Population in Rwanda compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Rwanda and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Seychelles	Rwanda	Seychelles
1960	3,022,294	41,700	-	-
1961	3,106,779	42,889	2.8%	2.85%
1962	3,186,025	44,042	2.55%	2.69%
1963	3,258,890	45,176	2.29%	2.57%
1964	3,334,834	46,322	2.33%	2.54%
1965	3,423,210	47,500	2.65%	2.54%
1966	3,521,626	48,699	2.87%	2.52%
1967	3,629,577	49,911	3.07%	2.49%
1968	3,744,010	51,134	3.15%	2.45%
1969	3,861,271	52,365	3.13%	2.41%
1970	3,980,669	53,600	3.09%	2.36%
1971	4,100,044	54,695	3%	2.04%
1972	4,220,335	56,029	2.93%	2.44%
1973	4,345,047	56,892	2.96%	1.54%
1974	4,474,228	57,937	2.97%	1.84%
1975	4,607,728	59,292	2.98%	2.34%
1976	4,745,954	60,504	3%	2.04%
1977	4,888,240	61,786	3%	2.12%
1978	5,035,171	62,150	3.01%	0.59%
1979	5,189,541	62,686	3.07%	0.86%
1980	5,353,259	63,261	3.15%	0.92%
1981	5,527,230	64,035	3.25%	1.22%
1982	5,711,549	64,413	3.33%	0.59%
1983	5,905,311	64,335	3.39%	-0.12%
1984	6,107,627	64,717	3.43%	0.59%
1985	6,317,228	65,244	3.43%	0.81%
1986	6,531,881	65,652	3.4%	0.63%
1987	6,749,493	68,499	3.33%	4.34%
1988	6,968,071	68,755	3.24%	0.37%
1989	7,184,706	69,167	3.11%	0.6%
1990	7,375,307	69,507	2.65%	0.49%
1991	7,526,966	70,439	2.06%	1.34%
1992	7,683,266	70,763	2.08%	0.46%
1993	7,981,132	72,253	3.88%	2.11%
1994	6,792,352	74,205	-14.9%	2.7%
1995	5,674,118	75,304	-16.5%	1.48%
1996	6,708,764	76,417	18.2%	1.48%
1997	7,755,238	77,319	15.6%	1.18%
1998	8,081,681	78,846	4.21%	1.97%
1999	8,147,912	80,410	0.82%	1.98%
2000	8,213,931	81,131	0.81%	0.9%
2001	8,287,094	81,202	0.89%	0.09%
2002	8,400,180	83,723	1.36%	3.1%
2003	8,586,875	82,781	2.22%	-1.13%
2004	8,816,844	82,475	2.68%	-0.37%
2005	9,054,528	82,858	2.7%	0.46%
2006	9,299,246	84,600	2.7%	2.1%
2007	9,549,933	85,033	2.7%	0.51%
2008	9,804,269	86,956	2.66%	2.26%
2009	10,060,432	87,298	2.61%	0.39%
2010	10,317,553	89,770	2.56%	2.83%
2011	10,573,733	87,441	2.48%	-2.59%
2012	10,829,901	88,303	2.42%	0.99%
2013	11,093,340	89,949	2.43%	1.86%
2014	11,364,757	91,359	2.45%	1.57%
2015	11,640,022	93,419	2.42%	2.25%
2016	11,919,183	94,677	2.4%	1.35%
2017	12,202,060	95,843	2.37%	1.23%
2018	12,487,996	96,762	2.34%	0.96%
2019	12,776,103	97,625	2.31%	0.89%
2020	13,065,837	98,462	2.27%	0.86%
2021	13,355,260	99,258	2.22%	0.81%
2022	13,651,030	119,878	2.21%	20.8%
2023	13,954,471	119,773	2.22%	-0.09%
2024	14,256,567	121,354	2.16%	1.32%
2025	14,569,343	123,549	2.19%	1.81%
2026	14,889,694	125,581	2.2%	1.64%
2027	15,214,324	127,380	2.18%	1.43%
2028	15,536,461	128,883	2.12%	1.18%
2029	15,844,649	130,011	1.98%	0.87%
2030	16,154,698	130,635	1.96%	0.48%
2031	16,473,106	130,989	1.97%	0.27%
2032	16,771,820	131,305	1.81%	0.24%
2033	17,073,475	131,578	1.8%	0.21%
2034	17,402,250	131,816	1.93%	0.18%
2035	17,746,315	132,027	1.98%	0.16%
2036	18,076,769	132,202	1.86%	0.13%
2037	18,395,838	132,348	1.77%	0.11%
2038	18,729,778	132,467	1.82%	0.09%
2039	19,076,783	132,552	1.85%	0.06%
2040	19,440,762	132,631	1.91%	0.06%
2041	19,806,170	132,681	1.88%	0.04%
2042	20,153,979	132,700	1.76%	0.01%
2043	20,500,826	132,698	1.72%	-0.001%
2044	20,837,079	132,665	1.64%	-0.03%
2045	21,152,650	132,613	1.51%	-0.04%
2046	21,459,144	132,531	1.45%	-0.06%
2047	21,764,578	132,415	1.42%	-0.09%
2048	22,086,112	132,264	1.48%	-0.11%
2049	22,403,887	132,085	1.44%	-0.14%
2050	22,707,896	131,885	1.36%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.