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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Spain	Rwanda	Spain
1960	3,022,294	30,455,000	-	-
1961	3,106,779	30,739,250	2.8%	0.93%
1962	3,186,025	31,023,366	2.55%	0.92%
1963	3,258,890	31,296,651	2.29%	0.88%
1964	3,334,834	31,609,195	2.33%	1%
1965	3,423,210	31,954,292	2.65%	1.09%
1966	3,521,626	32,283,194	2.87%	1.03%
1967	3,629,577	32,682,947	3.07%	1.24%
1968	3,744,010	33,113,134	3.15%	1.32%
1969	3,861,271	33,441,054	3.13%	0.99%
1970	3,980,669	33,814,531	3.09%	1.12%
1971	4,100,044	34,224,490	3%	1.21%
1972	4,220,335	34,604,469	2.93%	1.11%
1973	4,345,047	34,988,947	2.96%	1.11%
1974	4,474,228	35,373,335	2.97%	1.1%
1975	4,607,728	35,757,900	2.98%	1.09%
1976	4,745,954	36,137,812	3%	1.06%
1977	4,888,240	36,511,638	3%	1.03%
1978	5,035,171	36,864,898	3.01%	0.97%
1979	5,189,541	37,191,330	3.07%	0.89%
1980	5,353,259	37,491,165	3.15%	0.81%
1981	5,527,230	37,758,631	3.25%	0.71%
1982	5,711,549	37,986,012	3.33%	0.6%
1983	5,905,311	38,171,525	3.39%	0.49%
1984	6,107,627	38,330,364	3.43%	0.42%
1985	6,317,228	38,469,512	3.43%	0.36%
1986	6,531,881	38,584,624	3.4%	0.3%
1987	6,749,493	38,684,815	3.33%	0.26%
1988	6,968,071	38,766,939	3.24%	0.21%
1989	7,184,706	38,827,764	3.11%	0.16%
1990	7,375,307	38,867,322	2.65%	0.1%
1991	7,526,966	38,966,376	2.06%	0.25%
1992	7,683,266	39,157,685	2.08%	0.49%
1993	7,981,132	39,361,262	3.88%	0.52%
1994	6,792,352	39,549,108	-14.9%	0.48%
1995	5,674,118	39,724,050	-16.5%	0.44%
1996	6,708,764	39,889,852	18.2%	0.42%
1997	7,755,238	40,057,389	15.6%	0.42%
1998	8,081,681	40,223,509	4.21%	0.41%
1999	8,147,912	40,386,875	0.82%	0.41%
2000	8,213,931	40,567,864	0.81%	0.45%
2001	8,287,094	40,850,412	0.89%	0.7%
2002	8,400,180	41,431,558	1.36%	1.42%
2003	8,586,875	42,187,645	2.22%	1.82%
2004	8,816,844	42,921,895	2.68%	1.74%
2005	9,054,528	43,653,155	2.7%	1.7%
2006	9,299,246	44,397,319	2.7%	1.7%
2007	9,549,933	45,226,803	2.7%	1.87%
2008	9,804,269	45,954,106	2.66%	1.61%
2009	10,060,432	46,362,946	2.61%	0.89%
2010	10,317,553	46,576,897	2.56%	0.46%
2011	10,573,733	46,742,697	2.48%	0.36%
2012	10,829,901	46,773,055	2.42%	0.06%
2013	11,093,340	46,604,197	2.43%	-0.36%
2014	11,364,757	46,460,733	2.45%	-0.31%
2015	11,640,022	46,422,303	2.42%	-0.08%
2016	11,919,183	46,458,139	2.4%	0.08%
2017	12,202,060	46,571,232	2.37%	0.24%
2018	12,487,996	46,782,011	2.34%	0.45%
2019	12,776,103	47,118,501	2.31%	0.72%
2020	13,065,837	47,359,424	2.27%	0.51%
2021	13,355,260	47,443,821	2.22%	0.18%
2022	13,651,030	47,786,102	2.21%	0.72%
2023	13,954,471	48,347,910	2.22%	1.18%
2024	14,256,567	48,807,137	2.16%	0.95%
2025	14,569,343	48,786,181	2.19%	-0.04%
2026	14,889,694	48,746,279	2.2%	-0.08%
2027	15,214,324	48,696,847	2.18%	-0.1%
2028	15,536,461	48,642,132	2.12%	-0.11%
2029	15,844,649	48,578,166	1.98%	-0.13%
2030	16,154,698	48,501,513	1.96%	-0.16%
2031	16,473,106	48,412,854	1.97%	-0.18%
2032	16,771,820	48,321,195	1.81%	-0.19%
2033	17,073,475	48,230,054	1.8%	-0.19%
2034	17,402,250	48,136,421	1.93%	-0.19%
2035	17,746,315	48,036,650	1.98%	-0.21%
2036	18,076,769	47,929,957	1.86%	-0.22%
2037	18,395,838	47,819,257	1.77%	-0.23%
2038	18,729,778	47,706,580	1.82%	-0.24%
2039	19,076,783	47,588,878	1.85%	-0.25%
2040	19,440,762	47,463,597	1.91%	-0.26%
2041	19,806,170	47,332,618	1.88%	-0.28%
2042	20,153,979	47,194,588	1.76%	-0.29%
2043	20,500,826	47,052,293	1.72%	-0.3%
2044	20,837,079	46,902,636	1.64%	-0.32%
2045	21,152,650	46,738,565	1.51%	-0.35%
2046	21,459,144	46,564,383	1.45%	-0.37%
2047	21,764,578	46,381,681	1.42%	-0.39%
2048	22,086,112	46,190,642	1.48%	-0.41%
2049	22,403,887	45,985,428	1.44%	-0.44%
2050	22,707,896	45,769,362	1.36%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.