Population in Rwanda compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Rwanda and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Saudi Arabia	Rwanda	Saudi Arabia
1960	3,022,294	2,435,403	-	-
1961	3,106,779	2,526,347	2.8%	3.73%
1962	3,186,025	2,620,910	2.55%	3.74%
1963	3,258,890	2,719,341	2.29%	3.76%
1964	3,334,834	2,821,968	2.33%	3.77%
1965	3,423,210	2,928,771	2.65%	3.78%
1966	3,521,626	3,039,887	2.87%	3.79%
1967	3,629,577	3,157,242	3.07%	3.86%
1968	3,744,010	3,282,711	3.15%	3.97%
1969	3,861,271	3,417,114	3.13%	4.09%
1970	3,980,669	3,562,470	3.09%	4.25%
1971	4,100,044	3,724,031	3%	4.54%
1972	4,220,335	3,905,722	2.93%	4.88%
1973	4,345,047	4,106,344	2.96%	5.14%
1974	4,474,228	4,323,632	2.97%	5.29%
1975	4,607,728	4,556,287	2.98%	5.38%
1976	4,745,954	4,807,933	3%	5.52%
1977	4,888,240	5,083,048	3%	5.72%
1978	5,035,171	5,381,902	3.01%	5.88%
1979	5,189,541	5,703,698	3.07%	5.98%
1980	5,353,259	6,047,997	3.15%	6.04%
1981	5,527,230	6,420,551	3.25%	6.16%
1982	5,711,549	6,824,486	3.33%	6.29%
1983	5,905,311	7,252,941	3.39%	6.28%
1984	6,107,627	7,697,307	3.43%	6.13%
1985	6,317,228	8,151,779	3.43%	5.9%
1986	6,531,881	8,628,639	3.4%	5.85%
1987	6,749,493	9,130,194	3.33%	5.81%
1988	6,968,071	9,629,165	3.24%	5.47%
1989	7,184,706	10,128,394	3.11%	5.18%
1990	7,375,307	10,640,691	2.65%	5.06%
1991	7,526,966	11,160,744	2.06%	4.89%
1992	7,683,266	11,686,676	2.08%	4.71%
1993	7,981,132	12,215,862	3.88%	4.53%
1994	6,792,352	12,750,040	-14.9%	4.37%
1995	5,674,118	13,289,245	-16.5%	4.23%
1996	6,708,764	13,831,009	18.2%	4.08%
1997	7,755,238	14,374,943	15.6%	3.93%
1998	8,081,681	14,922,185	4.21%	3.81%
1999	8,147,912	15,472,075	0.82%	3.69%
2000	8,213,931	16,177,722	0.81%	4.56%
2001	8,287,094	17,041,397	0.89%	5.34%
2002	8,400,180	17,910,910	1.36%	5.1%
2003	8,586,875	18,786,767	2.22%	4.89%
2004	8,816,844	19,669,480	2.68%	4.7%
2005	9,054,528	20,559,890	2.7%	4.53%
2006	9,299,246	21,459,144	2.7%	4.37%
2007	9,549,933	22,368,313	2.7%	4.24%
2008	9,804,269	23,287,877	2.66%	4.11%
2009	10,060,432	24,217,654	2.61%	3.99%
2010	10,317,553	23,978,487	2.56%	-0.99%
2011	10,573,733	25,091,867	2.48%	4.64%
2012	10,829,901	26,168,861	2.42%	4.29%
2013	11,093,340	27,624,004	2.43%	5.56%
2014	11,364,757	28,309,273	2.45%	2.48%
2015	11,640,022	29,816,382	2.42%	5.32%
2016	11,919,183	30,954,198	2.4%	3.82%
2017	12,202,060	30,977,355	2.37%	0.07%
2018	12,487,996	30,196,281	2.34%	-2.52%
2019	12,776,103	30,063,799	2.31%	-0.44%
2020	13,065,837	31,552,510	2.27%	4.95%
2021	13,355,260	30,784,383	2.22%	-2.43%
2022	13,651,030	32,175,224	2.21%	4.52%
2023	13,954,471	33,702,731	2.22%	4.75%
2024	14,256,567	35,300,280	2.16%	4.74%
2025	14,569,343	35,927,625	2.19%	1.78%
2026	14,889,694	36,550,694	2.2%	1.73%
2027	15,214,324	37,167,513	2.18%	1.69%
2028	15,536,461	37,775,810	2.12%	1.64%
2029	15,844,649	38,364,377	1.98%	1.56%
2030	16,154,698	38,918,375	1.96%	1.44%
2031	16,473,106	39,450,880	1.97%	1.37%
2032	16,771,820	39,983,934	1.81%	1.35%
2033	17,073,475	40,517,599	1.8%	1.33%
2034	17,402,250	41,052,423	1.93%	1.32%
2035	17,746,315	41,588,429	1.98%	1.31%
2036	18,076,769	42,125,184	1.86%	1.29%
2037	18,395,838	42,661,908	1.77%	1.27%
2038	18,729,778	43,198,420	1.82%	1.26%
2039	19,076,783	43,734,316	1.85%	1.24%
2040	19,440,762	44,269,571	1.91%	1.22%
2041	19,806,170	44,804,338	1.88%	1.21%
2042	20,153,979	45,338,111	1.76%	1.19%
2043	20,500,826	45,870,896	1.72%	1.18%
2044	20,837,079	46,403,116	1.64%	1.16%
2045	21,152,650	46,934,822	1.51%	1.15%
2046	21,459,144	47,465,267	1.45%	1.13%
2047	21,764,578	47,993,976	1.42%	1.11%
2048	22,086,112	48,521,364	1.48%	1.1%
2049	22,403,887	49,047,461	1.44%	1.08%
2050	22,707,896	49,572,202	1.36%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.