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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	United Kingdom	Rwanda	United Kingdom
1960	3,022,294	52,400,000	-	-
1961	3,106,779	52,800,000	2.8%	0.76%
1962	3,186,025	53,250,000	2.55%	0.85%
1963	3,258,890	53,650,000	2.29%	0.75%
1964	3,334,834	54,000,000	2.33%	0.65%
1965	3,423,210	54,348,050	2.65%	0.64%
1966	3,521,626	54,648,500	2.87%	0.55%
1967	3,629,577	54,943,600	3.07%	0.54%
1968	3,744,010	55,211,700	3.15%	0.49%
1969	3,861,271	55,441,750	3.13%	0.42%
1970	3,980,669	55,663,250	3.09%	0.4%
1971	4,100,044	55,896,223	3%	0.42%
1972	4,220,335	56,086,065	2.93%	0.34%
1973	4,345,047	56,194,527	2.96%	0.19%
1974	4,474,228	56,229,974	2.97%	0.06%
1975	4,607,728	56,225,800	2.98%	-0.007%
1976	4,745,954	56,211,968	3%	-0.02%
1977	4,888,240	56,193,492	3%	-0.03%
1978	5,035,171	56,196,504	3.01%	0.005%
1979	5,189,541	56,246,951	3.07%	0.09%
1980	5,353,259	56,314,216	3.15%	0.12%
1981	5,527,230	56,333,829	3.25%	0.03%
1982	5,711,549	56,313,641	3.33%	-0.04%
1983	5,905,311	56,332,848	3.39%	0.03%
1984	6,107,627	56,422,072	3.43%	0.16%
1985	6,317,228	56,550,268	3.43%	0.23%
1986	6,531,881	56,681,396	3.4%	0.23%
1987	6,749,493	56,802,050	3.33%	0.21%
1988	6,968,071	56,928,327	3.24%	0.22%
1989	7,184,706	57,076,711	3.11%	0.26%
1990	7,375,307	57,247,586	2.65%	0.3%
1991	7,526,966	57,424,897	2.06%	0.31%
1992	7,683,266	57,580,402	2.08%	0.27%
1993	7,981,132	57,718,614	3.88%	0.24%
1994	6,792,352	57,865,745	-14.9%	0.25%
1995	5,674,118	58,019,030	-16.5%	0.26%
1996	6,708,764	58,166,950	18.2%	0.25%
1997	7,755,238	58,316,954	15.6%	0.26%
1998	8,081,681	58,487,141	4.21%	0.29%
1999	8,147,912	58,682,466	0.82%	0.33%
2000	8,213,931	58,892,514	0.81%	0.36%
2001	8,287,094	59,119,673	0.89%	0.39%
2002	8,400,180	59,370,479	1.36%	0.42%
2003	8,586,875	59,647,577	2.22%	0.47%
2004	8,816,844	59,987,905	2.68%	0.57%
2005	9,054,528	60,401,206	2.7%	0.69%
2006	9,299,246	60,846,820	2.7%	0.74%
2007	9,549,933	61,322,463	2.7%	0.78%
2008	9,804,269	61,806,995	2.66%	0.79%
2009	10,060,432	62,276,270	2.61%	0.76%
2010	10,317,553	62,766,365	2.56%	0.79%
2011	10,573,733	63,258,810	2.48%	0.78%
2012	10,829,901	63,711,000	2.42%	0.71%
2013	11,093,340	64,139,000	2.43%	0.67%
2014	11,364,757	64,620,000	2.45%	0.75%
2015	11,640,022	65,088,000	2.42%	0.72%
2016	11,919,183	65,607,000	2.4%	0.8%
2017	12,202,060	65,966,000	2.37%	0.55%
2018	12,487,996	66,289,000	2.34%	0.49%
2019	12,776,103	66,631,000	2.31%	0.52%
2020	13,065,837	66,744,000	2.27%	0.17%
2021	13,355,260	66,984,000	2.22%	0.36%
2022	13,651,030	67,604,000	2.21%	0.93%
2023	13,954,471	68,492,000	2.22%	1.31%
2024	14,256,567	69,226,000	2.16%	1.07%
2025	14,569,343	69,639,673	2.19%	0.6%
2026	14,889,694	70,020,350	2.2%	0.55%
2027	15,214,324	70,382,853	2.18%	0.52%
2028	15,536,461	70,732,699	2.12%	0.5%
2029	15,844,649	71,061,482	1.98%	0.46%
2030	16,154,698	71,377,535	1.96%	0.44%
2031	16,473,106	71,678,351	1.97%	0.42%
2032	16,771,820	71,959,934	1.81%	0.39%
2033	17,073,475	72,234,509	1.8%	0.38%
2034	17,402,250	72,497,650	1.93%	0.36%
2035	17,746,315	72,749,096	1.98%	0.35%
2036	18,076,769	72,990,847	1.86%	0.33%
2037	18,395,838	73,218,850	1.77%	0.31%
2038	18,729,778	73,441,349	1.82%	0.3%
2039	19,076,783	73,658,392	1.85%	0.3%
2040	19,440,762	73,868,334	1.91%	0.29%
2041	19,806,170	74,074,316	1.88%	0.28%
2042	20,153,979	74,275,779	1.76%	0.27%
2043	20,500,826	74,475,035	1.72%	0.27%
2044	20,837,079	74,667,284	1.64%	0.26%
2045	21,152,650	74,848,605	1.51%	0.24%
2046	21,459,144	75,020,949	1.45%	0.23%
2047	21,764,578	75,184,478	1.42%	0.22%
2048	22,086,112	75,337,543	1.48%	0.2%
2049	22,403,887	75,476,141	1.44%	0.18%
2050	22,707,896	75,600,588	1.36%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.