Population in Rwanda compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Rwanda and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Sierra Leone	Rwanda	Sierra Leone
1960	3,022,294	2,268,356	-	-
1961	3,106,779	2,304,227	2.8%	1.58%
1962	3,186,025	2,342,242	2.55%	1.65%
1963	3,258,890	2,382,258	2.29%	1.71%
1964	3,334,834	2,424,390	2.33%	1.77%
1965	3,423,210	2,468,666	2.65%	1.83%
1966	3,521,626	2,514,638	2.87%	1.86%
1967	3,629,577	2,562,384	3.07%	1.9%
1968	3,744,010	2,611,532	3.15%	1.92%
1969	3,861,271	2,661,365	3.13%	1.91%
1970	3,980,669	2,712,286	3.09%	1.91%
1971	4,100,044	2,763,222	3%	1.88%
1972	4,220,335	2,814,388	2.93%	1.85%
1973	4,345,047	2,866,955	2.96%	1.87%
1974	4,474,228	2,920,459	2.97%	1.87%
1975	4,607,728	2,974,657	2.98%	1.86%
1976	4,745,954	3,028,820	3%	1.82%
1977	4,888,240	3,085,354	3%	1.87%
1978	5,035,171	3,145,517	3.01%	1.95%
1979	5,189,541	3,207,499	3.07%	1.97%
1980	5,353,259	3,272,089	3.15%	2.01%
1981	5,527,230	3,338,940	3.25%	2.04%
1982	5,711,549	3,408,183	3.33%	2.07%
1983	5,905,311	3,481,646	3.39%	2.16%
1984	6,107,627	3,558,758	3.43%	2.21%
1985	6,317,228	3,638,438	3.43%	2.24%
1986	6,531,881	3,728,380	3.4%	2.47%
1987	6,749,493	3,829,718	3.33%	2.72%
1988	6,968,071	3,934,517	3.24%	2.74%
1989	7,184,706	4,034,037	3.11%	2.53%
1990	7,375,307	4,196,828	2.65%	4.04%
1991	7,526,966	4,246,267	2.06%	1.18%
1992	7,683,266	4,166,366	2.08%	-1.88%
1993	7,981,132	4,157,130	3.88%	-0.22%
1994	6,792,352	4,173,105	-14.9%	0.38%
1995	5,674,118	4,179,179	-16.5%	0.15%
1996	6,708,764	4,199,210	18.2%	0.48%
1997	7,755,238	4,253,716	15.6%	1.3%
1998	8,081,681	4,295,785	4.21%	0.99%
1999	8,147,912	4,318,043	0.82%	0.52%
2000	8,213,931	4,423,611	0.81%	2.44%
2001	8,287,094	4,692,716	0.89%	6.08%
2002	8,400,180	4,971,435	1.36%	5.94%
2003	8,586,875	5,177,687	2.22%	4.15%
2004	8,816,844	5,355,717	2.68%	3.44%
2005	9,054,528	5,501,712	2.7%	2.73%
2006	9,299,246	5,624,466	2.7%	2.23%
2007	9,549,933	5,749,352	2.7%	2.22%
2008	9,804,269	5,894,722	2.66%	2.53%
2009	10,060,432	6,055,646	2.61%	2.73%
2010	10,317,553	6,222,714	2.56%	2.76%
2011	10,573,733	6,387,251	2.48%	2.64%
2012	10,829,901	6,551,080	2.42%	2.56%
2013	11,093,340	6,714,051	2.43%	2.49%
2014	11,364,757	6,876,385	2.45%	2.42%
2015	11,640,022	7,037,655	2.42%	2.35%
2016	11,919,183	7,205,328	2.4%	2.38%
2017	12,202,060	7,379,299	2.37%	2.41%
2018	12,487,996	7,554,563	2.34%	2.38%
2019	12,776,103	7,731,991	2.31%	2.35%
2020	13,065,837	7,912,558	2.27%	2.34%
2021	13,355,260	8,094,602	2.22%	2.3%
2022	13,651,030	8,276,807	2.21%	2.25%
2023	13,954,471	8,460,512	2.22%	2.22%
2024	14,256,567	8,642,022	2.16%	2.15%
2025	14,569,343	8,819,789	2.19%	2.06%
2026	14,889,694	8,996,743	2.2%	2.01%
2027	15,214,324	9,174,695	2.18%	1.98%
2028	15,536,461	9,349,021	2.12%	1.9%
2029	15,844,649	9,520,811	1.98%	1.84%
2030	16,154,698	9,694,851	1.96%	1.83%
2031	16,473,106	9,870,295	1.97%	1.81%
2032	16,771,820	10,047,193	1.81%	1.79%
2033	17,073,475	10,221,006	1.8%	1.73%
2034	17,402,250	10,391,485	1.93%	1.67%
2035	17,746,315	10,563,163	1.98%	1.65%
2036	18,076,769	10,734,341	1.86%	1.62%
2037	18,395,838	10,902,263	1.77%	1.56%
2038	18,729,778	11,066,143	1.82%	1.5%
2039	19,076,783	11,230,060	1.85%	1.48%
2040	19,440,762	11,398,391	1.91%	1.5%
2041	19,806,170	11,566,213	1.88%	1.47%
2042	20,153,979	11,728,787	1.76%	1.41%
2043	20,500,826	11,887,934	1.72%	1.36%
2044	20,837,079	12,049,424	1.64%	1.36%
2045	21,152,650	12,208,872	1.51%	1.32%
2046	21,459,144	12,363,446	1.45%	1.27%
2047	21,764,578	12,512,739	1.42%	1.21%
2048	22,086,112	12,659,609	1.48%	1.17%
2049	22,403,887	12,805,136	1.44%	1.15%
2050	22,707,896	12,948,320	1.36%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.