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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Syria	Rwanda	Syria
1960	3,022,294	4,673,500	-	-
1961	3,106,779	4,815,466	2.8%	3.04%
1962	3,186,025	4,959,340	2.55%	2.99%
1963	3,258,890	5,110,467	2.29%	3.05%
1964	3,334,834	5,269,087	2.33%	3.1%
1965	3,423,210	5,435,267	2.65%	3.15%
1966	3,521,626	5,609,047	2.87%	3.2%
1967	3,629,577	5,790,198	3.07%	3.23%
1968	3,744,010	5,978,742	3.15%	3.26%
1969	3,861,271	6,175,166	3.13%	3.29%
1970	3,980,669	6,380,609	3.09%	3.33%
1971	4,100,044	6,598,094	3%	3.41%
1972	4,220,335	6,826,024	2.93%	3.45%
1973	4,345,047	7,060,321	2.96%	3.43%
1974	4,474,228	7,302,160	2.97%	3.43%
1975	4,607,728	7,554,364	2.98%	3.45%
1976	4,745,954	7,817,320	3%	3.48%
1977	4,888,240	8,090,501	3%	3.49%
1978	5,035,171	8,372,759	3.01%	3.49%
1979	5,189,541	8,661,909	3.07%	3.45%
1980	5,353,259	8,957,663	3.15%	3.41%
1981	5,527,230	9,260,189	3.25%	3.38%
1982	5,711,549	9,572,511	3.33%	3.37%
1983	5,905,311	9,904,809	3.39%	3.47%
1984	6,107,627	10,258,398	3.43%	3.57%
1985	6,317,228	10,625,672	3.43%	3.58%
1986	6,531,881	11,002,844	3.4%	3.55%
1987	6,749,493	11,388,923	3.33%	3.51%
1988	6,968,071	11,782,264	3.24%	3.45%
1989	7,184,706	12,179,060	3.11%	3.37%
1990	7,375,307	12,579,208	2.65%	3.29%
1991	7,526,966	12,980,821	2.06%	3.19%
1992	7,683,266	13,385,571	2.08%	3.12%
1993	7,981,132	13,795,686	3.88%	3.06%
1994	6,792,352	14,208,583	-14.9%	2.99%
1995	5,674,118	14,616,801	-16.5%	2.87%
1996	6,708,764	15,018,104	18.2%	2.75%
1997	7,755,238	15,417,542	15.6%	2.66%
1998	8,081,681	15,820,413	4.21%	2.61%
1999	8,147,912	16,228,061	0.82%	2.58%
2000	8,213,931	16,637,888	0.81%	2.53%
2001	8,287,094	17,051,338	0.89%	2.48%
2002	8,400,180	17,468,332	1.36%	2.45%
2003	8,586,875	17,889,296	2.22%	2.41%
2004	8,816,844	18,336,875	2.68%	2.5%
2005	9,054,528	18,814,091	2.7%	2.6%
2006	9,299,246	19,637,022	2.7%	4.37%
2007	9,549,933	20,884,125	2.7%	6.35%
2008	9,804,269	21,636,564	2.66%	3.6%
2009	10,060,432	21,976,969	2.61%	1.57%
2010	10,317,553	22,482,421	2.56%	2.3%
2011	10,573,733	22,878,098	2.48%	1.76%
2012	10,829,901	22,759,763	2.42%	-0.52%
2013	11,093,340	21,666,917	2.43%	-4.8%
2014	11,364,757	20,273,659	2.45%	-6.43%
2015	11,640,022	19,424,618	2.42%	-4.19%
2016	11,919,183	19,193,834	2.4%	-1.19%
2017	12,202,060	19,224,668	2.37%	0.16%
2018	12,487,996	19,577,845	2.34%	1.84%
2019	12,776,103	20,353,534	2.31%	3.96%
2020	13,065,837	21,049,429	2.27%	3.42%
2021	13,355,260	21,628,839	2.22%	2.75%
2022	13,651,030	22,462,173	2.21%	3.85%
2023	13,954,471	23,594,623	2.22%	5.04%
2024	14,256,567	24,672,760	2.16%	4.57%
2025	14,569,343	25,620,422	2.19%	3.84%
2026	14,889,694	26,472,499	2.2%	3.33%
2027	15,214,324	27,261,544	2.18%	2.98%
2028	15,536,461	28,006,558	2.12%	2.73%
2029	15,844,649	28,719,309	1.98%	2.54%
2030	16,154,698	29,395,545	1.96%	2.35%
2031	16,473,106	30,029,824	1.97%	2.16%
2032	16,771,820	30,633,661	1.81%	2.01%
2033	17,073,475	31,212,478	1.8%	1.89%
2034	17,402,250	31,768,138	1.93%	1.78%
2035	17,746,315	32,294,792	1.98%	1.66%
2036	18,076,769	32,788,153	1.86%	1.53%
2037	18,395,838	33,258,407	1.77%	1.43%
2038	18,729,778	33,710,718	1.82%	1.36%
2039	19,076,783	34,131,238	1.85%	1.25%
2040	19,440,762	34,533,185	1.91%	1.18%
2041	19,806,170	34,916,936	1.88%	1.11%
2042	20,153,979	35,279,863	1.76%	1.04%
2043	20,500,826	35,623,325	1.72%	0.97%
2044	20,837,079	35,944,394	1.64%	0.9%
2045	21,152,650	36,265,295	1.51%	0.89%
2046	21,459,144	36,583,260	1.45%	0.88%
2047	21,764,578	36,878,640	1.42%	0.81%
2048	22,086,112	37,171,029	1.48%	0.79%
2049	22,403,887	37,477,690	1.44%	0.83%
2050	22,707,896	37,793,378	1.36%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Rwanda's population will grow by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people with a rank change from 77th to 72nd. The population of Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.