The latest officially reported population of Rwanda was 14,256,567 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Rwanda's population is 14,893,241 people compared to 10,980,672 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Rwanda's population is 1.36 times bigger than Tajikistan's.
- Rwanda is ranked the 77th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.18% for Rwanda vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Rwanda has had an average growth rate of +2.31% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2006, the population of Rwanda has increased from 9.3M people to 14.9M (60.2% growth), while Tajikistan has grown from 7.06M to 11M (55.6% growth).
- Rwanda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 32.8M people compared to the peak of 20.2M people in 2100 for Tajikistan.
Rwanda vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
14893241
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10980672
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| Population rank | 77/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
1.74 minutes
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.33 minutes
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
6.35 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
33.7 minutes
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24.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -15,582 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | +828 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | +302,096 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.16% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 45/197 | 55/197 |
Rwanda and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,022,294 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,106,779 | 2,181,805 | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 3,186,025 | 2,255,026 | 2.55% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 3,258,890 | 2,331,736 | 2.29% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 3,334,834 | 2,411,260 | 2.33% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 3,423,210 | 2,492,998 | 2.65% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 3,521,626 | 2,577,184 | 2.87% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 3,629,577 | 2,664,130 | 3.07% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 3,744,010 | 2,753,848 | 3.15% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 3,861,271 | 2,845,273 | 3.13% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 3,980,669 | 2,936,779 | 3.09% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 4,100,044 | 3,028,837 | 3% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 4,220,335 | 3,123,691 | 2.93% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 4,345,047 | 3,222,290 | 2.96% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 4,474,228 | 3,324,499 | 2.97% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 4,607,728 | 3,430,425 | 2.98% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 4,745,954 | 3,540,076 | 3% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 4,888,240 | 3,653,265 | 3% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 5,035,171 | 3,768,508 | 3.01% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 5,189,541 | 3,882,691 | 3.07% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 5,353,259 | 3,995,256 | 3.15% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 5,527,230 | 4,109,022 | 3.25% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 5,711,549 | 4,227,171 | 3.33% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 5,905,311 | 4,350,874 | 3.39% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 6,107,627 | 4,480,026 | 3.43% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 6,317,228 | 4,619,003 | 3.43% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 6,531,881 | 4,772,139 | 3.4% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 6,749,493 | 4,939,059 | 3.33% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 6,968,071 | 5,114,989 | 3.24% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 7,184,706 | 5,267,249 | 3.11% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 7,375,307 | 5,398,768 | 2.65% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 7,526,966 | 5,541,205 | 2.06% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 7,683,266 | 5,649,400 | 2.08% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 7,981,132 | 5,724,993 | 3.88% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 6,792,352 | 5,825,368 | -14.9% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 5,674,118 | 5,948,584 | -16.5% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 6,708,764 | 6,066,523 | 18.2% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 7,755,238 | 6,139,829 | 15.6% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 8,081,681 | 6,176,397 | 4.21% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 8,147,912 | 6,208,370 | 0.82% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 8,213,931 | 6,284,735 | 0.81% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 8,287,094 | 6,407,377 | 0.89% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 8,400,180 | 6,531,669 | 1.36% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 8,586,875 | 6,658,575 | 2.22% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 8,816,844 | 6,790,547 | 2.68% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 9,054,528 | 6,924,720 | 2.7% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 9,299,246 | 7,057,566 | 2.7% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 9,549,933 | 7,194,477 | 2.7% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 9,804,269 | 7,338,403 | 2.66% | 2% |
| 2009 | 10,060,432 | 7,490,230 | 2.61% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 10,317,553 | 7,652,141 | 2.56% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 10,573,733 | 7,824,785 | 2.48% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 10,829,901 | 8,014,084 | 2.42% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 11,093,340 | 8,216,724 | 2.43% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 11,364,757 | 8,425,552 | 2.45% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 11,640,022 | 8,643,840 | 2.42% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 11,919,183 | 8,865,631 | 2.4% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 12,202,060 | 9,085,946 | 2.37% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 12,487,996 | 9,307,333 | 2.34% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 12,776,103 | 9,529,966 | 2.31% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 13,065,837 | 9,749,310 | 2.27% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 13,355,260 | 9,966,908 | 2.22% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 13,651,030 | 10,182,222 | 2.21% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 13,954,471 | 10,389,799 | 2.22% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 14,256,567 | 10,590,927 | 2.16% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 14,569,343 | 10,786,735 | 2.19% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 14,889,694 | 10,978,598 | 2.2% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 15,214,324 | 11,168,387 | 2.18% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 15,536,461 | 11,356,920 | 2.12% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 15,844,649 | 11,545,276 | 1.98% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 16,154,698 | 11,733,066 | 1.96% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 16,473,106 | 11,920,472 | 1.97% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 16,771,820 | 12,110,150 | 1.81% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 17,073,475 | 12,302,290 | 1.8% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 17,402,250 | 12,496,888 | 1.93% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 17,746,315 | 12,695,586 | 1.98% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 18,076,769 | 12,899,096 | 1.86% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 18,395,838 | 13,104,339 | 1.77% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 18,729,778 | 13,308,237 | 1.82% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 19,076,783 | 13,511,372 | 1.85% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 19,440,762 | 13,713,948 | 1.91% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 19,806,170 | 13,915,192 | 1.88% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 20,153,979 | 14,115,137 | 1.76% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 20,500,826 | 14,311,598 | 1.72% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 20,837,079 | 14,504,865 | 1.64% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 21,152,650 | 14,694,858 | 1.51% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 21,459,144 | 14,879,388 | 1.45% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 21,764,578 | 15,059,869 | 1.42% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 22,086,112 | 15,236,594 | 1.48% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 22,403,887 | 15,408,032 | 1.44% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 22,707,896 | 15,574,643 | 1.36% | 1.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,808,065 people (a 25.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,115,041 (a 23.9% growth).
Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Tajikistan was ranked 98th in 2006 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 41.8% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kigali | 1.16M |
| Ruhengeri | 153K |
| Gisenyi | 53.6K |
| Byumba | 36.4K |
| Cyangugu | 27.4K |
| Nyanza | 25.4K |
| Butare | 19.9K |
| Kibuye | 12.3K |
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| City | Population |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Rwanda and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 68.5 years | 72.2 years |
| Average age | 24.9 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 20.8 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 3.7 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,497 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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