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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Suriname	Rwanda	Suriname
1960	3,022,294	263,918	-	-
1961	3,106,779	272,791	2.8%	3.36%
1962	3,186,025	283,912	2.55%	4.08%
1963	3,258,890	297,034	2.29%	4.62%
1964	3,334,834	309,041	2.33%	4.04%
1965	3,423,210	320,000	2.65%	3.55%
1966	3,521,626	331,135	2.87%	3.48%
1967	3,629,577	342,679	3.07%	3.49%
1968	3,744,010	354,616	3.15%	3.48%
1969	3,861,271	366,906	3.13%	3.47%
1970	3,980,669	379,442	3.09%	3.42%
1971	4,100,044	391,932	3%	3.29%
1972	4,220,335	397,413	2.93%	1.4%
1973	4,345,047	395,772	2.96%	-0.41%
1974	4,474,228	393,676	2.97%	-0.53%
1975	4,607,728	391,170	2.98%	-0.64%
1976	4,745,954	388,289	3%	-0.74%
1977	4,888,240	385,067	3%	-0.83%
1978	5,035,171	381,502	3.01%	-0.93%
1979	5,189,541	377,602	3.07%	-1.02%
1980	5,353,259	375,377	3.15%	-0.59%
1981	5,527,230	375,459	3.25%	0.02%
1982	5,711,549	376,555	3.33%	0.29%
1983	5,905,311	378,746	3.39%	0.58%
1984	6,107,627	382,193	3.43%	0.91%
1985	6,317,228	386,972	3.43%	1.25%
1986	6,531,881	392,330	3.4%	1.38%
1987	6,749,493	396,911	3.33%	1.17%
1988	6,968,071	402,227	3.24%	1.34%
1989	7,184,706	408,409	3.11%	1.54%
1990	7,375,307	412,493	2.65%	1%
1991	7,526,966	415,013	2.06%	0.61%
1992	7,683,266	417,589	2.08%	0.62%
1993	7,981,132	419,352	3.88%	0.42%
1994	6,792,352	422,375	-14.9%	0.72%
1995	5,674,118	429,606	-16.5%	1.71%
1996	6,708,764	438,830	18.2%	2.15%
1997	7,755,238	448,067	15.6%	2.1%
1998	8,081,681	457,406	4.21%	2.08%
1999	8,147,912	466,916	0.82%	2.08%
2000	8,213,931	476,643	0.81%	2.08%
2001	8,287,094	486,560	0.89%	2.08%
2002	8,400,180	496,551	1.36%	2.05%
2003	8,586,875	506,414	2.22%	1.99%
2004	8,816,844	513,923	2.68%	1.48%
2005	9,054,528	519,313	2.7%	1.05%
2006	9,299,246	524,997	2.7%	1.09%
2007	9,549,933	531,016	2.7%	1.15%
2008	9,804,269	537,245	2.66%	1.17%
2009	10,060,432	543,568	2.61%	1.18%
2010	10,317,553	549,923	2.56%	1.17%
2011	10,573,733	556,269	2.48%	1.15%
2012	10,829,901	562,633	2.42%	1.14%
2013	11,093,340	569,020	2.43%	1.14%
2014	11,364,757	575,373	2.45%	1.12%
2015	11,640,022	581,627	2.42%	1.09%
2016	11,919,183	587,757	2.4%	1.05%
2017	12,202,060	593,713	2.37%	1.01%
2018	12,487,996	599,513	2.34%	0.98%
2019	12,776,103	605,768	2.31%	1.04%
2020	13,065,837	612,317	2.27%	1.08%
2021	13,355,260	617,896	2.22%	0.91%
2022	13,651,030	623,164	2.21%	0.85%
2023	13,954,471	628,886	2.22%	0.92%
2024	14,256,567	634,431	2.16%	0.88%
2025	14,569,343	639,852	2.19%	0.85%
2026	14,889,694	645,257	2.2%	0.84%
2027	15,214,324	650,564	2.18%	0.82%
2028	15,536,461	655,783	2.12%	0.8%
2029	15,844,649	660,793	1.98%	0.76%
2030	16,154,698	665,650	1.96%	0.74%
2031	16,473,106	670,421	1.97%	0.72%
2032	16,771,820	675,070	1.81%	0.69%
2033	17,073,475	679,573	1.8%	0.67%
2034	17,402,250	683,911	1.93%	0.64%
2035	17,746,315	688,189	1.98%	0.63%
2036	18,076,769	692,343	1.86%	0.6%
2037	18,395,838	696,213	1.77%	0.56%
2038	18,729,778	699,908	1.82%	0.53%
2039	19,076,783	703,569	1.85%	0.52%
2040	19,440,762	707,156	1.91%	0.51%
2041	19,806,170	710,619	1.88%	0.49%
2042	20,153,979	713,900	1.76%	0.46%
2043	20,500,826	716,999	1.72%	0.43%
2044	20,837,079	719,920	1.64%	0.41%
2045	21,152,650	722,759	1.51%	0.39%
2046	21,459,144	725,322	1.45%	0.35%
2047	21,764,578	727,726	1.42%	0.33%
2048	22,086,112	730,038	1.48%	0.32%
2049	22,403,887	732,021	1.44%	0.27%
2050	22,707,896	733,898	1.36%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.