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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Yemen	Rwanda	Yemen
1960	3,022,294	5,532,301	-	-
1961	3,106,779	5,655,232	2.8%	2.22%
1962	3,186,025	5,782,221	2.55%	2.25%
1963	3,258,890	5,911,135	2.29%	2.23%
1964	3,334,834	6,048,006	2.33%	2.32%
1965	3,423,210	6,195,593	2.65%	2.44%
1966	3,521,626	6,351,494	2.87%	2.52%
1967	3,629,577	6,516,444	3.07%	2.6%
1968	3,744,010	6,690,524	3.15%	2.67%
1969	3,861,271	6,875,859	3.13%	2.77%
1970	3,980,669	7,065,279	3.09%	2.75%
1971	4,100,044	7,257,462	3%	2.72%
1972	4,220,335	7,460,068	2.93%	2.79%
1973	4,345,047	7,672,796	2.96%	2.85%
1974	4,474,228	7,896,783	2.97%	2.92%
1975	4,607,728	8,133,598	2.98%	3%
1976	4,745,954	8,384,113	3%	3.08%
1977	4,888,240	8,648,222	3%	3.15%
1978	5,035,171	8,926,586	3.01%	3.22%
1979	5,189,541	9,224,194	3.07%	3.33%
1980	5,353,259	9,543,358	3.15%	3.46%
1981	5,527,230	9,882,362	3.25%	3.55%
1982	5,711,549	10,241,006	3.33%	3.63%
1983	5,905,311	10,621,499	3.39%	3.72%
1984	6,107,627	11,025,597	3.43%	3.8%
1985	6,317,228	11,453,825	3.43%	3.88%
1986	6,531,881	11,901,040	3.4%	3.9%
1987	6,749,493	12,369,912	3.33%	3.94%
1988	6,968,071	12,859,708	3.24%	3.96%
1989	7,184,706	13,364,174	3.11%	3.92%
1990	7,375,307	13,887,862	2.65%	3.92%
1991	7,526,966	14,430,201	2.06%	3.91%
1992	7,683,266	14,989,494	2.08%	3.88%
1993	7,981,132	15,563,914	3.88%	3.83%
1994	6,792,352	16,149,147	-14.9%	3.76%
1995	5,674,118	16,740,058	-16.5%	3.66%
1996	6,708,764	17,313,177	18.2%	3.42%
1997	7,755,238	17,873,936	15.6%	3.24%
1998	8,081,681	18,446,013	4.21%	3.2%
1999	8,147,912	19,029,420	0.82%	3.16%
2000	8,213,931	19,624,141	0.81%	3.13%
2001	8,287,094	20,226,147	0.89%	3.07%
2002	8,400,180	20,835,086	1.36%	3.01%
2003	8,586,875	21,456,379	2.22%	2.98%
2004	8,816,844	22,095,167	2.68%	2.98%
2005	9,054,528	22,790,085	2.7%	3.15%
2006	9,299,246	23,543,083	2.7%	3.3%
2007	9,549,933	24,318,082	2.7%	3.29%
2008	9,804,269	25,111,941	2.66%	3.26%
2009	10,060,432	25,927,724	2.61%	3.25%
2010	10,317,553	26,754,387	2.56%	3.19%
2011	10,573,733	27,582,897	2.48%	3.1%
2012	10,829,901	28,433,647	2.42%	3.08%
2013	11,093,340	29,312,952	2.43%	3.09%
2014	11,364,757	30,226,309	2.45%	3.12%
2015	11,640,022	31,159,379	2.42%	3.09%
2016	11,919,183	32,109,010	2.4%	3.05%
2017	12,202,060	33,090,921	2.37%	3.06%
2018	12,487,996	34,085,182	2.34%	3%
2019	12,776,103	35,111,408	2.31%	3.01%
2020	13,065,837	36,134,863	2.27%	2.91%
2021	13,355,260	37,140,230	2.22%	2.78%
2022	13,651,030	38,222,876	2.21%	2.92%
2023	13,954,471	39,390,799	2.22%	3.06%
2024	14,256,567	40,583,164	2.16%	3.03%
2025	14,569,343	41,773,871	2.19%	2.93%
2026	14,889,694	42,961,650	2.2%	2.84%
2027	15,214,324	44,145,620	2.18%	2.76%
2028	15,536,461	45,323,685	2.12%	2.67%
2029	15,844,649	46,497,573	1.98%	2.59%
2030	16,154,698	47,667,649	1.96%	2.52%
2031	16,473,106	48,827,503	1.97%	2.43%
2032	16,771,820	49,979,089	1.81%	2.36%
2033	17,073,475	51,129,867	1.8%	2.3%
2034	17,402,250	52,279,989	1.93%	2.25%
2035	17,746,315	53,429,308	1.98%	2.2%
2036	18,076,769	54,578,046	1.86%	2.15%
2037	18,395,838	55,724,259	1.77%	2.1%
2038	18,729,778	56,872,152	1.82%	2.06%
2039	19,076,783	58,024,713	1.85%	2.03%
2040	19,440,762	59,181,514	1.91%	1.99%
2041	19,806,170	60,345,667	1.88%	1.97%
2042	20,153,979	61,517,965	1.76%	1.94%
2043	20,500,826	62,696,517	1.72%	1.92%
2044	20,837,079	63,880,172	1.64%	1.89%
2045	21,152,650	65,066,344	1.51%	1.86%
2046	21,459,144	66,253,578	1.45%	1.82%
2047	21,764,578	67,438,796	1.42%	1.79%
2048	22,086,112	68,620,844	1.48%	1.75%
2049	22,403,887	69,799,794	1.44%	1.72%
2050	22,707,896	70,976,389	1.36%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Rwanda gained 2,974,058 (a 25% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 86th most populous country in 2006 and is 77th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.