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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Poland	Rwanda	Poland	Rwanda
1960	29,637,450	3,022,294	-	-
1961	29,964,000	3,106,779	1.1%	2.8%
1962	30,308,500	3,186,025	1.15%	2.55%
1963	30,712,000	3,258,890	1.33%	2.29%
1964	31,139,450	3,334,834	1.39%	2.33%
1965	31,444,950	3,423,210	0.98%	2.65%
1966	31,681,000	3,521,626	0.75%	2.87%
1967	31,987,155	3,629,577	0.97%	3.07%
1968	32,294,655	3,744,010	0.96%	3.15%
1969	32,548,300	3,861,271	0.79%	3.13%
1970	32,664,300	3,980,669	0.36%	3.09%
1971	32,783,500	4,100,044	0.36%	3%
1972	33,055,650	4,220,335	0.83%	2.93%
1973	33,357,200	4,345,047	0.91%	2.96%
1974	33,678,899	4,474,228	0.96%	2.97%
1975	34,015,199	4,607,728	1%	2.98%
1976	34,356,300	4,745,954	1%	3%
1977	34,689,050	4,888,240	0.97%	3%
1978	34,965,600	5,035,171	0.8%	3.01%
1979	35,247,217	5,189,541	0.81%	3.07%
1980	35,574,150	5,353,259	0.93%	3.15%
1981	35,898,587	5,527,230	0.91%	3.25%
1982	36,230,481	5,711,549	0.92%	3.33%
1983	36,571,808	5,905,311	0.94%	3.39%
1984	36,904,134	6,107,627	0.91%	3.43%
1985	37,201,885	6,317,228	0.81%	3.43%
1986	37,456,119	6,531,881	0.68%	3.4%
1987	37,668,045	6,749,493	0.57%	3.33%
1988	37,824,487	6,968,071	0.42%	3.24%
1989	37,961,529	7,184,706	0.36%	3.11%
1990	38,110,782	7,375,307	0.39%	2.65%
1991	38,246,193	7,526,966	0.36%	2.06%
1992	38,363,667	7,683,266	0.31%	2.08%
1993	38,461,408	7,981,132	0.25%	3.88%
1994	38,542,652	6,792,352	0.21%	-14.9%
1995	38,594,998	5,674,118	0.14%	-16.5%
1996	38,624,370	6,708,764	0.08%	18.2%
1997	38,649,660	7,755,238	0.07%	15.6%
1998	38,663,481	8,081,681	0.04%	4.21%
1999	38,660,271	8,147,912	-0.008%	0.82%
2000	38,258,629	8,213,931	-1.04%	0.81%
2001	38,248,076	8,287,094	-0.03%	0.89%
2002	38,230,364	8,400,180	-0.05%	1.36%
2003	38,204,570	8,586,875	-0.07%	2.22%
2004	38,182,222	8,816,844	-0.06%	2.68%
2005	38,165,445	9,054,528	-0.04%	2.7%
2006	38,141,267	9,299,246	-0.06%	2.7%
2007	38,120,560	9,549,933	-0.05%	2.7%
2008	38,125,759	9,804,269	0.01%	2.66%
2009	38,151,603	10,060,432	0.07%	2.61%
2010	38,042,794	10,317,553	-0.29%	2.56%
2011	38,063,255	10,573,733	0.05%	2.48%
2012	38,063,164	10,829,901	-0%	2.42%
2013	38,040,196	11,093,340	-0.06%	2.43%
2014	38,011,735	11,364,757	-0.07%	2.45%
2015	37,986,412	11,640,022	-0.07%	2.42%
2016	37,970,087	11,919,183	-0.04%	2.4%
2017	37,974,826	12,202,060	0.01%	2.37%
2018	37,974,750	12,487,996	-0%	2.34%
2019	37,965,475	12,776,103	-0.02%	2.31%
2020	37,515,748	13,065,837	-1.18%	2.27%
2021	36,981,559	13,355,260	-1.42%	2.22%
2022	36,821,749	13,651,030	-0.43%	2.21%
2023	36,687,353	13,954,471	-0.36%	2.22%
2024	36,554,707	14,256,567	-0.36%	2.16%
2025	36,176,920	14,569,343	-1.03%	2.19%
2026	35,894,534	14,889,694	-0.78%	2.2%
2027	35,753,988	15,214,324	-0.39%	2.18%
2028	35,605,295	15,536,461	-0.42%	2.12%
2029	35,447,860	15,844,649	-0.44%	1.98%
2030	35,283,068	16,154,698	-0.46%	1.96%
2031	35,111,838	16,473,106	-0.49%	1.97%
2032	34,934,626	16,771,820	-0.5%	1.81%
2033	34,753,118	17,073,475	-0.52%	1.8%
2034	34,567,292	17,402,250	-0.53%	1.93%
2035	34,377,478	17,746,315	-0.55%	1.98%
2036	34,183,187	18,076,769	-0.57%	1.86%
2037	33,984,777	18,395,838	-0.58%	1.77%
2038	33,782,992	18,729,778	-0.59%	1.82%
2039	33,577,269	19,076,783	-0.61%	1.85%
2040	33,368,049	19,440,762	-0.62%	1.91%
2041	33,156,329	19,806,170	-0.63%	1.88%
2042	32,941,367	20,153,979	-0.65%	1.76%
2043	32,722,775	20,500,826	-0.66%	1.72%
2044	32,501,991	20,837,079	-0.67%	1.64%
2045	32,278,695	21,152,650	-0.69%	1.51%
2046	32,052,771	21,459,144	-0.7%	1.45%
2047	31,824,481	21,764,578	-0.71%	1.42%
2048	31,593,911	22,086,112	-0.72%	1.48%
2049	31,360,713	22,403,887	-0.74%	1.44%
2050	31,124,396	22,707,896	-0.75%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 14% to 31,124,396 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.