Population in Rwanda compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Rwanda and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	South Korea	Rwanda	South Korea
1960	3,022,294	25,012,374	-	-
1961	3,106,779	25,765,673	2.8%	3.01%
1962	3,186,025	26,513,030	2.55%	2.9%
1963	3,258,890	27,261,747	2.29%	2.82%
1964	3,334,834	27,984,155	2.33%	2.65%
1965	3,423,210	28,704,674	2.65%	2.57%
1966	3,521,626	29,435,571	2.87%	2.55%
1967	3,629,577	30,130,983	3.07%	2.36%
1968	3,744,010	30,838,302	3.15%	2.35%
1969	3,861,271	31,544,266	3.13%	2.29%
1970	3,980,669	32,240,827	3.09%	2.21%
1971	4,100,044	32,882,704	3%	1.99%
1972	4,220,335	33,505,406	2.93%	1.89%
1973	4,345,047	34,103,149	2.96%	1.78%
1974	4,474,228	34,692,266	2.97%	1.73%
1975	4,607,728	35,280,725	2.98%	1.7%
1976	4,745,954	35,848,523	3%	1.61%
1977	4,888,240	36,411,795	3%	1.57%
1978	5,035,171	36,969,185	3.01%	1.53%
1979	5,189,541	37,534,236	3.07%	1.53%
1980	5,353,259	38,123,775	3.15%	1.57%
1981	5,527,230	38,723,248	3.25%	1.57%
1982	5,711,549	39,326,352	3.33%	1.56%
1983	5,905,311	39,910,403	3.39%	1.49%
1984	6,107,627	40,405,956	3.43%	1.24%
1985	6,317,228	40,805,744	3.43%	0.99%
1986	6,531,881	41,213,674	3.4%	1%
1987	6,749,493	41,621,690	3.33%	0.99%
1988	6,968,071	42,031,247	3.24%	0.98%
1989	7,184,706	42,449,038	3.11%	0.99%
1990	7,375,307	42,869,283	2.65%	0.99%
1991	7,526,966	43,295,704	2.06%	0.99%
1992	7,683,266	43,747,962	2.08%	1.04%
1993	7,981,132	44,194,628	3.88%	1.02%
1994	6,792,352	44,641,540	-14.9%	1.01%
1995	5,674,118	45,092,991	-16.5%	1.01%
1996	6,708,764	45,524,681	18.2%	0.96%
1997	7,755,238	45,953,580	15.6%	0.94%
1998	8,081,681	46,286,503	4.21%	0.72%
1999	8,147,912	46,616,677	0.82%	0.71%
2000	8,213,931	47,008,111	0.81%	0.84%
2001	8,287,094	47,370,164	0.89%	0.77%
2002	8,400,180	47,644,736	1.36%	0.58%
2003	8,586,875	47,892,330	2.22%	0.52%
2004	8,816,844	48,082,519	2.68%	0.4%
2005	9,054,528	48,184,561	2.7%	0.21%
2006	9,299,246	48,438,292	2.7%	0.53%
2007	9,549,933	48,683,638	2.7%	0.51%
2008	9,804,269	49,054,708	2.66%	0.76%
2009	10,060,432	49,307,835	2.61%	0.52%
2010	10,317,553	49,554,112	2.56%	0.5%
2011	10,573,733	49,936,638	2.48%	0.77%
2012	10,829,901	50,199,853	2.42%	0.53%
2013	11,093,340	50,428,893	2.43%	0.46%
2014	11,364,757	50,746,659	2.45%	0.63%
2015	11,640,022	51,014,947	2.42%	0.53%
2016	11,919,183	51,217,803	2.4%	0.4%
2017	12,202,060	51,361,911	2.37%	0.28%
2018	12,487,996	51,585,058	2.34%	0.43%
2019	12,776,103	51,764,822	2.31%	0.35%
2020	13,065,837	51,836,239	2.27%	0.14%
2021	13,355,260	51,769,539	2.22%	-0.13%
2022	13,651,030	51,672,569	2.21%	-0.19%
2023	13,954,471	51,712,619	2.22%	0.08%
2024	14,256,567	51,751,065	2.16%	0.07%
2025	14,569,343	51,700,480	2.19%	-0.1%
2026	14,889,694	51,633,793	2.2%	-0.13%
2027	15,214,324	51,552,198	2.18%	-0.16%
2028	15,536,461	51,456,707	2.12%	-0.19%
2029	15,844,649	51,347,230	1.98%	-0.21%
2030	16,154,698	51,221,713	1.96%	-0.24%
2031	16,473,106	51,081,220	1.97%	-0.27%
2032	16,771,820	50,924,233	1.81%	-0.31%
2033	17,073,475	50,747,132	1.8%	-0.35%
2034	17,402,250	50,549,508	1.93%	-0.39%
2035	17,746,315	50,333,286	1.98%	-0.43%
2036	18,076,769	50,098,951	1.86%	-0.47%
2037	18,395,838	49,845,669	1.77%	-0.51%
2038	18,729,778	49,573,234	1.82%	-0.55%
2039	19,076,783	49,283,770	1.85%	-0.58%
2040	19,440,762	48,980,369	1.91%	-0.62%
2041	19,806,170	48,661,905	1.88%	-0.65%
2042	20,153,979	48,331,004	1.76%	-0.68%
2043	20,500,826	47,990,085	1.72%	-0.71%
2044	20,837,079	47,634,183	1.64%	-0.74%
2045	21,152,650	47,263,526	1.51%	-0.78%
2046	21,459,144	46,881,228	1.45%	-0.81%
2047	21,764,578	46,482,133	1.42%	-0.85%
2048	22,086,112	46,063,595	1.48%	-0.9%
2049	22,403,887	45,626,805	1.44%	-0.95%
2050	22,707,896	45,172,356	1.36%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.