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	19,061,062	13,954,471	0.07%	2.22%
2024	19,051,804	14,256,567	-0.05%	2.16%
2025	18,945,157	14,569,343	-0.56%	2.19%
2026	18,836,893	14,889,694	-0.57%	2.2%
2027	18,727,645	15,214,324	-0.58%	2.18%
2028	18,617,757	15,536,461	-0.59%	2.12%
2029	18,506,702	15,844,649	-0.6%	1.98%
2030	18,394,947	16,154,698	-0.6%	1.96%
2031	18,282,991	16,473,106	-0.61%	1.97%
2032	18,170,681	16,771,820	-0.61%	1.81%
2033	18,057,661	17,073,475	-0.62%	1.8%
2034	17,943,814	17,402,250	-0.63%	1.93%
2035	17,828,772	17,746,315	-0.64%	1.98%
2036	17,712,177	18,076,769	-0.65%	1.86%
2037	17,595,189	18,395,838	-0.66%	1.77%
2038	17,477,597	18,729,778	-0.67%	1.82%
2039	17,360,012	19,076,783	-0.67%	1.85%
2040	17,242,939	19,440,762	-0.67%	1.91%
2041	17,124,773	19,806,170	-0.69%	1.88%
2042	17,006,515	20,153,979	-0.69%	1.76%
2043	16,888,882	20,500,826	-0.69%	1.72%
2044	16,770,593	20,837,079	-0.7%	1.64%
2045	16,652,406	21,152,650	-0.7%	1.51%
2046	16,534,847	21,459,144	-0.71%	1.45%
2047	16,416,456	21,764,578	-0.72%	1.42%
2048	16,297,099	22,086,112	-0.73%	1.48%
2049	16,177,534	22,403,887	-0.73%	1.44%
2050	16,058,209	22,707,896	-0.74%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th 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) Romania's population will shrink by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people with a rank change from 70th to 81st. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.