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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Rwanda	Zambia	Rwanda	Zambia
1960	3,022,294	3,153,729	-	-
1961	3,106,779	3,254,086	2.8%	3.18%
1962	3,186,025	3,358,099	2.55%	3.2%
1963	3,258,890	3,465,907	2.29%	3.21%
1964	3,334,834	3,577,017	2.33%	3.21%
1965	3,423,210	3,692,086	2.65%	3.22%
1966	3,521,626	3,812,003	2.87%	3.25%
1967	3,629,577	3,936,343	3.07%	3.26%
1968	3,744,010	4,065,593	3.15%	3.28%
1969	3,861,271	4,197,116	3.13%	3.24%
1970	3,980,669	4,321,718	3.09%	2.97%
1971	4,100,044	4,442,525	3%	2.8%
1972	4,220,335	4,569,309	2.93%	2.85%
1973	4,345,047	4,702,693	2.96%	2.92%
1974	4,474,228	4,842,746	2.97%	2.98%
1975	4,607,728	4,990,086	2.98%	3.04%
1976	4,745,954	5,143,842	3%	3.08%
1977	4,888,240	5,302,480	3%	3.08%
1978	5,035,171	5,465,374	3.01%	3.07%
1979	5,189,541	5,631,728	3.07%	3.04%
1980	5,353,259	5,802,833	3.15%	3.04%
1981	5,527,230	5,983,289	3.25%	3.11%
1982	5,711,549	6,178,637	3.33%	3.26%
1983	5,905,311	6,381,038	3.39%	3.28%
1984	6,107,627	6,580,490	3.43%	3.13%
1985	6,317,228	6,780,953	3.43%	3.05%
1986	6,531,881	6,986,471	3.4%	3.03%
1987	6,749,493	7,191,282	3.33%	2.93%
1988	6,968,071	7,391,440	3.24%	2.78%
1989	7,184,706	7,589,216	3.11%	2.68%
1990	7,375,307	7,786,169	2.65%	2.6%
1991	7,526,966	7,981,650	2.06%	2.51%
1992	7,683,266	8,176,680	2.08%	2.44%
1993	7,981,132	8,373,921	3.88%	2.41%
1994	6,792,352	8,576,269	-14.9%	2.42%
1995	5,674,118	8,785,763	-16.5%	2.44%
1996	6,708,764	9,004,053	18.2%	2.48%
1997	7,755,238	9,237,063	15.6%	2.59%
1998	8,081,681	9,482,408	4.21%	2.66%
1999	8,147,912	9,740,005	0.82%	2.72%
2000	8,213,931	10,017,631	0.81%	2.85%
2001	8,287,094	10,325,185	0.89%	3.07%
2002	8,400,180	10,647,949	1.36%	3.13%
2003	8,586,875	10,983,595	2.22%	3.15%
2004	8,816,844	11,338,198	2.68%	3.23%
2005	9,054,528	11,718,819	2.7%	3.36%
2006	9,299,246	12,129,553	2.7%	3.5%
2007	9,549,933	12,565,085	2.7%	3.59%
2008	9,804,269	13,021,324	2.66%	3.63%
2009	10,060,432	13,490,389	2.61%	3.6%
2010	10,317,553	13,965,594	2.56%	3.52%
2011	10,573,733	14,437,796	2.48%	3.38%
2012	10,829,901	14,913,629	2.42%	3.3%
2013	11,093,340	15,398,997	2.43%	3.25%
2014	11,364,757	15,895,315	2.45%	3.22%
2015	11,640,022	16,399,089	2.42%	3.17%
2016	11,919,183	16,914,423	2.4%	3.14%
2017	12,202,060	17,441,320	2.37%	3.12%
2018	12,487,996	17,973,569	2.34%	3.05%
2019	12,776,103	18,513,839	2.31%	3.01%
2020	13,065,837	19,059,395	2.27%	2.95%
2021	13,355,260	19,603,607	2.22%	2.86%
2022	13,651,030	20,152,938	2.21%	2.8%
2023	13,954,471	20,723,965	2.22%	2.83%
2024	14,256,567	21,314,956	2.16%	2.85%
2025	14,569,343	21,913,869	2.19%	2.81%
2026	14,889,694	22,521,905	2.2%	2.77%
2027	15,214,324	23,138,716	2.18%	2.74%
2028	15,536,461	23,761,368	2.12%	2.69%
2029	15,844,649	24,389,681	1.98%	2.64%
2030	16,154,698	25,024,887	1.96%	2.6%
2031	16,473,106	25,666,496	1.97%	2.56%
2032	16,771,820	26,311,946	1.81%	2.51%
2033	17,073,475	26,960,073	1.8%	2.46%
2034	17,402,250	27,611,621	1.93%	2.42%
2035	17,746,315	28,266,887	1.98%	2.37%
2036	18,076,769	28,925,103	1.86%	2.33%
2037	18,395,838	29,583,482	1.77%	2.28%
2038	18,729,778	30,240,549	1.82%	2.22%
2039	19,076,783	30,895,586	1.85%	2.17%
2040	19,440,762	31,550,394	1.91%	2.12%
2041	19,806,170	32,204,340	1.88%	2.07%
2042	20,153,979	32,856,596	1.76%	2.03%
2043	20,500,826	33,510,500	1.72%	1.99%
2044	20,837,079	34,165,920	1.64%	1.96%
2045	21,152,650	34,821,101	1.51%	1.92%
2046	21,459,144	35,475,795	1.45%	1.88%
2047	21,764,578	36,129,270	1.42%	1.84%
2048	22,086,112	36,782,260	1.48%	1.81%
2049	22,403,887	37,434,667	1.44%	1.77%
2050	22,707,896	38,083,369	1.36%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Rwanda increased by 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Rwanda gained 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Rwanda was ranked 87th most populous country in 2005 and is 77th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.