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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Vietnam	Rwanda	Vietnam
1960	3,022,294	32,531,933	-	-
1961	3,106,779	33,409,059	2.8%	2.7%
1962	3,186,025	34,288,560	2.55%	2.63%
1963	3,258,890	35,249,101	2.29%	2.8%
1964	3,334,834	36,201,563	2.33%	2.7%
1965	3,423,210	37,129,656	2.65%	2.56%
1966	3,521,626	38,024,836	2.87%	2.41%
1967	3,629,577	38,895,080	3.07%	2.29%
1968	3,744,010	39,734,609	3.15%	2.16%
1969	3,861,271	40,582,096	3.13%	2.13%
1970	3,980,669	41,475,230	3.09%	2.2%
1971	4,100,044	42,449,276	3%	2.35%
1972	4,220,335	43,429,168	2.93%	2.31%
1973	4,345,047	44,409,861	2.96%	2.26%
1974	4,474,228	45,413,537	2.97%	2.26%
1975	4,607,728	46,482,903	2.98%	2.35%
1976	4,745,954	47,684,931	3%	2.59%
1977	4,888,240	48,954,872	3%	2.66%
1978	5,035,171	50,249,552	3.01%	2.64%
1979	5,189,541	51,378,211	3.07%	2.25%
1980	5,353,259	52,490,101	3.15%	2.16%
1981	5,527,230	53,738,141	3.25%	2.38%
1982	5,711,549	55,011,289	3.33%	2.37%
1983	5,905,311	56,337,921	3.39%	2.41%
1984	6,107,627	57,706,067	3.43%	2.43%
1985	6,317,228	59,060,622	3.43%	2.35%
1986	6,531,881	60,347,048	3.4%	2.18%
1987	6,749,493	61,584,651	3.33%	2.05%
1988	6,968,071	62,843,228	3.24%	2.04%
1989	7,184,706	64,147,348	3.11%	2.08%
1990	7,375,307	65,504,552	2.65%	2.12%
1991	7,526,966	66,891,775	2.06%	2.12%
1992	7,683,266	68,260,337	2.08%	2.05%
1993	7,981,132	69,586,384	3.88%	1.94%
1994	6,792,352	70,854,391	-14.9%	1.82%
1995	5,674,118	72,049,940	-16.5%	1.69%
1996	6,708,764	73,156,447	18.2%	1.54%
1997	7,755,238	74,226,889	15.6%	1.46%
1998	8,081,681	75,299,660	4.21%	1.45%
1999	8,147,912	76,287,452	0.82%	1.31%
2000	8,213,931	77,154,011	0.81%	1.14%
2001	8,287,094	77,969,361	0.89%	1.06%
2002	8,400,180	78,772,224	1.36%	1.03%
2003	8,586,875	79,563,777	2.22%	1%
2004	8,816,844	80,338,971	2.68%	0.97%
2005	9,054,528	81,088,313	2.7%	0.93%
2006	9,299,246	82,167,897	2.7%	1.33%
2007	9,549,933	83,633,375	2.7%	1.78%
2008	9,804,269	85,175,788	2.66%	1.84%
2009	10,060,432	86,460,018	2.61%	1.51%
2010	10,317,553	87,455,152	2.56%	1.15%
2011	10,573,733	88,468,314	2.48%	1.16%
2012	10,829,901	89,510,356	2.42%	1.18%
2013	11,093,340	90,573,104	2.43%	1.19%
2014	11,364,757	91,679,578	2.45%	1.22%
2015	11,640,022	92,823,254	2.42%	1.25%
2016	11,919,183	94,000,117	2.4%	1.27%
2017	12,202,060	95,176,977	2.37%	1.25%
2018	12,487,996	96,237,319	2.34%	1.11%
2019	12,776,103	97,173,776	2.31%	0.97%
2020	13,065,837	98,079,191	2.27%	0.93%
2021	13,355,260	98,935,098	2.22%	0.87%
2022	13,651,030	99,680,655	2.21%	0.75%
2023	13,954,471	100,352,192	2.22%	0.67%
2024	14,256,567	100,987,686	2.16%	0.63%
2025	14,569,343	101,598,531	2.19%	0.6%
2026	14,889,694	102,177,434	2.2%	0.57%
2027	15,214,324	102,727,392	2.18%	0.54%
2028	15,536,461	103,255,746	2.12%	0.51%
2029	15,844,649	103,761,151	1.98%	0.49%
2030	16,154,698	104,254,900	1.96%	0.48%
2031	16,473,106	104,737,913	1.97%	0.46%
2032	16,771,820	105,204,401	1.81%	0.45%
2033	17,073,475	105,656,307	1.8%	0.43%
2034	17,402,250	106,097,515	1.93%	0.42%
2035	17,746,315	106,530,671	1.98%	0.41%
2036	18,076,769	106,945,842	1.86%	0.39%
2037	18,395,838	107,346,046	1.77%	0.37%
2038	18,729,778	107,732,019	1.82%	0.36%
2039	19,076,783	108,097,653	1.85%	0.34%
2040	19,440,762	108,437,634	1.91%	0.31%
2041	19,806,170	108,752,199	1.88%	0.29%
2042	20,153,979	109,040,314	1.76%	0.26%
2043	20,500,826	109,292,559	1.72%	0.23%
2044	20,837,079	109,506,274	1.64%	0.2%
2045	21,152,650	109,685,396	1.51%	0.16%
2046	21,459,144	109,827,664	1.45%	0.13%
2047	21,764,578	109,930,243	1.42%	0.09%
2048	22,086,112	109,994,024	1.48%	0.06%
2049	22,403,887	110,018,017	1.44%	0.02%
2050	22,707,896	110,008,910	1.36%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.