Population in Rwanda compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Rwanda and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Saint Lucia	Rwanda	Saint Lucia
1960	3,022,294	92,585	-	-
1961	3,106,779	93,490	2.8%	0.98%
1962	3,186,025	94,505	2.55%	1.09%
1963	3,258,890	95,519	2.29%	1.07%
1964	3,334,834	96,505	2.33%	1.03%
1965	3,423,210	97,493	2.65%	1.02%
1966	3,521,626	98,463	2.87%	0.99%
1967	3,629,577	99,504	3.07%	1.06%
1968	3,744,010	100,675	3.15%	1.18%
1969	3,861,271	101,879	3.13%	1.2%
1970	3,980,669	103,165	3.09%	1.26%
1971	4,100,044	104,564	3%	1.36%
1972	4,220,335	106,002	2.93%	1.38%
1973	4,345,047	107,498	2.96%	1.41%
1974	4,474,228	109,076	2.97%	1.47%
1975	4,607,728	110,725	2.98%	1.51%
1976	4,745,954	112,425	3%	1.54%
1977	4,888,240	114,135	3%	1.52%
1978	5,035,171	115,834	3.01%	1.49%
1979	5,189,541	117,528	3.07%	1.46%
1980	5,353,259	119,290	3.15%	1.5%
1981	5,527,230	121,166	3.25%	1.57%
1982	5,711,549	123,087	3.33%	1.59%
1983	5,905,311	125,044	3.39%	1.59%
1984	6,107,627	127,067	3.43%	1.62%
1985	6,317,228	129,159	3.43%	1.65%
1986	6,531,881	131,239	3.4%	1.61%
1987	6,749,493	133,227	3.33%	1.51%
1988	6,968,071	135,000	3.24%	1.33%
1989	7,184,706	136,512	3.11%	1.12%
1990	7,375,307	137,857	2.65%	0.99%
1991	7,526,966	139,520	2.06%	1.21%
1992	7,683,266	141,617	2.08%	1.5%
1993	7,981,132	143,726	3.88%	1.49%
1994	6,792,352	145,890	-14.9%	1.51%
1995	5,674,118	148,208	-16.5%	1.59%
1996	6,708,764	150,436	18.2%	1.5%
1997	7,755,238	152,569	15.6%	1.42%
1998	8,081,681	154,677	4.21%	1.38%
1999	8,147,912	156,702	0.82%	1.31%
2000	8,213,931	158,616	0.81%	1.22%
2001	8,287,094	160,237	0.89%	1.02%
2002	8,400,180	161,641	1.36%	0.88%
2003	8,586,875	162,976	2.22%	0.83%
2004	8,816,844	164,239	2.68%	0.77%
2005	9,054,528	165,450	2.7%	0.74%
2006	9,299,246	166,639	2.7%	0.72%
2007	9,549,933	167,758	2.7%	0.67%
2008	9,804,269	168,808	2.66%	0.63%
2009	10,060,432	169,869	2.61%	0.63%
2010	10,317,553	170,906	2.56%	0.61%
2011	10,573,733	171,801	2.48%	0.52%
2012	10,829,901	172,587	2.42%	0.46%
2013	11,093,340	173,369	2.43%	0.45%
2014	11,364,757	174,138	2.45%	0.44%
2015	11,640,022	174,905	2.42%	0.44%
2016	11,919,183	175,646	2.4%	0.42%
2017	12,202,060	176,342	2.37%	0.4%
2018	12,487,996	177,017	2.34%	0.38%
2019	12,776,103	177,661	2.31%	0.36%
2020	13,065,837	178,250	2.27%	0.33%
2021	13,355,260	178,522	2.22%	0.15%
2022	13,651,030	178,781	2.21%	0.15%
2023	13,954,471	179,285	2.22%	0.28%
2024	14,256,567	179,744	2.16%	0.26%
2025	14,569,343	180,148	2.19%	0.23%
2026	14,889,694	180,489	2.2%	0.19%
2027	15,214,324	180,771	2.18%	0.16%
2028	15,536,461	181,003	2.12%	0.13%
2029	15,844,649	181,198	1.98%	0.11%
2030	16,154,698	181,360	1.96%	0.09%
2031	16,473,106	181,463	1.97%	0.06%
2032	16,771,820	181,495	1.81%	0.02%
2033	17,073,475	181,458	1.8%	-0.02%
2034	17,402,250	181,354	1.93%	-0.06%
2035	17,746,315	181,177	1.98%	-0.1%
2036	18,076,769	180,948	1.86%	-0.13%
2037	18,395,838	180,636	1.77%	-0.17%
2038	18,729,778	180,230	1.82%	-0.22%
2039	19,076,783	179,781	1.85%	-0.25%
2040	19,440,762	179,296	1.91%	-0.27%
2041	19,806,170	178,760	1.88%	-0.3%
2042	20,153,979	178,187	1.76%	-0.32%
2043	20,500,826	177,593	1.72%	-0.33%
2044	20,837,079	176,937	1.64%	-0.37%
2045	21,152,650	176,243	1.51%	-0.39%
2046	21,459,144	175,520	1.45%	-0.41%
2047	21,764,578	174,726	1.42%	-0.45%
2048	22,086,112	173,877	1.48%	-0.49%
2049	22,403,887	172,991	1.44%	-0.51%
2050	22,707,896	172,081	1.36%	-0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Rwanda's population will grow by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people with a rank change from 77th to 72nd. The population of Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.