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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Tonga	Rwanda	Tonga
1960	3,022,294	66,170	-	-
1961	3,106,779	68,037	2.8%	2.82%
1962	3,186,025	69,940	2.55%	2.8%
1963	3,258,890	71,885	2.29%	2.78%
1964	3,334,834	73,879	2.33%	2.77%
1965	3,423,210	75,924	2.65%	2.77%
1966	3,521,626	78,002	2.87%	2.74%
1967	3,629,577	79,814	3.07%	2.32%
1968	3,744,010	81,353	3.15%	1.93%
1969	3,861,271	82,885	3.13%	1.88%
1970	3,980,669	84,401	3.09%	1.83%
1971	4,100,044	85,896	3%	1.77%
1972	4,220,335	87,356	2.93%	1.7%
1973	4,345,047	88,805	2.96%	1.66%
1974	4,474,228	90,683	2.97%	2.11%
1975	4,607,728	93,017	2.98%	2.57%
1976	4,745,954	95,325	3%	2.48%
1977	4,888,240	96,725	3%	1.47%
1978	5,035,171	97,204	3.01%	0.5%
1979	5,189,541	97,544	3.07%	0.35%
1980	5,353,259	97,769	3.15%	0.23%
1981	5,527,230	97,909	3.25%	0.14%
1982	5,711,549	97,980	3.33%	0.07%
1983	5,905,311	97,998	3.39%	0.02%
1984	6,107,627	97,990	3.43%	-0.008%
1985	6,317,228	97,984	3.43%	-0.006%
1986	6,531,881	98,010	3.4%	0.03%
1987	6,749,493	98,376	3.33%	0.37%
1988	6,968,071	98,969	3.24%	0.6%
1989	7,184,706	99,403	3.11%	0.44%
1990	7,375,307	99,700	2.65%	0.3%
1991	7,526,966	99,895	2.06%	0.2%
1992	7,683,266	100,022	2.08%	0.13%
1993	7,981,132	100,103	3.88%	0.08%
1994	6,792,352	100,166	-14.9%	0.06%
1995	5,674,118	100,225	-16.5%	0.06%
1996	6,708,764	100,275	18.2%	0.05%
1997	7,755,238	100,674	15.6%	0.4%
1998	8,081,681	101,388	4.21%	0.71%
1999	8,147,912	102,046	0.82%	0.65%
2000	8,213,931	102,677	0.81%	0.62%
2001	8,287,094	103,288	0.89%	0.6%
2002	8,400,180	103,874	1.36%	0.57%
2003	8,586,875	104,464	2.22%	0.57%
2004	8,816,844	105,071	2.68%	0.58%
2005	9,054,528	105,671	2.7%	0.57%
2006	9,299,246	106,253	2.7%	0.55%
2007	9,549,933	106,726	2.7%	0.45%
2008	9,804,269	107,020	2.66%	0.28%
2009	10,060,432	107,203	2.61%	0.17%
2010	10,317,553	107,400	2.56%	0.18%
2011	10,573,733	107,570	2.48%	0.16%
2012	10,829,901	107,460	2.42%	-0.1%
2013	11,093,340	107,078	2.43%	-0.36%
2014	11,364,757	106,609	2.45%	-0.44%
2015	11,640,022	106,095	2.42%	-0.48%
2016	11,919,183	105,524	2.4%	-0.54%
2017	12,202,060	105,356	2.37%	-0.16%
2018	12,487,996	105,567	2.34%	0.2%
2019	12,776,103	105,669	2.31%	0.1%
2020	13,065,837	105,704	2.27%	0.03%
2021	13,355,260	105,490	2.22%	-0.2%
2022	13,651,030	105,042	2.21%	-0.42%
2023	13,954,471	104,597	2.22%	-0.42%
2024	14,256,567	104,175	2.16%	-0.4%
2025	14,569,343	103,744	2.19%	-0.41%
2026	14,889,694	103,290	2.2%	-0.44%
2027	15,214,324	102,899	2.18%	-0.38%
2028	15,536,461	102,568	2.12%	-0.32%
2029	15,844,649	102,280	1.98%	-0.28%
2030	16,154,698	102,069	1.96%	-0.21%
2031	16,473,106	101,927	1.97%	-0.14%
2032	16,771,820	101,837	1.81%	-0.09%
2033	17,073,475	101,807	1.8%	-0.03%
2034	17,402,250	101,806	1.93%	-0.001%
2035	17,746,315	101,833	1.98%	0.03%
2036	18,076,769	101,895	1.86%	0.06%
2037	18,395,838	101,993	1.77%	0.1%
2038	18,729,778	102,173	1.82%	0.18%
2039	19,076,783	102,367	1.85%	0.19%
2040	19,440,762	102,568	1.91%	0.2%
2041	19,806,170	102,805	1.88%	0.23%
2042	20,153,979	103,038	1.76%	0.23%
2043	20,500,826	103,306	1.72%	0.26%
2044	20,837,079	103,612	1.64%	0.3%
2045	21,152,650	103,928	1.51%	0.3%
2046	21,459,144	104,232	1.45%	0.29%
2047	21,764,578	104,502	1.42%	0.26%
2048	22,086,112	104,744	1.48%	0.23%
2049	22,403,887	104,975	1.44%	0.22%
2050	22,707,896	105,193	1.36%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.