Population in Rwanda compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Sao Tome	Rwanda	Sao Tome
1960	3,022,294	68,012	-	-
1961	3,106,779	68,707	2.8%	1.02%
1962	3,186,025	69,403	2.55%	1.01%
1963	3,258,890	70,112	2.29%	1.02%
1964	3,334,834	70,865	2.33%	1.07%
1965	3,423,210	71,680	2.65%	1.15%
1966	3,521,626	72,576	2.87%	1.25%
1967	3,629,577	73,596	3.07%	1.41%
1968	3,744,010	74,765	3.15%	1.59%
1969	3,861,271	76,083	3.13%	1.76%
1970	3,980,669	77,626	3.09%	2.03%
1971	4,100,044	79,330	3%	2.2%
1972	4,220,335	81,041	2.93%	2.16%
1973	4,345,047	82,798	2.96%	2.17%
1974	4,474,228	84,672	2.97%	2.26%
1975	4,607,728	86,708	2.98%	2.4%
1976	4,745,954	88,922	3%	2.55%
1977	4,888,240	91,301	3%	2.68%
1978	5,035,171	93,794	3.01%	2.73%
1979	5,189,541	96,252	3.07%	2.62%
1980	5,353,259	98,544	3.15%	2.38%
1981	5,527,230	100,615	3.25%	2.1%
1982	5,711,549	102,508	3.33%	1.88%
1983	5,905,311	104,380	3.39%	1.83%
1984	6,107,627	106,394	3.43%	1.93%
1985	6,317,228	108,658	3.43%	2.13%
1986	6,531,881	111,150	3.4%	2.29%
1987	6,749,493	113,919	3.33%	2.49%
1988	6,968,071	116,939	3.24%	2.65%
1989	7,184,706	119,979	3.11%	2.6%
1990	7,375,307	122,980	2.65%	2.5%
1991	7,526,966	125,697	2.06%	2.21%
1992	7,683,266	128,110	2.08%	1.92%
1993	7,981,132	130,467	3.88%	1.84%
1994	6,792,352	132,732	-14.9%	1.74%
1995	5,674,118	134,895	-16.5%	1.63%
1996	6,708,764	136,962	18.2%	1.53%
1997	7,755,238	138,922	15.6%	1.43%
1998	8,081,681	140,751	4.21%	1.32%
1999	8,147,912	142,442	0.82%	1.2%
2000	8,213,931	144,018	0.81%	1.11%
2001	8,287,094	146,375	0.89%	1.64%
2002	8,400,180	149,922	1.36%	2.42%
2003	8,586,875	153,814	2.22%	2.6%
2004	8,816,844	157,705	2.68%	2.53%
2005	9,054,528	161,639	2.7%	2.49%
2006	9,299,246	165,638	2.7%	2.47%
2007	9,549,933	169,700	2.7%	2.45%
2008	9,804,269	173,793	2.66%	2.41%
2009	10,060,432	177,853	2.61%	2.34%
2010	10,317,553	181,802	2.56%	2.22%
2011	10,573,733	185,649	2.48%	2.12%
2012	10,829,901	189,439	2.42%	2.04%
2013	11,093,340	193,148	2.43%	1.96%
2014	11,364,757	196,767	2.45%	1.87%
2015	11,640,022	200,291	2.42%	1.79%
2016	11,919,183	203,689	2.4%	1.7%
2017	12,202,060	206,970	2.37%	1.61%
2018	12,487,996	210,187	2.34%	1.55%
2019	12,776,103	213,392	2.31%	1.52%
2020	13,065,837	217,435	2.27%	1.89%
2021	13,355,260	221,961	2.22%	2.08%
2022	13,651,030	226,305	2.21%	1.96%
2023	13,954,471	230,871	2.22%	2.02%
2024	14,256,567	235,536	2.16%	2.02%
2025	14,569,343	240,251	2.19%	2%
2026	14,889,694	244,987	2.2%	1.97%
2027	15,214,324	249,783	2.18%	1.96%
2028	15,536,461	254,657	2.12%	1.95%
2029	15,844,649	259,597	1.98%	1.94%
2030	16,154,698	264,560	1.96%	1.91%
2031	16,473,106	269,566	1.97%	1.89%
2032	16,771,820	274,643	1.81%	1.88%
2033	17,073,475	279,761	1.8%	1.86%
2034	17,402,250	284,911	1.93%	1.84%
2035	17,746,315	290,082	1.98%	1.81%
2036	18,076,769	295,269	1.86%	1.79%
2037	18,395,838	300,439	1.77%	1.75%
2038	18,729,778	305,590	1.82%	1.71%
2039	19,076,783	310,729	1.85%	1.68%
2040	19,440,762	315,833	1.91%	1.64%
2041	19,806,170	320,875	1.88%	1.6%
2042	20,153,979	325,888	1.76%	1.56%
2043	20,500,826	330,908	1.72%	1.54%
2044	20,837,079	335,919	1.64%	1.51%
2045	21,152,650	340,911	1.51%	1.49%
2046	21,459,144	345,883	1.45%	1.46%
2047	21,764,578	350,758	1.42%	1.41%
2048	22,086,112	355,569	1.48%	1.37%
2049	22,403,887	360,353	1.44%	1.35%
2050	22,707,896	365,103	1.36%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.