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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Samoa	Rwanda	Samoa
1960	3,022,294	112,490	-	-
1961	3,106,779	115,496	2.8%	2.67%
1962	3,186,025	118,597	2.55%	2.68%
1963	3,258,890	121,764	2.29%	2.67%
1964	3,334,834	124,894	2.33%	2.57%
1965	3,423,210	127,978	2.65%	2.47%
1966	3,521,626	131,073	2.87%	2.42%
1967	3,629,577	133,764	3.07%	2.05%
1968	3,744,010	136,020	3.15%	1.69%
1969	3,861,271	138,233	3.13%	1.63%
1970	3,980,669	140,400	3.09%	1.57%
1971	4,100,044	142,503	3%	1.5%
1972	4,220,335	144,538	2.93%	1.43%
1973	4,345,047	146,516	2.96%	1.37%
1974	4,474,228	149,431	2.97%	1.99%
1975	4,607,728	153,344	2.98%	2.62%
1976	4,745,954	157,113	3%	2.46%
1977	4,888,240	159,753	3%	1.68%
1978	5,035,171	161,375	3.01%	1.02%
1979	5,189,541	162,882	3.07%	0.93%
1980	5,353,259	164,322	3.15%	0.88%
1981	5,527,230	165,678	3.25%	0.83%
1982	5,711,549	166,484	3.33%	0.49%
1983	5,905,311	166,714	3.39%	0.14%
1984	6,107,627	166,796	3.43%	0.05%
1985	6,317,228	166,849	3.43%	0.03%
1986	6,531,881	167,061	3.4%	0.13%
1987	6,749,493	167,661	3.33%	0.36%
1988	6,968,071	168,346	3.24%	0.41%
1989	7,184,706	168,768	3.11%	0.25%
1990	7,375,307	169,042	2.65%	0.16%
1991	7,526,966	169,368	2.06%	0.19%
1992	7,683,266	170,331	2.08%	0.57%
1993	7,981,132	171,774	3.88%	0.85%
1994	6,792,352	173,159	-14.9%	0.81%
1995	5,674,118	174,571	-16.5%	0.82%
1996	6,708,764	176,071	18.2%	0.86%
1997	7,755,238	177,547	15.6%	0.84%
1998	8,081,681	178,905	4.21%	0.76%
1999	8,147,912	180,275	0.82%	0.77%
2000	8,213,931	181,685	0.81%	0.78%
2001	8,287,094	183,166	0.89%	0.82%
2002	8,400,180	184,471	1.36%	0.71%
2003	8,586,875	185,430	2.22%	0.52%
2004	8,816,844	186,249	2.68%	0.44%
2005	9,054,528	186,978	2.7%	0.39%
2006	9,299,246	187,709	2.7%	0.39%
2007	9,549,933	188,753	2.7%	0.56%
2008	9,804,269	190,107	2.66%	0.72%
2009	10,060,432	191,513	2.61%	0.74%
2010	10,317,553	193,023	2.56%	0.79%
2011	10,573,733	194,713	2.48%	0.88%
2012	10,829,901	196,498	2.42%	0.92%
2013	11,093,340	198,268	2.43%	0.9%
2014	11,364,757	200,037	2.45%	0.89%
2015	11,640,022	201,782	2.42%	0.87%
2016	11,919,183	203,499	2.4%	0.85%
2017	12,202,060	205,415	2.37%	0.94%
2018	12,487,996	207,582	2.34%	1.05%
2019	12,776,103	209,780	2.31%	1.06%
2020	13,065,837	211,944	2.27%	1.03%
2021	13,355,260	213,779	2.22%	0.87%
2022	13,651,030	215,261	2.21%	0.69%
2023	13,954,471	216,663	2.22%	0.65%
2024	14,256,567	218,019	2.16%	0.63%
2025	14,569,343	219,302	2.19%	0.59%
2026	14,889,694	220,530	2.2%	0.56%
2027	15,214,324	221,772	2.18%	0.56%
2028	15,536,461	223,104	2.12%	0.6%
2029	15,844,649	224,504	1.98%	0.63%
2030	16,154,698	225,968	1.96%	0.65%
2031	16,473,106	227,581	1.97%	0.71%
2032	16,771,820	229,298	1.81%	0.75%
2033	17,073,475	231,110	1.8%	0.79%
2034	17,402,250	233,061	1.93%	0.84%
2035	17,746,315	235,172	1.98%	0.91%
2036	18,076,769	237,415	1.86%	0.95%
2037	18,395,838	239,730	1.77%	0.98%
2038	18,729,778	242,155	1.82%	1.01%
2039	19,076,783	244,653	1.85%	1.03%
2040	19,440,762	247,196	1.91%	1.04%
2041	19,806,170	249,796	1.88%	1.05%
2042	20,153,979	252,427	1.76%	1.05%
2043	20,500,826	255,023	1.72%	1.03%
2044	20,837,079	257,609	1.64%	1.01%
2045	21,152,650	260,250	1.51%	1.03%
2046	21,459,144	262,849	1.45%	1%
2047	21,764,578	265,365	1.42%	0.96%
2048	22,086,112	267,836	1.48%	0.93%
2049	22,403,887	270,291	1.44%	0.92%
2050	22,707,896	272,711	1.36%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Rwanda's population will grow by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people with a rank change from 77th to 72nd. The population of Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.