The current population of Rwanda is 14,826,674 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 14,256,567 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Rwanda is ranked 77/197 by population and was ranked 87th in 2005.
- Rwanda accounts for 0.18% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Rwanda has had an average growth rate of 3.19% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 9.05M people to 14.8M (63.7% growth in 20 years).
- Rwanda is projected to reach 32.8M people in 2100.
Rwanda population clock
Rwanda
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
14826674
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 77/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.74 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.33 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
6.35 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +828 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +302,096 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.16% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 47/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
33.7 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -15,582 | N/A |
Rwanda population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3,022,294 | - |
| 1961 | 3,106,779 | 2.8% |
| 1962 | 3,186,025 | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 3,258,890 | 2.29% |
| 1964 | 3,334,834 | 2.33% |
| 1965 | 3,423,210 | 2.65% |
| 1966 | 3,521,626 | 2.87% |
| 1967 | 3,629,577 | 3.07% |
| 1968 | 3,744,010 | 3.15% |
| 1969 | 3,861,271 | 3.13% |
| 1970 | 3,980,669 | 3.09% |
| 1971 | 4,100,044 | 3% |
| 1972 | 4,220,335 | 2.93% |
| 1973 | 4,345,047 | 2.96% |
| 1974 | 4,474,228 | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 4,607,728 | 2.98% |
| 1976 | 4,745,954 | 3% |
| 1977 | 4,888,240 | 3% |
| 1978 | 5,035,171 | 3.01% |
| 1979 | 5,189,541 | 3.07% |
| 1980 | 5,353,259 | 3.15% |
| 1981 | 5,527,230 | 3.25% |
| 1982 | 5,711,549 | 3.33% |
| 1983 | 5,905,311 | 3.39% |
| 1984 | 6,107,627 | 3.43% |
| 1985 | 6,317,228 | 3.43% |
| 1986 | 6,531,881 | 3.4% |
| 1987 | 6,749,493 | 3.33% |
| 1988 | 6,968,071 | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 7,184,706 | 3.11% |
| 1990 | 7,375,307 | 2.65% |
| 1991 | 7,526,966 | 2.06% |
| 1992 | 7,683,266 | 2.08% |
| 1993 | 7,981,132 | 3.88% |
| 1994 | 6,792,352 | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 5,674,118 | -16.5% |
| 1996 | 6,708,764 | 18.2% |
| 1997 | 7,755,238 | 15.6% |
| 1998 | 8,081,681 | 4.21% |
| 1999 | 8,147,912 | 0.82% |
| 2000 | 8,213,931 | 0.81% |
| 2001 | 8,287,094 | 0.89% |
| 2002 | 8,400,180 | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 8,586,875 | 2.22% |
| 2004 | 8,816,844 | 2.68% |
| 2005 | 9,054,528 | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 9,299,246 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 9,549,933 | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 9,804,269 | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 10,060,432 | 2.61% |
| 2010 | 10,317,553 | 2.56% |
| 2011 | 10,573,733 | 2.48% |
| 2012 | 10,829,901 | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 11,093,340 | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 11,364,757 | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 11,640,022 | 2.42% |
| 2016 | 11,919,183 | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 12,202,060 | 2.37% |
| 2018 | 12,487,996 | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 12,776,103 | 2.31% |
| 2020 | 13,065,837 | 2.27% |
| 2021 | 13,355,260 | 2.22% |
| 2022 | 13,651,030 | 2.21% |
| 2023 | 13,954,471 | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 14,256,567 | 2.16% |
| 2025 | 14,569,343 | 2.19% |
| 2026 | 14,889,694 | 2.2% |
| 2027 | 15,214,324 | 2.18% |
| 2028 | 15,536,461 | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 15,844,649 | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 16,154,698 | 1.96% |
| 2031 | 16,473,106 | 1.97% |
| 2032 | 16,771,820 | 1.81% |
| 2033 | 17,073,475 | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 17,402,250 | 1.93% |
| 2035 | 17,746,315 | 1.98% |
| 2036 | 18,076,769 | 1.86% |
| 2037 | 18,395,838 | 1.77% |
| 2038 | 18,729,778 | 1.82% |
| 2039 | 19,076,783 | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 19,440,762 | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 19,806,170 | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 20,153,979 | 1.76% |
| 2043 | 20,500,826 | 1.72% |
| 2044 | 20,837,079 | 1.64% |
| 2045 | 21,152,650 | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 21,459,144 | 1.45% |
| 2047 | 21,764,578 | 1.42% |
| 2048 | 22,086,112 | 1.48% |
| 2049 | 22,403,887 | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 22,707,896 | 1.36% |
Rwanda has a population of 14.8M as of 2025, compared to 11.6M in 2015, 9.05M in 2005, and 5.67M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.74% per year. Rwanda is ranked 46th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Rwanda will have 21,152,650 people (42.7% growth) with a rank change from 77th to 73rd.
By the year 2100, Rwanda's population is projected to grow by 121.1% to 32.8M people.
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Rwanda population statistics
|
Rwanda
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 68.2 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 24.9 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 20.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.7 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,497 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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