Population in Rwanda compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Rwanda and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Sri Lanka	Rwanda	Sri Lanka
1960	3,022,294	9,661,389	-	-
1961	3,106,779	9,899,372	2.8%	2.46%
1962	3,186,025	10,143,754	2.55%	2.47%
1963	3,258,890	10,395,040	2.29%	2.48%
1964	3,334,834	10,653,397	2.33%	2.49%
1965	3,423,210	10,916,965	2.65%	2.47%
1966	3,521,626	11,183,928	2.87%	2.45%
1967	3,629,577	11,457,328	3.07%	2.44%
1968	3,744,010	11,736,088	3.15%	2.43%
1969	3,861,271	12,013,858	3.13%	2.37%
1970	3,980,669	12,287,110	3.09%	2.27%
1971	4,100,044	12,551,910	3%	2.16%
1972	4,220,335	12,809,205	2.93%	2.05%
1973	4,345,047	13,060,916	2.96%	1.97%
1974	4,474,228	13,305,693	2.97%	1.87%
1975	4,607,728	13,548,984	2.98%	1.83%
1976	4,745,954	13,796,770	3%	1.83%
1977	4,888,240	14,049,371	3%	1.83%
1978	5,035,171	14,310,128	3.01%	1.86%
1979	5,189,541	14,579,614	3.07%	1.88%
1980	5,353,259	14,847,974	3.15%	1.84%
1981	5,527,230	15,099,414	3.25%	1.69%
1982	5,711,549	15,286,567	3.33%	1.24%
1983	5,905,311	15,388,794	3.39%	0.67%
1984	6,107,627	15,441,860	3.43%	0.34%
1985	6,317,228	15,544,154	3.43%	0.66%
1986	6,531,881	15,731,256	3.4%	1.2%
1987	6,749,493	15,916,576	3.33%	1.18%
1988	6,968,071	16,078,621	3.24%	1.02%
1989	7,184,706	16,248,557	3.11%	1.06%
1990	7,375,307	16,352,458	2.65%	0.64%
1991	7,526,966	16,475,354	2.06%	0.75%
1992	7,683,266	16,739,284	2.08%	1.6%
1993	7,981,132	17,025,918	3.88%	1.71%
1994	6,792,352	17,275,773	-14.9%	1.47%
1995	5,674,118	17,564,068	-16.5%	1.67%
1996	6,708,764	17,905,018	18.2%	1.94%
1997	7,755,238	18,248,200	15.6%	1.92%
1998	8,081,681	18,596,003	4.21%	1.91%
1999	8,147,912	18,944,731	0.82%	1.88%
2000	8,213,931	19,293,054	0.81%	1.84%
2001	8,287,094	19,600,362	0.89%	1.59%
2002	8,400,180	19,805,752	1.36%	1.05%
2003	8,586,875	19,951,521	2.22%	0.74%
2004	8,816,844	20,087,605	2.68%	0.68%
2005	9,054,528	20,216,524	2.7%	0.64%
2006	9,299,246	20,352,411	2.7%	0.67%
2007	9,549,933	20,492,545	2.7%	0.69%
2008	9,804,269	20,629,378	2.66%	0.67%
2009	10,060,432	20,756,435	2.61%	0.62%
2010	10,317,553	20,879,089	2.56%	0.59%
2011	10,573,733	21,009,048	2.48%	0.62%
2012	10,829,901	21,169,458	2.42%	0.76%
2013	11,093,340	20,585,000	2.43%	-2.76%
2014	11,364,757	20,778,000	2.45%	0.94%
2015	11,640,022	20,970,000	2.42%	0.92%
2016	11,919,183	21,209,000	2.4%	1.14%
2017	12,202,060	21,453,000	2.37%	1.15%
2018	12,487,996	21,670,000	2.34%	1.01%
2019	12,776,103	21,803,000	2.31%	0.61%
2020	13,065,837	21,919,000	2.27%	0.53%
2021	13,355,260	22,156,000	2.22%	1.08%
2022	13,651,030	22,181,000	2.21%	0.11%
2023	13,954,471	22,037,000	2.22%	-0.65%
2024	14,256,567	21,916,000	2.16%	-0.55%
2025	14,569,343	22,035,440	2.19%	0.54%
2026	14,889,694	22,148,172	2.2%	0.51%
2027	15,214,324	22,255,601	2.18%	0.49%
2028	15,536,461	22,357,682	2.12%	0.46%
2029	15,844,649	22,453,922	1.98%	0.43%
2030	16,154,698	22,546,245	1.96%	0.41%
2031	16,473,106	22,635,106	1.97%	0.39%
2032	16,771,820	22,720,118	1.81%	0.38%
2033	17,073,475	22,802,043	1.8%	0.36%
2034	17,402,250	22,879,527	1.93%	0.34%
2035	17,746,315	22,952,739	1.98%	0.32%
2036	18,076,769	23,022,027	1.86%	0.3%
2037	18,395,838	23,088,877	1.77%	0.29%
2038	18,729,778	23,152,480	1.82%	0.28%
2039	19,076,783	23,211,633	1.85%	0.26%
2040	19,440,762	23,265,986	1.91%	0.23%
2041	19,806,170	23,315,260	1.88%	0.21%
2042	20,153,979	23,359,578	1.76%	0.19%
2043	20,500,826	23,398,752	1.72%	0.17%
2044	20,837,079	23,433,096	1.64%	0.15%
2045	21,152,650	23,464,943	1.51%	0.14%
2046	21,459,144	23,492,738	1.45%	0.12%
2047	21,764,578	23,512,629	1.42%	0.08%
2048	22,086,112	23,525,953	1.48%	0.06%
2049	22,403,887	23,533,940	1.44%	0.03%
2050	22,707,896	23,538,230	1.36%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.