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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Rwanda	Nepal	Rwanda
1960	10,123,658	3,022,294	-	-
1961	10,318,396	3,106,779	1.92%	2.8%
1962	10,521,116	3,186,025	1.96%	2.55%
1963	10,729,818	3,258,890	1.98%	2.29%
1964	10,946,392	3,334,834	2.02%	2.33%
1965	11,173,411	3,423,210	2.07%	2.65%
1966	11,408,710	3,521,626	2.11%	2.87%
1967	11,652,716	3,629,577	2.14%	3.07%
1968	11,906,266	3,744,010	2.18%	3.15%
1969	12,167,036	3,861,271	2.19%	3.13%
1970	12,436,190	3,980,669	2.21%	3.09%
1971	12,710,061	4,100,044	2.2%	3%
1972	12,989,099	4,220,335	2.2%	2.93%
1973	13,275,239	4,345,047	2.2%	2.96%
1974	13,568,435	4,474,228	2.21%	2.97%
1975	13,870,695	4,607,728	2.23%	2.98%
1976	14,177,649	4,745,954	2.21%	3%
1977	14,499,175	4,888,240	2.27%	3%
1978	14,839,695	5,035,171	2.35%	3.01%
1979	15,190,590	5,189,541	2.36%	3.07%
1980	15,553,105	5,353,259	2.39%	3.15%
1981	15,922,423	5,527,230	2.37%	3.25%
1982	16,297,987	5,711,549	2.36%	3.33%
1983	16,689,119	5,905,311	2.4%	3.39%
1984	17,085,242	6,107,627	2.37%	3.43%
1985	17,477,692	6,317,228	2.3%	3.43%
1986	17,868,124	6,531,881	2.23%	3.4%
1987	18,250,505	6,749,493	2.14%	3.33%
1988	18,638,661	6,968,071	2.13%	3.24%
1989	19,057,807	7,184,706	2.25%	3.11%
1990	19,524,573	7,375,307	2.45%	2.65%
1991	20,036,500	7,526,966	2.62%	2.06%
1992	20,609,707	7,683,266	2.86%	2.08%
1993	21,180,159	7,981,132	2.77%	3.88%
1994	21,717,479	6,792,352	2.54%	-14.9%
1995	22,245,439	5,674,118	2.43%	-16.5%
1996	22,741,862	6,708,764	2.23%	18.2%
1997	23,219,463	7,755,238	2.1%	15.6%
1998	23,680,357	8,081,681	1.98%	4.21%
1999	24,125,199	8,147,912	1.88%	0.82%
2000	24,546,509	8,213,931	1.75%	0.81%
2001	24,946,748	8,287,094	1.63%	0.89%
2002	25,328,981	8,400,180	1.53%	1.36%
2003	25,688,758	8,586,875	1.42%	2.22%
2004	26,016,656	8,816,844	1.28%	2.68%
2005	26,309,458	9,054,528	1.13%	2.7%
2006	26,565,425	9,299,246	0.97%	2.7%
2007	26,788,492	9,549,933	0.84%	2.7%
2008	26,990,037	9,804,269	0.75%	2.66%
2009	27,173,035	10,060,432	0.68%	2.61%
2010	27,341,952	10,317,553	0.62%	2.56%
2011	27,464,494	10,573,733	0.45%	2.48%
2012	27,534,915	10,829,901	0.26%	2.42%
2013	27,589,996	11,093,340	0.2%	2.43%
2014	27,672,370	11,364,757	0.3%	2.45%
2015	27,823,629	11,640,022	0.55%	2.42%
2016	27,955,462	11,919,183	0.47%	2.4%
2017	28,011,258	12,202,060	0.2%	2.37%
2018	28,079,689	12,487,996	0.24%	2.34%
2019	28,414,064	12,776,103	1.19%	2.31%
2020	28,966,574	13,065,837	1.94%	2.27%
2021	29,475,010	13,355,260	1.76%	2.22%
2022	29,715,436	13,651,030	0.82%	2.21%
2023	29,694,614	13,954,471	-0.07%	2.22%
2024	29,651,054	14,256,567	-0.15%	2.16%
2025	29,618,120	14,569,343	-0.11%	2.19%
2026	29,629,406	14,889,694	0.04%	2.2%
2027	29,727,164	15,214,324	0.33%	2.18%
2028	29,947,588	15,536,461	0.74%	2.12%
2029	30,232,115	15,844,649	0.95%	1.98%
2030	30,509,999	16,154,698	0.92%	1.96%
2031	30,780,916	16,473,106	0.89%	1.97%
2032	31,045,411	16,771,820	0.86%	1.81%
2033	31,304,035	17,073,475	0.83%	1.8%
2034	31,555,068	17,402,250	0.8%	1.93%
2035	31,798,003	17,746,315	0.77%	1.98%
2036	32,033,714	18,076,769	0.74%	1.86%
2037	32,262,286	18,395,838	0.71%	1.77%
2038	32,484,801	18,729,778	0.69%	1.82%
2039	32,700,695	19,076,783	0.66%	1.85%
2040	32,909,540	19,440,762	0.64%	1.91%
2041	33,112,254	19,806,170	0.62%	1.88%
2042	33,309,062	20,153,979	0.59%	1.76%
2043	33,499,440	20,500,826	0.57%	1.72%
2044	33,683,331	20,837,079	0.55%	1.64%
2045	33,861,058	21,152,650	0.53%	1.51%
2046	34,032,994	21,459,144	0.51%	1.45%
2047	34,197,261	21,764,578	0.48%	1.42%
2048	34,352,077	22,086,112	0.45%	1.48%
2049	34,500,201	22,403,887	0.43%	1.44%
2050	34,642,021	22,707,896	0.41%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.