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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Somalia	Rwanda	Somalia
1960	3,022,294	2,876,331	-	-
1961	3,106,779	2,952,054	2.8%	2.63%
1962	3,186,025	3,030,091	2.55%	2.64%
1963	3,258,890	3,110,361	2.29%	2.65%
1964	3,334,834	3,192,796	2.33%	2.65%
1965	3,423,210	3,277,874	2.65%	2.66%
1966	3,521,626	3,365,106	2.87%	2.66%
1967	3,629,577	3,454,537	3.07%	2.66%
1968	3,744,010	3,546,590	3.15%	2.66%
1969	3,861,271	3,641,015	3.13%	2.66%
1970	3,980,669	3,738,448	3.09%	2.68%
1971	4,100,044	3,837,691	3%	2.65%
1972	4,220,335	3,939,436	2.93%	2.65%
1973	4,345,047	4,045,592	2.96%	2.69%
1974	4,474,228	4,151,842	2.97%	2.63%
1975	4,607,728	4,257,535	2.98%	2.55%
1976	4,745,954	4,365,812	3%	2.54%
1977	4,888,240	4,484,050	3%	2.71%
1978	5,035,171	4,814,892	3.01%	7.38%
1979	5,189,541	5,449,117	3.07%	13.2%
1980	5,353,259	5,936,154	3.15%	8.94%
1981	5,527,230	5,982,849	3.25%	0.79%
1982	5,711,549	6,003,840	3.33%	0.35%
1983	5,905,311	6,198,430	3.39%	3.24%
1984	6,107,627	6,428,389	3.43%	3.71%
1985	6,317,228	6,693,289	3.43%	4.12%
1986	6,531,881	6,974,788	3.4%	4.21%
1987	6,749,493	7,228,302	3.33%	3.63%
1988	6,968,071	7,235,360	3.24%	0.1%
1989	7,184,706	7,114,817	3.11%	-1.67%
1990	7,375,307	7,082,811	2.65%	-0.45%
1991	7,526,966	6,813,760	2.06%	-3.8%
1992	7,683,266	6,495,107	2.08%	-4.68%
1993	7,981,132	6,681,399	3.88%	2.87%
1994	6,792,352	7,026,797	-14.9%	5.17%
1995	5,674,118	7,285,007	-16.5%	3.67%
1996	6,708,764	7,554,474	18.2%	3.7%
1997	7,755,238	7,824,525	15.6%	3.57%
1998	8,081,681	8,155,417	4.21%	4.23%
1999	8,147,912	8,492,059	0.82%	4.13%
2000	8,213,931	8,838,713	0.81%	4.08%
2001	8,287,094	9,198,493	0.89%	4.07%
2002	8,400,180	9,550,063	1.36%	3.82%
2003	8,586,875	9,909,157	2.22%	3.76%
2004	8,816,844	10,280,998	2.68%	3.75%
2005	9,054,528	10,644,228	2.7%	3.53%
2006	9,299,246	10,975,502	2.7%	3.11%
2007	9,549,933	11,322,582	2.7%	3.16%
2008	9,804,269	11,663,084	2.66%	3.01%
2009	10,060,432	11,961,201	2.61%	2.56%
2010	10,317,553	12,261,756	2.56%	2.51%
2011	10,573,733	12,348,830	2.48%	0.71%
2012	10,829,901	12,461,160	2.42%	0.91%
2013	11,093,340	12,869,594	2.43%	3.28%
2014	11,364,757	13,339,491	2.45%	3.65%
2015	11,640,022	13,806,963	2.42%	3.5%
2016	11,919,183	14,348,740	2.4%	3.92%
2017	12,202,060	14,916,629	2.37%	3.96%
2018	12,487,996	15,452,487	2.34%	3.59%
2019	12,776,103	16,030,971	2.31%	3.74%
2020	13,065,837	16,651,191	2.27%	3.87%
2021	13,355,260	17,271,431	2.22%	3.72%
2022	13,651,030	17,801,897	2.21%	3.07%
2023	13,954,471	18,358,615	2.22%	3.13%
2024	14,256,567	19,009,151	2.16%	3.54%
2025	14,569,343	19,654,737	2.19%	3.4%
2026	14,889,694	20,305,905	2.2%	3.31%
2027	15,214,324	20,959,056	2.18%	3.22%
2028	15,536,461	21,601,810	2.12%	3.07%
2029	15,844,649	22,247,714	1.98%	2.99%
2030	16,154,698	22,915,042	1.96%	3%
2031	16,473,106	23,589,793	1.97%	2.94%
2032	16,771,820	24,258,789	1.81%	2.84%
2033	17,073,475	24,921,830	1.8%	2.73%
2034	17,402,250	25,593,666	1.93%	2.7%
2035	17,746,315	26,294,943	1.98%	2.74%
2036	18,076,769	27,009,199	1.86%	2.72%
2037	18,395,838	27,731,170	1.77%	2.67%
2038	18,729,778	28,455,755	1.82%	2.61%
2039	19,076,783	29,167,897	1.85%	2.5%
2040	19,440,762	29,896,286	1.91%	2.5%
2041	19,806,170	30,635,956	1.88%	2.47%
2042	20,153,979	31,350,028	1.76%	2.33%
2043	20,500,826	32,057,980	1.72%	2.26%
2044	20,837,079	32,780,417	1.64%	2.25%
2045	21,152,650	33,510,163	1.51%	2.23%
2046	21,459,144	34,248,030	1.45%	2.2%
2047	21,764,578	34,996,366	1.42%	2.19%
2048	22,086,112	35,743,960	1.48%	2.14%
2049	22,403,887	36,474,683	1.44%	2.04%
2050	22,707,896	37,206,497	1.36%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.