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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Uruguay	Rwanda	Uruguay
1960	3,022,294	2,529,957	-	-
1961	3,106,779	2,562,044	2.8%	1.27%
1962	3,186,025	2,593,298	2.55%	1.22%
1963	3,258,890	2,623,766	2.29%	1.17%
1964	3,334,834	2,653,180	2.33%	1.12%
1965	3,423,210	2,681,169	2.65%	1.05%
1966	3,521,626	2,707,646	2.87%	0.99%
1967	3,629,577	2,732,277	3.07%	0.91%
1968	3,744,010	2,754,606	3.15%	0.82%
1969	3,861,271	2,773,974	3.13%	0.7%
1970	3,980,669	2,790,807	3.09%	0.61%
1971	4,100,044	2,806,462	3%	0.56%
1972	4,220,335	2,821,644	2.93%	0.54%
1973	4,345,047	2,837,133	2.96%	0.55%
1974	4,474,228	2,853,944	2.97%	0.59%
1975	4,607,728	2,872,320	2.98%	0.64%
1976	4,745,954	2,891,392	3%	0.66%
1977	4,888,240	2,909,461	3%	0.62%
1978	5,035,171	2,925,715	3.01%	0.56%
1979	5,189,541	2,939,903	3.07%	0.48%
1980	5,353,259	2,951,953	3.15%	0.41%
1981	5,527,230	2,963,246	3.25%	0.38%
1982	5,711,549	2,975,492	3.33%	0.41%
1983	5,905,311	2,988,778	3.39%	0.45%
1984	6,107,627	3,002,488	3.43%	0.46%
1985	6,317,228	3,017,037	3.43%	0.48%
1986	6,531,881	3,032,845	3.4%	0.52%
1987	6,749,493	3,049,896	3.33%	0.56%
1988	6,968,071	3,067,961	3.24%	0.59%
1989	7,184,706	3,086,255	3.11%	0.6%
1990	7,375,307	3,104,403	2.65%	0.59%
1991	7,526,966	3,122,354	2.06%	0.58%
1992	7,683,266	3,139,702	2.08%	0.56%
1993	7,981,132	3,156,345	3.88%	0.53%
1994	6,792,352	3,172,834	-14.9%	0.52%
1995	5,674,118	3,189,440	-16.5%	0.52%
1996	6,708,764	3,206,324	18.2%	0.53%
1997	7,755,238	3,223,345	15.6%	0.53%
1998	8,081,681	3,239,280	4.21%	0.49%
1999	8,147,912	3,254,015	0.82%	0.45%
2000	8,213,931	3,266,206	0.81%	0.37%
2001	8,287,094	3,274,251	0.89%	0.25%
2002	8,400,180	3,278,867	1.36%	0.14%
2003	8,586,875	3,281,186	2.22%	0.07%
2004	8,816,844	3,283,148	2.68%	0.06%
2005	9,054,528	3,285,771	2.7%	0.08%
2006	9,299,246	3,289,506	2.7%	0.11%
2007	9,549,933	3,295,153	2.7%	0.17%
2008	9,804,269	3,302,177	2.66%	0.21%
2009	10,060,432	3,310,091	2.61%	0.24%
2010	10,317,553	3,318,580	2.56%	0.26%
2011	10,573,733	3,326,825	2.48%	0.25%
2012	10,829,901	3,335,401	2.42%	0.26%
2013	11,093,340	3,345,337	2.43%	0.3%
2014	11,364,757	3,356,334	2.45%	0.33%
2015	11,640,022	3,368,017	2.42%	0.35%
2016	11,919,183	3,379,283	2.4%	0.33%
2017	12,202,060	3,388,438	2.37%	0.27%
2018	12,487,996	3,394,534	2.34%	0.18%
2019	12,776,103	3,397,206	2.31%	0.08%
2020	13,065,837	3,398,968	2.27%	0.05%
2021	13,355,260	3,396,695	2.22%	-0.07%
2022	13,651,030	3,390,913	2.21%	-0.17%
2023	13,954,471	3,388,081	2.22%	-0.08%
2024	14,256,567	3,386,588	2.16%	-0.04%
2025	14,569,343	3,384,690	2.19%	-0.06%
2026	14,889,694	3,382,543	2.2%	-0.06%
2027	15,214,324	3,380,245	2.18%	-0.07%
2028	15,536,461	3,377,893	2.12%	-0.07%
2029	15,844,649	3,375,428	1.98%	-0.07%
2030	16,154,698	3,372,892	1.96%	-0.08%
2031	16,473,106	3,370,285	1.97%	-0.08%
2032	16,771,820	3,367,544	1.81%	-0.08%
2033	17,073,475	3,364,654	1.8%	-0.09%
2034	17,402,250	3,361,591	1.93%	-0.09%
2035	17,746,315	3,358,284	1.98%	-0.1%
2036	18,076,769	3,354,682	1.86%	-0.11%
2037	18,395,838	3,350,735	1.77%	-0.12%
2038	18,729,778	3,346,431	1.82%	-0.13%
2039	19,076,783	3,341,676	1.85%	-0.14%
2040	19,440,762	3,336,469	1.91%	-0.16%
2041	19,806,170	3,330,804	1.88%	-0.17%
2042	20,153,979	3,324,643	1.76%	-0.18%
2043	20,500,826	3,317,939	1.72%	-0.2%
2044	20,837,079	3,310,611	1.64%	-0.22%
2045	21,152,650	3,302,680	1.51%	-0.24%
2046	21,459,144	3,294,196	1.45%	-0.26%
2047	21,764,578	3,285,160	1.42%	-0.27%
2048	22,086,112	3,275,507	1.48%	-0.29%
2049	22,403,887	3,265,260	1.44%	-0.31%
2050	22,707,896	3,254,361	1.36%	-0.33%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.