%	1.98%
2030	12,519	16,154,698	0.94%	1.96%
2031	12,645	16,473,106	1%	1.97%
2032	12,785	16,771,820	1.11%	1.81%
2033	12,921	17,073,475	1.06%	1.8%
2034	13,071	17,402,250	1.16%	1.93%
2035	13,230	17,746,315	1.22%	1.98%
2036	13,391	18,076,769	1.21%	1.86%
2037	13,541	18,395,838	1.12%	1.77%
2038	13,697	18,729,778	1.16%	1.82%
2039	13,857	19,076,783	1.17%	1.85%
2040	14,041	19,440,762	1.33%	1.91%
2041	14,220	19,806,170	1.27%	1.88%
2042	14,402	20,153,979	1.28%	1.76%
2043	14,579	20,500,826	1.23%	1.72%
2044	14,754	20,837,079	1.2%	1.64%
2045	14,920	21,152,650	1.13%	1.51%
2046	15,098	21,459,144	1.19%	1.45%
2047	15,268	21,764,578	1.12%	1.42%
2048	15,431	22,086,112	1.07%	1.48%
2049	15,595	22,403,887	1.06%	1.44%
2050	15,751	22,707,896	1%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.3% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.