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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Rwanda	Romania	Rwanda
1960	18,406,905	3,022,294	-	-
1961	18,555,250	3,106,779	0.81%	2.8%
1962	18,676,550	3,186,025	0.65%	2.55%
1963	18,797,850	3,258,890	0.65%	2.29%
1964	18,919,126	3,334,834	0.65%	2.33%
1965	19,031,576	3,423,210	0.59%	2.65%
1966	19,215,450	3,521,626	0.97%	2.87%
1967	19,534,242	3,629,577	1.66%	3.07%
1968	19,799,831	3,744,010	1.36%	3.15%
1969	20,009,141	3,861,271	1.06%	3.13%
1970	20,250,398	3,980,669	1.21%	3.09%
1971	20,461,567	4,100,044	1.04%	3%
1972	20,657,957	4,220,335	0.96%	2.93%
1973	20,835,681	4,345,047	0.86%	2.96%
1974	21,029,429	4,474,228	0.93%	2.97%
1975	21,293,583	4,607,728	1.26%	2.98%
1976	21,551,634	4,745,954	1.21%	3%
1977	21,756,096	4,888,240	0.95%	3%
1978	21,951,464	5,035,171	0.9%	3.01%
1979	22,090,488	5,189,541	0.63%	3.07%
1980	22,207,282	5,353,259	0.53%	3.15%
1981	22,353,070	5,527,230	0.66%	3.25%
1982	22,475,741	5,711,549	0.55%	3.33%
1983	22,560,478	5,905,311	0.38%	3.39%
1984	22,640,547	6,107,627	0.35%	3.43%
1985	22,732,999	6,317,228	0.41%	3.43%
1986	22,836,841	6,531,881	0.46%	3.4%
1987	22,949,430	6,749,493	0.49%	3.33%
1988	23,057,662	6,968,071	0.47%	3.24%
1989	23,161,458	7,184,706	0.45%	3.11%
1990	23,201,835	7,375,307	0.17%	2.65%
1991	23,001,155	7,526,966	-0.86%	2.06%
1992	22,794,284	7,683,266	-0.9%	2.08%
1993	22,763,280	7,981,132	-0.14%	3.88%
1994	22,730,211	6,792,352	-0.15%	-14.9%
1995	22,684,270	5,674,118	-0.2%	-16.5%
1996	22,619,004	6,708,764	-0.29%	18.2%
1997	22,553,978	7,755,238	-0.29%	15.6%
1998	22,507,344	8,081,681	-0.21%	4.21%
1999	22,472,040	8,147,912	-0.16%	0.82%
2000	22,442,971	8,213,931	-0.13%	0.81%
2001	22,131,970	8,287,094	-1.39%	0.89%
2002	21,730,496	8,400,180	-1.81%	1.36%
2003	21,574,326	8,586,875	-0.72%	2.22%
2004	21,451,748	8,816,844	-0.57%	2.68%
2005	21,319,685	9,054,528	-0.62%	2.7%
2006	21,193,760	9,299,246	-0.59%	2.7%
2007	20,882,982	9,549,933	-1.47%	2.7%
2008	20,537,875	9,804,269	-1.65%	2.66%
2009	20,367,487	10,060,432	-0.83%	2.61%
2010	20,246,871	10,317,553	-0.59%	2.56%
2011	20,147,528	10,573,733	-0.49%	2.48%
2012	20,058,035	10,829,901	-0.44%	2.42%
2013	19,983,693	11,093,340	-0.37%	2.43%
2014	19,908,979	11,364,757	-0.37%	2.45%
2015	19,815,616	11,640,022	-0.47%	2.42%
2016	19,702,267	11,919,183	-0.57%	2.4%
2017	19,588,715	12,202,060	-0.58%	2.37%
2018	19,473,970	12,487,996	-0.59%	2.34%
2019	19,371,648	12,776,103	-0.53%	2.31%
2020	19,265,250	13,065,837	-0.55%	2.27%
2021	19,122,059	13,355,260	-0.74%	2.22%
2022	19,048,502	13,651,030	-0.38%	2.21%
2023	19,059,479	13,954,471	0.06%	2.22%
2024	19,069,340	14,256,567	0.05%	2.16%
2025	18,962,595	14,569,343	-0.56%	2.19%
2026	18,854,232	14,889,694	-0.57%	2.2%
2027	18,744,883	15,214,324	-0.58%	2.18%
2028	18,634,894	15,536,461	-0.59%	2.12%
2029	18,523,736	15,844,649	-0.6%	1.98%
2030	18,411,878	16,154,698	-0.6%	1.96%
2031	18,299,820	16,473,106	-0.61%	1.97%
2032	18,187,406	16,771,820	-0.61%	1.81%
2033	18,074,282	17,073,475	-0.62%	1.8%
2034	17,960,330	17,402,250	-0.63%	1.93%
2035	17,845,182	17,746,315	-0.64%	1.98%
2036	17,728,480	18,076,769	-0.65%	1.86%
2037	17,611,384	18,395,838	-0.66%	1.77%
2038	17,493,684	18,729,778	-0.67%	1.82%
2039	17,375,991	19,076,783	-0.67%	1.85%
2040	17,258,810	19,440,762	-0.67%	1.91%
2041	17,140,535	19,806,170	-0.69%	1.88%
2042	17,022,168	20,153,979	-0.69%	1.76%
2043	16,904,427	20,500,826	-0.69%	1.72%
2044	16,786,029	20,837,079	-0.7%	1.64%
2045	16,667,734	21,152,650	-0.7%	1.51%
2046	16,550,066	21,459,144	-0.71%	1.45%
2047	16,431,566	21,764,578	-0.72%	1.42%
2048	16,312,099	22,086,112	-0.73%	1.48%
2049	16,192,424	22,403,887	-0.73%	1.44%
2050	16,072,989	22,707,896	-0.74%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th 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) Romania's population will shrink by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people with a rank change from 69th to 81st. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.