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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Rwanda	Niger	Rwanda
1960	3,505,050	3,022,294	-	-
1961	3,608,162	3,106,779	2.94%	2.8%
1962	3,714,520	3,186,025	2.95%	2.55%
1963	3,823,873	3,258,890	2.94%	2.29%
1964	3,935,814	3,334,834	2.93%	2.33%
1965	4,049,695	3,423,210	2.89%	2.65%
1966	4,165,544	3,521,626	2.86%	2.87%
1967	4,283,590	3,629,577	2.83%	3.07%
1968	4,403,637	3,744,010	2.8%	3.15%
1969	4,525,725	3,861,271	2.77%	3.13%
1970	4,650,275	3,980,669	2.75%	3.09%
1971	4,776,225	4,100,044	2.71%	3%
1972	4,904,845	4,220,335	2.69%	2.93%
1973	5,037,865	4,345,047	2.71%	2.96%
1974	5,174,953	4,474,228	2.72%	2.97%
1975	5,317,019	4,607,728	2.75%	2.98%
1976	5,464,962	4,745,954	2.78%	3%
1977	5,619,716	4,888,240	2.83%	3%
1978	5,782,932	5,035,171	2.9%	3.01%
1979	5,955,556	5,189,541	2.99%	3.07%
1980	6,135,971	5,353,259	3.03%	3.15%
1981	6,322,006	5,527,230	3.03%	3.25%
1982	6,512,732	5,711,549	3.02%	3.33%
1983	6,708,644	5,905,311	3.01%	3.39%
1984	6,909,971	6,107,627	3%	3.43%
1985	7,118,457	6,317,228	3.02%	3.43%
1986	7,335,811	6,531,881	3.05%	3.4%
1987	7,561,150	6,749,493	3.07%	3.33%
1988	7,793,748	6,968,071	3.08%	3.24%
1989	8,034,780	7,184,706	3.09%	3.11%
1990	8,286,059	7,375,307	3.13%	2.65%
1991	8,546,900	7,526,966	3.15%	2.06%
1992	8,817,633	7,683,266	3.17%	2.08%
1993	9,100,789	7,981,132	3.21%	3.88%
1994	9,398,258	6,792,352	3.27%	-14.9%
1995	9,714,529	5,674,118	3.37%	-16.5%
1996	10,044,852	6,708,764	3.4%	18.2%
1997	10,383,969	7,755,238	3.38%	15.6%
1998	10,741,413	8,081,681	3.44%	4.21%
1999	11,117,411	8,147,912	3.5%	0.82%
2000	11,509,630	8,213,931	3.53%	0.81%
2001	11,920,647	8,287,094	3.57%	0.89%
2002	12,349,144	8,400,180	3.59%	1.36%
2003	12,796,984	8,586,875	3.63%	2.22%
2004	13,265,836	8,816,844	3.66%	2.68%
2005	13,756,192	9,054,528	3.7%	2.7%
2006	14,268,581	9,299,246	3.72%	2.7%
2007	14,803,610	9,549,933	3.75%	2.7%
2008	15,361,915	9,804,269	3.77%	2.66%
2009	15,943,675	10,060,432	3.79%	2.61%
2010	16,548,835	10,317,553	3.8%	2.56%
2011	17,176,283	10,573,733	3.79%	2.48%
2012	17,836,769	10,829,901	3.85%	2.42%
2013	18,519,898	11,093,340	3.83%	2.43%
2014	19,215,909	11,364,757	3.76%	2.45%
2015	19,939,498	11,640,022	3.77%	2.42%
2016	20,685,753	11,919,183	3.74%	2.4%
2017	21,435,446	12,202,060	3.62%	2.37%
2018	22,188,069	12,487,996	3.51%	2.34%
2019	22,947,757	12,776,103	3.42%	2.31%
2020	23,717,613	13,065,837	3.35%	2.27%
2021	24,502,140	13,355,260	3.31%	2.22%
2022	25,311,973	13,651,030	3.31%	2.21%
2023	26,159,867	13,954,471	3.35%	2.22%
2024	27,032,412	14,256,567	3.34%	2.16%
2025	27,917,825	14,569,343	3.28%	2.19%
2026	28,814,872	14,889,694	3.21%	2.2%
2027	29,723,688	15,214,324	3.15%	2.18%
2028	30,643,561	15,536,461	3.09%	2.12%
2029	31,575,091	15,844,649	3.04%	1.98%
2030	32,518,069	16,154,698	2.99%	1.96%
2031	33,469,616	16,473,106	2.93%	1.97%
2032	34,428,638	16,771,820	2.87%	1.81%
2033	35,397,029	17,073,475	2.81%	1.8%
2034	36,372,374	17,402,250	2.76%	1.93%
2035	37,353,462	17,746,315	2.7%	1.98%
2036	38,340,142	18,076,769	2.64%	1.86%
2037	39,330,372	18,395,838	2.58%	1.77%
2038	40,323,460	18,729,778	2.52%	1.82%
2039	41,318,407	19,076,783	2.47%	1.85%
2040	42,316,733	19,440,762	2.42%	1.91%
2041	43,319,236	19,806,170	2.37%	1.88%
2042	44,326,115	20,153,979	2.32%	1.76%
2043	45,337,248	20,500,826	2.28%	1.72%
2044	46,353,160	20,837,079	2.24%	1.64%
2045	47,374,113	21,152,650	2.2%	1.51%
2046	48,397,993	21,459,144	2.16%	1.45%
2047	49,423,853	21,764,578	2.12%	1.42%
2048	50,452,202	22,086,112	2.08%	1.48%
2049	51,482,559	22,403,887	2.04%	1.44%
2050	52,513,870	22,707,896	2%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd 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) Niger's population will grow by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.