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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Uganda	Rwanda	Uganda
1960	3,022,294	7,640,973	-	-
1961	3,106,779	7,862,217	2.8%	2.9%
1962	3,186,025	8,092,231	2.55%	2.93%
1963	3,258,890	8,333,663	2.29%	2.98%
1964	3,334,834	8,586,363	2.33%	3.03%
1965	3,423,210	8,849,203	2.65%	3.06%
1966	3,521,626	9,122,864	2.87%	3.09%
1967	3,629,577	9,408,924	3.07%	3.14%
1968	3,744,010	9,708,632	3.15%	3.19%
1969	3,861,271	10,014,858	3.13%	3.15%
1970	3,980,669	10,321,603	3.09%	3.06%
1971	4,100,044	10,618,206	3%	2.87%
1972	4,220,335	10,885,796	2.93%	2.52%
1973	4,345,047	11,144,236	2.96%	2.37%
1974	4,474,228	11,424,846	2.97%	2.52%
1975	4,607,728	11,725,240	2.98%	2.63%
1976	4,745,954	12,037,294	3%	2.66%
1977	4,888,240	12,359,669	3%	2.68%
1978	5,035,171	12,692,113	3.01%	2.69%
1979	5,189,541	13,002,163	3.07%	2.44%
1980	5,353,259	13,275,741	3.15%	2.1%
1981	5,527,230	13,556,452	3.25%	2.11%
1982	5,711,549	13,873,631	3.33%	2.34%
1983	5,905,311	14,221,881	3.39%	2.51%
1984	6,107,627	14,607,677	3.43%	2.71%
1985	6,317,228	15,023,681	3.43%	2.85%
1986	6,531,881	15,467,579	3.4%	2.95%
1987	6,749,493	15,954,170	3.33%	3.15%
1988	6,968,071	16,470,483	3.24%	3.24%
1989	7,184,706	17,010,698	3.11%	3.28%
1990	7,375,307	17,569,897	2.65%	3.29%
1991	7,526,966	18,155,901	2.06%	3.34%
1992	7,683,266	18,785,032	2.08%	3.47%
1993	7,981,132	19,445,161	3.88%	3.51%
1994	6,792,352	20,108,801	-14.9%	3.41%
1995	5,674,118	20,665,667	-16.5%	2.77%
1996	6,708,764	21,231,550	18.2%	2.74%
1997	7,755,238	21,856,046	15.6%	2.94%
1998	8,081,681	22,515,806	4.21%	3.02%
1999	8,147,912	23,257,281	0.82%	3.29%
2000	8,213,931	24,000,150	0.81%	3.19%
2001	8,287,094	24,745,676	0.89%	3.11%
2002	8,400,180	25,532,870	1.36%	3.18%
2003	8,586,875	26,352,124	2.22%	3.21%
2004	8,816,844	27,154,515	2.68%	3.04%
2005	9,054,528	27,963,289	2.7%	2.98%
2006	9,299,246	28,794,003	2.7%	2.97%
2007	9,549,933	29,653,430	2.7%	2.98%
2008	9,804,269	30,539,553	2.66%	2.99%
2009	10,060,432	31,451,151	2.61%	2.98%
2010	10,317,553	32,390,802	2.56%	2.99%
2011	10,573,733	33,354,543	2.48%	2.98%
2012	10,829,901	34,337,438	2.42%	2.95%
2013	11,093,340	35,337,042	2.43%	2.91%
2014	11,364,757	36,395,539	2.45%	3%
2015	11,640,022	37,531,446	2.42%	3.12%
2016	11,919,183	38,799,152	2.4%	3.38%
2017	12,202,060	40,177,388	2.37%	3.55%
2018	12,487,996	41,565,831	2.34%	3.46%
2019	12,776,103	42,999,637	2.31%	3.45%
2020	13,065,837	44,457,152	2.27%	3.39%
2021	13,355,260	45,910,930	2.22%	3.27%
2022	13,651,030	47,312,719	2.21%	3.05%
2023	13,954,471	48,656,601	2.22%	2.84%
2024	14,256,567	50,015,092	2.16%	2.79%
2025	14,569,343	51,384,895	2.19%	2.74%
2026	14,889,694	52,761,471	2.2%	2.68%
2027	15,214,324	54,144,274	2.18%	2.62%
2028	15,536,461	55,532,564	2.12%	2.56%
2029	15,844,649	56,922,797	1.98%	2.5%
2030	16,154,698	58,312,944	1.96%	2.44%
2031	16,473,106	59,703,537	1.97%	2.38%
2032	16,771,820	61,089,060	1.81%	2.32%
2033	17,073,475	62,464,116	1.8%	2.25%
2034	17,402,250	63,833,872	1.93%	2.19%
2035	17,746,315	65,205,570	1.98%	2.15%
2036	18,076,769	66,573,737	1.86%	2.1%
2037	18,395,838	67,942,634	1.77%	2.06%
2038	18,729,778	69,312,210	1.82%	2.02%
2039	19,076,783	70,669,875	1.85%	1.96%
2040	19,440,762	72,020,414	1.91%	1.91%
2041	19,806,170	73,372,658	1.88%	1.88%
2042	20,153,979	74,730,004	1.76%	1.85%
2043	20,500,826	76,090,991	1.72%	1.82%
2044	20,837,079	77,449,517	1.64%	1.79%
2045	21,152,650	78,797,995	1.51%	1.74%
2046	21,459,144	80,139,174	1.45%	1.7%
2047	21,764,578	81,478,503	1.42%	1.67%
2048	22,086,112	82,812,102	1.48%	1.64%
2049	22,403,887	84,130,056	1.44%	1.59%
2050	22,707,896	85,431,202	1.36%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.