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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Tunisia	Rwanda	Tunisia
1960	3,022,294	4,267,288	-	-
1961	3,106,779	4,316,278	2.8%	1.15%
1962	3,186,025	4,369,136	2.55%	1.22%
1963	3,258,890	4,427,131	2.29%	1.33%
1964	3,334,834	4,489,869	2.33%	1.42%
1965	3,423,210	4,561,385	2.65%	1.59%
1966	3,521,626	4,652,287	2.87%	1.99%
1967	3,629,577	4,760,970	3.07%	2.34%
1968	3,744,010	4,879,899	3.15%	2.5%
1969	3,861,271	5,004,697	3.13%	2.56%
1970	3,980,669	5,131,396	3.09%	2.53%
1971	4,100,044	5,261,658	3%	2.54%
1972	4,220,335	5,396,557	2.93%	2.56%
1973	4,345,047	5,537,242	2.96%	2.61%
1974	4,474,228	5,684,674	2.97%	2.66%
1975	4,607,728	5,839,262	2.98%	2.72%
1976	4,745,954	5,996,994	3%	2.7%
1977	4,888,240	6,155,931	3%	2.65%
1978	5,035,171	6,309,390	3.01%	2.49%
1979	5,189,541	6,456,419	3.07%	2.33%
1980	5,353,259	6,606,195	3.15%	2.32%
1981	5,527,230	6,758,284	3.25%	2.3%
1982	5,711,549	6,908,642	3.33%	2.22%
1983	5,905,311	7,053,800	3.39%	2.1%
1984	6,107,627	7,220,044	3.43%	2.36%
1985	6,317,228	7,409,903	3.43%	2.63%
1986	6,531,881	7,600,301	3.4%	2.57%
1987	6,749,493	7,789,987	3.33%	2.5%
1988	6,968,071	7,974,440	3.24%	2.37%
1989	7,184,706	8,151,660	3.11%	2.22%
1990	7,375,307	8,324,509	2.65%	2.12%
1991	7,526,966	8,501,827	2.06%	2.13%
1992	7,683,266	8,682,512	2.08%	2.13%
1993	7,981,132	8,857,910	3.88%	2.02%
1994	6,792,352	9,018,448	-14.9%	1.81%
1995	5,674,118	9,161,258	-16.5%	1.58%
1996	6,708,764	9,294,432	18.2%	1.45%
1997	7,755,238	9,421,270	15.6%	1.36%
1998	8,081,681	9,541,667	4.21%	1.28%
1999	8,147,912	9,655,963	0.82%	1.2%
2000	8,213,931	9,764,935	0.81%	1.13%
2001	8,287,094	9,869,677	0.89%	1.07%
2002	8,400,180	9,971,515	1.36%	1.03%
2003	8,586,875	10,071,632	2.22%	1%
2004	8,816,844	10,166,163	2.68%	0.94%
2005	9,054,528	10,255,472	2.7%	0.88%
2006	9,299,246	10,346,410	2.7%	0.89%
2007	9,549,933	10,441,702	2.7%	0.92%
2008	9,804,269	10,542,635	2.66%	0.97%
2009	10,060,432	10,650,681	2.61%	1.02%
2010	10,317,553	10,765,980	2.56%	1.08%
2011	10,573,733	10,886,035	2.48%	1.12%
2012	10,829,901	11,009,647	2.42%	1.14%
2013	11,093,340	11,141,361	2.43%	1.2%
2014	11,364,757	11,274,288	2.45%	1.19%
2015	11,640,022	11,402,264	2.42%	1.14%
2016	11,919,183	11,528,674	2.4%	1.11%
2017	12,202,060	11,650,498	2.37%	1.06%
2018	12,487,996	11,765,514	2.34%	0.99%
2019	12,776,103	11,875,081	2.31%	0.93%
2020	13,065,837	11,974,057	2.27%	0.83%
2021	13,355,260	12,048,622	2.22%	0.62%
2022	13,651,030	12,119,334	2.21%	0.59%
2023	13,954,471	12,200,431	2.22%	0.67%
2024	14,256,567	12,277,109	2.16%	0.63%
2025	14,569,343	12,348,580	2.19%	0.58%
2026	14,889,694	12,415,147	2.2%	0.54%
2027	15,214,324	12,476,105	2.18%	0.49%
2028	15,536,461	12,531,994	2.12%	0.45%
2029	15,844,649	12,582,709	1.98%	0.4%
2030	16,154,698	12,628,154	1.96%	0.36%
2031	16,473,106	12,669,925	1.97%	0.33%
2032	16,771,820	12,709,155	1.81%	0.31%
2033	17,073,475	12,746,538	1.8%	0.29%
2034	17,402,250	12,781,017	1.93%	0.27%
2035	17,746,315	12,812,275	1.98%	0.24%
2036	18,076,769	12,842,495	1.86%	0.24%
2037	18,395,838	12,872,063	1.77%	0.23%
2038	18,729,778	12,900,190	1.82%	0.22%
2039	19,076,783	12,927,314	1.85%	0.21%
2040	19,440,762	12,953,871	1.91%	0.21%
2041	19,806,170	12,979,696	1.88%	0.2%
2042	20,153,979	13,005,242	1.76%	0.2%
2043	20,500,826	13,030,307	1.72%	0.19%
2044	20,837,079	13,054,103	1.64%	0.18%
2045	21,152,650	13,076,097	1.51%	0.17%
2046	21,459,144	13,095,748	1.45%	0.15%
2047	21,764,578	13,113,228	1.42%	0.13%
2048	22,086,112	13,127,662	1.48%	0.11%
2049	22,403,887	13,138,151	1.44%	0.08%
2050	22,707,896	13,145,144	1.36%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.