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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	United States	Rwanda	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	3,022,294	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	3,106,779	183,691,481	2.8%	1.67%
1962	3,186,025	186,537,737	2.55%	1.55%
1963	3,258,890	189,241,798	2.29%	1.45%
1964	3,334,834	191,888,791	2.33%	1.4%
1965	3,423,210	194,302,963	2.65%	1.26%
1966	3,521,626	196,560,338	2.87%	1.16%
1967	3,629,577	198,712,056	3.07%	1.09%
1968	3,744,010	200,706,052	3.15%	1%
1969	3,861,271	202,676,946	3.13%	0.98%
1970	3,980,669	205,052,174	3.09%	1.17%
1971	4,100,044	207,660,677	3%	1.27%
1972	4,220,335	209,896,021	2.93%	1.08%
1973	4,345,047	211,908,788	2.96%	0.96%
1974	4,474,228	213,853,928	2.97%	0.92%
1975	4,607,728	215,973,199	2.98%	0.99%
1976	4,745,954	218,035,164	3%	0.95%
1977	4,888,240	220,239,425	3%	1.01%
1978	5,035,171	222,584,545	3.01%	1.06%
1979	5,189,541	225,055,487	3.07%	1.11%
1980	5,353,259	226,542,250	3.15%	0.66%
1981	5,527,230	229,465,744	3.25%	1.29%
1982	5,711,549	231,664,432	3.33%	0.96%
1983	5,905,311	233,792,014	3.39%	0.92%
1984	6,107,627	235,824,908	3.43%	0.87%
1985	6,317,228	237,923,734	3.43%	0.89%
1986	6,531,881	240,132,831	3.4%	0.93%
1987	6,749,493	242,288,936	3.33%	0.9%
1988	6,968,071	244,499,004	3.24%	0.91%
1989	7,184,706	246,819,222	3.11%	0.95%
1990	7,375,307	250,131,894	2.65%	1.34%
1991	7,526,966	253,492,503	2.06%	1.34%
1992	7,683,266	256,894,189	2.08%	1.34%
1993	7,981,132	260,255,352	3.88%	1.31%
1994	6,792,352	263,435,673	-14.9%	1.22%
1995	5,674,118	266,557,091	-16.5%	1.18%
1996	6,708,764	269,667,391	18.2%	1.17%
1997	7,755,238	272,911,760	15.6%	1.2%
1998	8,081,681	276,115,288	4.21%	1.17%
1999	8,147,912	279,294,713	0.82%	1.15%
2000	8,213,931	282,162,411	0.81%	1.03%
2001	8,287,094	284,968,955	0.89%	0.99%
2002	8,400,180	287,625,193	1.36%	0.93%
2003	8,586,875	290,107,933	2.22%	0.86%
2004	8,816,844	292,805,298	2.68%	0.93%
2005	9,054,528	295,516,599	2.7%	0.93%
2006	9,299,246	298,379,912	2.7%	0.97%
2007	9,549,933	301,231,207	2.7%	0.96%
2008	9,804,269	304,093,966	2.66%	0.95%
2009	10,060,432	306,771,529	2.61%	0.88%
2010	10,317,553	309,327,143	2.56%	0.83%
2011	10,573,733	311,583,481	2.48%	0.73%
2012	10,829,901	313,877,662	2.42%	0.74%
2013	11,093,340	316,059,947	2.43%	0.7%
2014	11,364,757	318,386,329	2.45%	0.74%
2015	11,640,022	320,738,994	2.42%	0.74%
2016	11,919,183	323,071,755	2.4%	0.73%
2017	12,202,060	325,122,128	2.37%	0.63%
2018	12,487,996	326,838,199	2.34%	0.53%
2019	12,776,103	328,329,953	2.31%	0.46%
2020	13,065,837	331,526,933	2.27%	0.97%
2021	13,355,260	331,893,745	2.22%	0.11%
2022	13,651,030	333,271,411	2.21%	0.42%
2023	13,954,471	334,914,895	2.22%	0.49%
2024	14,256,567	340,110,988	2.16%	1.55%
2025	14,569,343	341,931,772	2.19%	0.54%
2026	14,889,694	343,664,369	2.2%	0.51%
2027	15,214,324	345,331,185	2.18%	0.49%
2028	15,536,461	346,981,137	2.12%	0.48%
2029	15,844,649	348,601,982	1.98%	0.47%
2030	16,154,698	350,176,974	1.96%	0.45%
2031	16,473,106	351,725,612	1.97%	0.44%
2032	16,771,820	353,249,060	1.81%	0.43%
2033	17,073,475	354,749,644	1.8%	0.42%
2034	17,402,250	356,234,239	1.93%	0.42%
2035	17,746,315	357,694,316	1.98%	0.41%
2036	18,076,769	359,119,002	1.86%	0.4%
2037	18,395,838	360,517,853	1.77%	0.39%
2038	18,729,778	361,895,407	1.82%	0.38%
2039	19,076,783	363,229,908	1.85%	0.37%
2040	19,440,762	364,512,364	1.91%	0.35%
2041	19,806,170	365,753,139	1.88%	0.34%
2042	20,153,979	366,969,419	1.76%	0.33%
2043	20,500,826	368,146,925	1.72%	0.32%
2044	20,837,079	369,258,123	1.64%	0.3%
2045	21,152,650	370,318,770	1.51%	0.29%
2046	21,459,144	371,328,255	1.45%	0.27%
2047	21,764,578	372,299,116	1.42%	0.26%
2048	22,086,112	373,230,539	1.48%	0.25%
2049	22,403,887	374,119,803	1.44%	0.24%
2050	22,707,896	374,986,259	1.36%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.