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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Vanuatu	Rwanda	Vanuatu
1960	3,022,294	64,431	-	-
1961	3,106,779	66,264	2.8%	2.84%
1962	3,186,025	68,174	2.55%	2.88%
1963	3,258,890	70,159	2.29%	2.91%
1964	3,334,834	72,219	2.33%	2.94%
1965	3,423,210	74,358	2.65%	2.96%
1966	3,521,626	76,590	2.87%	3%
1967	3,629,577	78,921	3.07%	3.04%
1968	3,744,010	81,314	3.15%	3.03%
1969	3,861,271	83,755	3.13%	3%
1970	3,980,669	86,266	3.09%	3%
1971	4,100,044	88,862	3%	3.01%
1972	4,220,335	91,562	2.93%	3.04%
1973	4,345,047	94,362	2.96%	3.06%
1974	4,474,228	97,260	2.97%	3.07%
1975	4,607,728	100,269	2.98%	3.09%
1976	4,745,954	103,388	3%	3.11%
1977	4,888,240	106,618	3%	3.12%
1978	5,035,171	109,963	3.01%	3.14%
1979	5,189,541	113,040	3.07%	2.8%
1980	5,353,259	115,660	3.15%	2.32%
1981	5,527,230	118,249	3.25%	2.24%
1982	5,711,549	121,035	3.33%	2.36%
1983	5,905,311	123,998	3.39%	2.45%
1984	6,107,627	127,109	3.43%	2.51%
1985	6,317,228	130,356	3.43%	2.55%
1986	6,531,881	133,720	3.4%	2.58%
1987	6,749,493	137,187	3.33%	2.59%
1988	6,968,071	140,756	3.24%	2.6%
1989	7,184,706	144,393	3.11%	2.58%
1990	7,375,307	148,063	2.65%	2.54%
1991	7,526,966	151,793	2.06%	2.52%
1992	7,683,266	155,608	2.08%	2.51%
1993	7,981,132	159,463	3.88%	2.48%
1994	6,792,352	163,314	-14.9%	2.41%
1995	5,674,118	167,137	-16.5%	2.34%
1996	6,708,764	170,911	18.2%	2.26%
1997	7,755,238	174,626	15.6%	2.17%
1998	8,081,681	178,313	4.21%	2.11%
1999	8,147,912	182,048	0.82%	2.09%
2000	8,213,931	186,281	0.81%	2.33%
2001	8,287,094	191,031	0.89%	2.55%
2002	8,400,180	195,863	1.36%	2.53%
2003	8,586,875	200,746	2.22%	2.49%
2004	8,816,844	205,711	2.68%	2.47%
2005	9,054,528	210,760	2.7%	2.45%
2006	9,299,246	215,923	2.7%	2.45%
2007	9,549,933	221,276	2.7%	2.48%
2008	9,804,269	226,896	2.66%	2.54%
2009	10,060,432	232,731	2.61%	2.57%
2010	10,317,553	238,248	2.56%	2.37%
2011	10,573,733	243,474	2.48%	2.19%
2012	10,829,901	248,883	2.42%	2.22%
2013	11,093,340	254,482	2.43%	2.25%
2014	11,364,757	260,240	2.45%	2.26%
2015	11,640,022	266,101	2.42%	2.25%
2016	11,919,183	272,087	2.4%	2.25%
2017	12,202,060	278,507	2.37%	2.36%
2018	12,487,996	285,259	2.34%	2.42%
2019	12,776,103	291,985	2.31%	2.36%
2020	13,065,837	298,858	2.27%	2.35%
2021	13,355,260	305,868	2.22%	2.35%
2022	13,651,030	313,046	2.21%	2.35%
2023	13,954,471	320,409	2.22%	2.35%
2024	14,256,567	327,777	2.16%	2.3%
2025	14,569,343	335,169	2.19%	2.26%
2026	14,889,694	342,565	2.2%	2.21%
2027	15,214,324	349,970	2.18%	2.16%
2028	15,536,461	357,397	2.12%	2.12%
2029	15,844,649	364,883	1.98%	2.09%
2030	16,154,698	372,429	1.96%	2.07%
2031	16,473,106	380,015	1.97%	2.04%
2032	16,771,820	387,657	1.81%	2.01%
2033	17,073,475	395,366	1.8%	1.99%
2034	17,402,250	403,188	1.93%	1.98%
2035	17,746,315	411,061	1.98%	1.95%
2036	18,076,769	419,006	1.86%	1.93%
2037	18,395,838	427,031	1.77%	1.92%
2038	18,729,778	435,150	1.82%	1.9%
2039	19,076,783	443,311	1.85%	1.88%
2040	19,440,762	451,509	1.91%	1.85%
2041	19,806,170	459,733	1.88%	1.82%
2042	20,153,979	468,003	1.76%	1.8%
2043	20,500,826	476,308	1.72%	1.77%
2044	20,837,079	484,636	1.64%	1.75%
2045	21,152,650	492,989	1.51%	1.72%
2046	21,459,144	501,316	1.45%	1.69%
2047	21,764,578	509,621	1.42%	1.66%
2048	22,086,112	517,889	1.48%	1.62%
2049	22,403,887	526,138	1.44%	1.59%
2050	22,707,896	534,374	1.36%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.