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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Ukraine	Rwanda	Ukraine
1960	3,022,294	42,824,093	-	-
1961	3,106,779	43,399,766	2.8%	1.34%
1962	3,186,025	43,943,674	2.55%	1.25%
1963	3,258,890	44,462,372	2.29%	1.18%
1964	3,334,834	44,951,156	2.33%	1.1%
1965	3,423,210	45,386,892	2.65%	0.97%
1966	3,521,626	45,802,519	2.87%	0.92%
1967	3,629,577	46,215,988	3.07%	0.9%
1968	3,744,010	46,614,325	3.15%	0.86%
1969	3,861,271	46,976,256	3.13%	0.78%
1970	3,980,669	47,261,306	3.09%	0.61%
1971	4,100,044	47,573,287	3%	0.66%
1972	4,220,335	47,946,893	2.93%	0.79%
1973	4,345,047	48,277,121	2.96%	0.69%
1974	4,474,228	48,576,570	2.97%	0.62%
1975	4,607,728	48,865,229	2.98%	0.59%
1976	4,745,954	49,120,842	3%	0.52%
1977	4,888,240	49,336,481	3%	0.44%
1978	5,035,171	49,521,243	3.01%	0.37%
1979	5,189,541	49,721,381	3.07%	0.4%
1980	5,353,259	49,955,152	3.15%	0.47%
1981	5,527,230	50,189,281	3.25%	0.47%
1982	5,711,549	50,402,724	3.33%	0.43%
1983	5,905,311	50,637,029	3.39%	0.46%
1984	6,107,627	50,887,599	3.43%	0.49%
1985	6,317,228	51,108,770	3.43%	0.43%
1986	6,531,881	51,318,745	3.4%	0.41%
1987	6,749,493	51,515,732	3.33%	0.38%
1988	6,968,071	51,724,853	3.24%	0.41%
1989	7,184,706	51,917,817	3.11%	0.37%
1990	7,375,307	52,054,092	2.65%	0.26%
1991	7,526,966	52,170,961	2.06%	0.22%
1992	7,683,266	52,323,671	2.08%	0.29%
1993	7,981,132	52,350,126	3.88%	0.05%
1994	6,792,352	52,075,998	-14.9%	-0.52%
1995	5,674,118	51,665,539	-16.5%	-0.79%
1996	6,708,764	51,226,109	18.2%	-0.85%
1997	7,755,238	50,786,885	15.6%	-0.86%
1998	8,081,681	50,379,731	4.21%	-0.8%
1999	8,147,912	49,976,446	0.82%	-0.8%
2000	8,213,931	49,556,660	0.81%	-0.84%
2001	8,287,094	49,106,855	0.89%	-0.91%
2002	8,400,180	48,677,281	1.36%	-0.87%
2003	8,586,875	48,315,136	2.22%	-0.74%
2004	8,816,844	47,979,507	2.68%	-0.69%
2005	9,054,528	47,585,556	2.7%	-0.82%
2006	9,299,246	47,278,694	2.7%	-0.64%
2007	9,549,933	47,062,798	2.7%	-0.46%
2008	9,804,269	46,819,175	2.66%	-0.52%
2009	10,060,432	46,623,731	2.61%	-0.42%
2010	10,317,553	46,456,003	2.56%	-0.36%
2011	10,573,733	46,307,853	2.48%	-0.32%
2012	10,829,901	46,210,056	2.42%	-0.21%
2013	11,093,340	46,126,770	2.43%	-0.18%
2014	11,364,757	45,972,380	2.45%	-0.33%
2015	11,640,022	45,784,896	2.42%	-0.41%
2016	11,919,183	45,616,832	2.4%	-0.37%
2017	12,202,060	45,436,041	2.37%	-0.4%
2018	12,487,996	45,208,907	2.34%	-0.5%
2019	12,776,103	44,957,458	2.31%	-0.56%
2020	13,065,837	44,680,014	2.27%	-0.62%
2021	13,355,260	44,298,640	2.22%	-0.85%
2022	13,651,030	41,048,766	2.21%	-7.34%
2023	13,954,471	37,732,836	2.22%	-8.08%
2024	14,256,567	37,860,221	2.16%	0.34%
2025	14,569,343	38,980,379	2.19%	2.96%
2026	14,889,694	39,535,850	2.2%	1.43%
2027	15,214,324	39,245,208	2.18%	-0.74%
2028	15,536,461	38,952,086	2.12%	-0.75%
2029	15,844,649	38,654,416	1.98%	-0.76%
2030	16,154,698	38,353,848	1.96%	-0.78%
2031	16,473,106	38,050,624	1.97%	-0.79%
2032	16,771,820	37,746,688	1.81%	-0.8%
2033	17,073,475	37,442,088	1.8%	-0.81%
2034	17,402,250	37,135,839	1.93%	-0.82%
2035	17,746,315	36,828,149	1.98%	-0.83%
2036	18,076,769	36,519,767	1.86%	-0.84%
2037	18,395,838	36,209,679	1.77%	-0.85%
2038	18,729,778	35,897,705	1.82%	-0.86%
2039	19,076,783	35,584,263	1.85%	-0.87%
2040	19,440,762	35,270,911	1.91%	-0.88%
2041	19,806,170	34,957,580	1.88%	-0.89%
2042	20,153,979	34,641,778	1.76%	-0.9%
2043	20,500,826	34,324,132	1.72%	-0.92%
2044	20,837,079	34,004,074	1.64%	-0.93%
2045	21,152,650	33,680,448	1.51%	-0.95%
2046	21,459,144	33,351,499	1.45%	-0.98%
2047	21,764,578	33,017,828	1.42%	-1%
2048	22,086,112	32,680,968	1.48%	-1.02%
2049	22,403,887	32,338,515	1.44%	-1.05%
2050	22,707,896	31,990,136	1.36%	-1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.