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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Tanzania	Rwanda	Tanzania
1960	3,022,294	9,901,419	-	-
1961	3,106,779	10,187,886	2.8%	2.89%
1962	3,186,025	10,487,756	2.55%	2.94%
1963	3,258,890	10,799,528	2.29%	2.97%
1964	3,334,834	11,127,826	2.33%	3.04%
1965	3,423,210	11,470,728	2.65%	3.08%
1966	3,521,626	11,827,459	2.87%	3.11%
1967	3,629,577	12,200,109	3.07%	3.15%
1968	3,744,010	12,602,076	3.15%	3.29%
1969	3,861,271	13,036,700	3.13%	3.45%
1970	3,980,669	13,492,677	3.09%	3.5%
1971	4,100,044	13,971,451	3%	3.55%
1972	4,220,335	14,479,308	2.93%	3.63%
1973	4,345,047	15,010,101	2.96%	3.67%
1974	4,474,228	15,561,630	2.97%	3.67%
1975	4,607,728	16,138,361	2.98%	3.71%
1976	4,745,954	16,736,211	3%	3.7%
1977	4,888,240	17,352,929	3%	3.68%
1978	5,035,171	17,976,566	3.01%	3.59%
1979	5,189,541	18,592,038	3.07%	3.42%
1980	5,353,259	19,189,769	3.15%	3.21%
1981	5,527,230	19,784,703	3.25%	3.1%
1982	5,711,549	20,398,571	3.33%	3.1%
1983	5,905,311	21,079,874	3.39%	3.34%
1984	6,107,627	21,779,066	3.43%	3.32%
1985	6,317,228	22,501,693	3.43%	3.32%
1986	6,531,881	23,258,959	3.4%	3.37%
1987	6,749,493	24,030,378	3.33%	3.32%
1988	6,968,071	24,769,686	3.24%	3.08%
1989	7,184,706	25,438,759	3.11%	2.7%
1990	7,375,307	26,110,207	2.65%	2.64%
1991	7,526,966	26,780,436	2.06%	2.57%
1992	7,683,266	27,457,588	2.08%	2.53%
1993	7,981,132	28,332,692	3.88%	3.19%
1994	6,792,352	29,442,356	-14.9%	3.92%
1995	5,674,118	30,383,497	-16.5%	3.2%
1996	6,708,764	30,945,762	18.2%	1.85%
1997	7,755,238	31,578,089	15.6%	2.04%
1998	8,081,681	32,420,458	4.21%	2.67%
1999	8,147,912	33,300,330	0.82%	2.71%
2000	8,213,931	34,260,139	0.81%	2.88%
2001	8,287,094	35,198,299	0.89%	2.74%
2002	8,400,180	36,121,304	1.36%	2.62%
2003	8,586,875	37,089,555	2.22%	2.68%
2004	8,816,844	38,109,668	2.68%	2.75%
2005	9,054,528	39,182,076	2.7%	2.81%
2006	9,299,246	40,294,902	2.7%	2.84%
2007	9,549,933	41,435,512	2.7%	2.83%
2008	9,804,269	42,570,728	2.66%	2.74%
2009	10,060,432	43,633,982	2.61%	2.5%
2010	10,317,553	44,758,488	2.56%	2.58%
2011	10,573,733	46,029,367	2.48%	2.84%
2012	10,829,901	47,374,260	2.42%	2.92%
2013	11,093,340	48,824,128	2.43%	3.06%
2014	11,364,757	50,351,512	2.45%	3.13%
2015	11,640,022	52,020,962	2.42%	3.32%
2016	11,919,183	53,824,013	2.4%	3.47%
2017	12,202,060	55,652,890	2.37%	3.4%
2018	12,487,996	57,437,145	2.34%	3.21%
2019	12,776,103	59,174,891	2.31%	3.03%
2020	13,065,837	60,972,798	2.27%	3.04%
2021	13,355,260	62,830,412	2.22%	3.05%
2022	13,651,030	64,711,821	2.21%	2.99%
2023	13,954,471	66,617,606	2.22%	2.95%
2024	14,256,567	68,560,157	2.16%	2.92%
2025	14,569,343	70,545,858	2.19%	2.9%
2026	14,889,694	72,563,773	2.2%	2.86%
2027	15,214,324	74,604,804	2.18%	2.81%
2028	15,536,461	76,670,483	2.12%	2.77%
2029	15,844,649	78,773,192	1.98%	2.74%
2030	16,154,698	80,913,118	1.96%	2.72%
2031	16,473,106	83,087,927	1.97%	2.69%
2032	16,771,820	85,293,126	1.81%	2.65%
2033	17,073,475	87,520,491	1.8%	2.61%
2034	17,402,250	89,788,673	1.93%	2.59%
2035	17,746,315	92,091,418	1.98%	2.56%
2036	18,076,769	94,420,808	1.86%	2.53%
2037	18,395,838	96,775,766	1.77%	2.49%
2038	18,729,778	99,156,465	1.82%	2.46%
2039	19,076,783	101,567,525	1.85%	2.43%
2040	19,440,762	103,999,350	1.91%	2.39%
2041	19,806,170	106,448,475	1.88%	2.35%
2042	20,153,979	108,926,272	1.76%	2.33%
2043	20,500,826	111,433,788	1.72%	2.3%
2044	20,837,079	113,966,263	1.64%	2.27%
2045	21,152,650	116,525,463	1.51%	2.25%
2046	21,459,144	119,109,670	1.45%	2.22%
2047	21,764,578	121,721,018	1.42%	2.19%
2048	22,086,112	124,351,294	1.48%	2.16%
2049	22,403,887	126,981,394	1.44%	2.12%
2050	22,707,896	129,621,083	1.36%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.