Population in Rwanda compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	UAE	Rwanda	UAE
1960	3,022,294	131,334	-	-
1961	3,106,779	137,989	2.8%	5.07%
1962	3,186,025	144,946	2.55%	5.04%
1963	3,258,890	152,211	2.29%	5.01%
1964	3,334,834	159,692	2.33%	4.91%
1965	3,423,210	167,103	2.65%	4.64%
1966	3,521,626	173,976	2.87%	4.11%
1967	3,629,577	179,700	3.07%	3.29%
1968	3,744,010	199,416	3.15%	11%
1969	3,861,271	239,660	3.13%	20.2%
1970	3,980,669	286,536	3.09%	19.6%
1971	4,100,044	335,027	3%	16.9%
1972	4,220,335	385,014	2.93%	14.9%
1973	4,345,047	436,399	2.96%	13.3%
1974	4,474,228	489,087	2.97%	12.1%
1975	4,607,728	542,856	2.98%	11%
1976	4,745,954	615,866	3%	13.4%
1977	4,888,240	710,209	3%	15.3%
1978	5,035,171	809,274	3.01%	13.9%
1979	5,189,541	912,010	3.07%	12.7%
1980	5,353,259	1,015,700	3.15%	11.4%
1981	5,527,230	1,099,855	3.25%	8.29%
1982	5,711,549	1,166,370	3.33%	6.05%
1983	5,905,311	1,235,305	3.39%	5.91%
1984	6,107,627	1,305,996	3.43%	5.72%
1985	6,317,228	1,377,911	3.43%	5.51%
1986	6,531,881	1,467,383	3.4%	6.49%
1987	6,749,493	1,574,244	3.33%	7.28%
1988	6,968,071	1,681,788	3.24%	6.83%
1989	7,184,706	1,789,851	3.11%	6.43%
1990	7,375,307	1,898,220	2.65%	6.05%
1991	7,526,966	2,006,626	2.06%	5.71%
1992	7,683,266	2,114,730	2.08%	5.39%
1993	7,981,132	2,222,093	3.88%	5.08%
1994	6,792,352	2,328,188	-14.9%	4.77%
1995	5,674,118	2,434,662	-16.5%	4.57%
1996	6,708,764	2,597,564	18.2%	6.69%
1997	7,755,238	2,817,410	15.6%	8.46%
1998	8,081,681	3,040,421	4.21%	7.92%
1999	8,147,912	3,266,009	0.82%	7.42%
2000	8,213,931	3,493,575	0.81%	6.97%
2001	8,287,094	3,723,590	0.89%	6.58%
2002	8,400,180	3,956,826	1.36%	6.26%
2003	8,586,875	4,192,457	2.22%	5.96%
2004	8,816,844	4,428,967	2.68%	5.64%
2005	9,054,528	4,664,790	2.7%	5.32%
2006	9,299,246	5,009,100	2.7%	7.38%
2007	9,549,933	5,624,635	2.7%	12.3%
2008	9,804,269	6,302,664	2.66%	12.1%
2009	10,060,432	6,707,058	2.61%	6.42%
2010	10,317,553	6,869,838	2.56%	2.43%
2011	10,573,733	7,104,538	2.48%	3.42%
2012	10,829,901	7,391,448	2.42%	4.04%
2013	11,093,340	7,693,031	2.43%	4.08%
2014	11,364,757	8,059,440	2.45%	4.76%
2015	11,640,022	8,505,237	2.42%	5.53%
2016	11,919,183	8,935,095	2.4%	5.05%
2017	12,202,060	9,223,225	2.37%	3.22%
2018	12,487,996	9,346,701	2.34%	1.34%
2019	12,776,103	9,445,785	2.31%	1.06%
2020	13,065,837	9,401,038	2.27%	-0.47%
2021	13,355,260	9,575,152	2.22%	1.85%
2022	13,651,030	10,074,977	2.21%	5.22%
2023	13,954,471	10,483,751	2.22%	4.06%
2024	14,256,567	10,986,400	2.16%	4.79%
2025	14,569,343	11,304,093	2.19%	2.89%
2026	14,889,694	11,531,926	2.2%	2.02%
2027	15,214,324	11,712,175	2.18%	1.56%
2028	15,536,461	11,868,257	2.12%	1.33%
2029	15,844,649	12,010,111	1.98%	1.2%
2030	16,154,698	12,145,577	1.96%	1.13%
2031	16,473,106	12,281,573	1.97%	1.12%
2032	16,771,820	12,421,758	1.81%	1.14%
2033	17,073,475	12,565,679	1.8%	1.16%
2034	17,402,250	12,712,942	1.93%	1.17%
2035	17,746,315	12,863,015	1.98%	1.18%
2036	18,076,769	13,015,458	1.86%	1.19%
2037	18,395,838	13,169,969	1.77%	1.19%
2038	18,729,778	13,326,337	1.82%	1.19%
2039	19,076,783	13,484,193	1.85%	1.18%
2040	19,440,762	13,643,197	1.91%	1.18%
2041	19,806,170	13,803,349	1.88%	1.17%
2042	20,153,979	13,964,553	1.76%	1.17%
2043	20,500,826	14,126,724	1.72%	1.16%
2044	20,837,079	14,289,828	1.64%	1.15%
2045	21,152,650	14,453,775	1.51%	1.15%
2046	21,459,144	14,619,554	1.45%	1.15%
2047	21,764,578	14,788,991	1.42%	1.16%
2048	22,086,112	14,961,419	1.48%	1.17%
2049	22,403,887	15,135,496	1.44%	1.16%
2050	22,707,896	15,310,628	1.36%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.