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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Sudan	Rwanda	Sudan
1960	3,022,294	8,364,489	-	-
1961	3,106,779	8,634,941	2.8%	3.23%
1962	3,186,025	8,919,028	2.55%	3.29%
1963	3,258,890	9,218,077	2.29%	3.35%
1964	3,334,834	9,531,109	2.33%	3.4%
1965	3,423,210	9,858,030	2.65%	3.43%
1966	3,521,626	10,197,578	2.87%	3.44%
1967	3,629,577	10,550,597	3.07%	3.46%
1968	3,744,010	10,917,999	3.15%	3.48%
1969	3,861,271	11,298,936	3.13%	3.49%
1970	3,980,669	11,695,771	3.09%	3.51%
1971	4,100,044	12,105,539	3%	3.5%
1972	4,220,335	12,527,856	2.93%	3.49%
1973	4,345,047	13,049,315	2.96%	4.16%
1974	4,474,228	13,580,723	2.97%	4.07%
1975	4,607,728	14,064,798	2.98%	3.56%
1976	4,745,954	14,569,716	3%	3.59%
1977	4,888,240	15,086,614	3%	3.55%
1978	5,035,171	15,695,003	3.01%	4.03%
1979	5,189,541	16,355,352	3.07%	4.21%
1980	5,353,259	17,058,905	3.15%	4.3%
1981	5,527,230	17,780,572	3.25%	4.23%
1982	5,711,549	18,486,645	3.33%	3.97%
1983	5,905,311	19,109,770	3.39%	3.37%
1984	6,107,627	19,546,528	3.43%	2.29%
1985	6,317,228	19,905,872	3.43%	1.84%
1986	6,531,881	20,288,238	3.4%	1.92%
1987	6,749,493	20,704,904	3.33%	2.05%
1988	6,968,071	21,138,431	3.24%	2.09%
1989	7,184,706	21,578,022	3.11%	2.08%
1990	7,375,307	22,021,481	2.65%	2.06%
1991	7,526,966	22,470,676	2.06%	2.04%
1992	7,683,266	22,927,355	2.08%	2.03%
1993	7,981,132	23,445,592	3.88%	2.26%
1994	6,792,352	24,043,948	-14.9%	2.55%
1995	5,674,118	24,672,143	-16.5%	2.61%
1996	6,708,764	25,231,528	18.2%	2.27%
1997	7,755,238	25,799,821	15.6%	2.25%
1998	8,081,681	26,458,999	4.21%	2.55%
1999	8,147,912	27,130,613	0.82%	2.54%
2000	8,213,931	27,816,745	0.81%	2.53%
2001	8,287,094	28,516,770	0.89%	2.52%
2002	8,400,180	29,228,727	1.36%	2.5%
2003	8,586,875	29,896,035	2.22%	2.28%
2004	8,816,844	30,556,637	2.68%	2.21%
2005	9,054,528	31,262,444	2.7%	2.31%
2006	9,299,246	31,992,435	2.7%	2.34%
2007	9,549,933	32,764,135	2.7%	2.41%
2008	9,804,269	33,623,980	2.66%	2.62%
2009	10,060,432	34,569,113	2.61%	2.81%
2010	10,317,553	35,414,399	2.56%	2.45%
2011	10,573,733	36,140,806	2.48%	2.05%
2012	10,829,901	36,923,178	2.42%	2.16%
2013	11,093,340	37,785,849	2.43%	2.34%
2014	11,364,757	38,823,318	2.45%	2.75%
2015	11,640,022	40,024,431	2.42%	3.09%
2016	11,919,183	41,259,892	2.4%	3.09%
2017	12,202,060	42,714,306	2.37%	3.53%
2018	12,487,996	44,230,596	2.34%	3.55%
2019	12,776,103	45,548,175	2.31%	2.98%
2020	13,065,837	46,789,231	2.27%	2.72%
2021	13,355,260	48,066,924	2.22%	2.73%
2022	13,651,030	49,383,346	2.21%	2.74%
2023	13,954,471	50,042,791	2.22%	1.34%
2024	14,256,567	50,448,963	2.16%	0.81%
2025	14,569,343	51,662,152	2.19%	2.4%
2026	14,889,694	53,282,718	2.2%	3.14%
2027	15,214,324	54,724,215	2.18%	2.71%
2028	15,536,461	55,993,833	2.12%	2.32%
2029	15,844,649	57,275,443	1.98%	2.29%
2030	16,154,698	58,571,624	1.96%	2.26%
2031	16,473,106	59,872,936	1.97%	2.22%
2032	16,771,820	61,179,476	1.81%	2.18%
2033	17,073,475	62,497,205	1.8%	2.15%
2034	17,402,250	63,822,356	1.93%	2.12%
2035	17,746,315	65,148,317	1.98%	2.08%
2036	18,076,769	66,470,018	1.86%	2.03%
2037	18,395,838	67,791,240	1.77%	1.99%
2038	18,729,778	69,107,712	1.82%	1.94%
2039	19,076,783	70,416,631	1.85%	1.89%
2040	19,440,762	71,730,604	1.91%	1.87%
2041	19,806,170	73,056,213	1.88%	1.85%
2042	20,153,979	74,387,562	1.76%	1.82%
2043	20,500,826	75,723,670	1.72%	1.8%
2044	20,837,079	77,066,454	1.64%	1.77%
2045	21,152,650	78,415,205	1.51%	1.75%
2046	21,459,144	79,767,271	1.45%	1.72%
2047	21,764,578	81,115,241	1.42%	1.69%
2048	22,086,112	82,463,202	1.48%	1.66%
2049	22,403,887	83,828,356	1.44%	1.66%
2050	22,707,896	85,206,384	1.36%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.