Population growth in Rwanda

From 1960 to 2017 the population of Rwanda increased from 2.93 million to 12.21 million people. This is a growth by 316.2 percent in 57 years. The highest increase in Rwanda was recorded in 1998 with 8.24%. The biggest decrease in 1993 with -6.00%.

In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 148.2 percent.

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Population development in Rwanda since 1960

(Data in millions of inhabitants)



JahrPopulation
Rwanda		ChangeBirthrateDeathrate Population
World		Change
19613.00 M2.14 %  3,075 M1.35 %
19623.05 M1.82 %  3,128 M1.72 %
19633.10 M1.72 %  3,193 M2.07 %
19643.16 M1.89 %  3,258 M2.05 %
19653.23 M2.25 %  3,325 M2.05 %
19663.32 M2.66 %  3,395 M2.10 %
19673.42 M2.99 %  3,464 M2.05 %
19683.53 M3.19 %  3,535 M2.03 %
19693.64 M3.21 %  3,609 M2.11 %
19703.75 M3.13 %  3,685 M2.09 %
19713.87 M3.03 %  3,762 M2.10 %
19723.98 M2.98 %  3,839 M2.04 %
19734.10 M2.98 %  3,915 M1.98 %
19744.23 M3.03 %  3,991 M1.96 %
19754.36 M3.13 %  4,066 M1.87 %
19764.50 M3.22 %  4,139 M1.79 %
19774.65 M3.29 %  4,212 M1.75 %
19784.80 M3.36 %  4,286 M1.75 %
19794.97 M3.42 %  4,361 M1.77 %
19805.14 M3.48 %53.7 ‰17.9 ‰4,439 M1.79 %
19815.32 M3.39 %53.6 ‰17.1 ‰4,518 M1.77 %
19825.49 M3.28 %53.3 ‰16.2 ‰4,599 M1.80 %
19835.67 M3.36 %52.9 ‰15.3 ‰4,681 M1.78 %
19845.88 M3.67 %52.4 ‰14.7 ‰4,763 M1.75 %
19856.12 M4.05 %51.8 ‰14.8 ‰4,846 M1.75 %
19866.41 M4.70 %51.0 ‰16.1 ‰4,932 M1.77 %
19876.73 M5.06 %50.1 ‰18.8 ‰5,020 M1.78 %
19887.03 M4.43 %49.2 ‰22.7 ‰5,109 M1.77 %
19897.22 M2.64 %48.2 ‰27.5 ‰5,198 M1.74 %
19907.24 M0.27 %47.2 ‰32.4 ‰5,288 M1.74 %
19917.05 M-2.54 %46.3 ‰36.4 ‰5,375 M1.65 %
19926.70 M-4.96 %45.4 ‰38.5 ‰5,460 M1.57 %
19936.30 M-6.00 %44.6 ‰38.4 ‰5,545 M1.56 %
19946.01 M-4.68 %43.9 ‰36.1 ‰5,629 M1.51 %
19955.93 M-1.28 %43.2 ‰32.1 ‰5,714 M1.51 %
19966.12 M3.16 %42.6 ‰27.1 ‰5,797 M1.45 %
19976.52 M6.66 %41.9 ‰22.2 ‰5,879 M1.43 %
19987.06 M8.24 %41.3 ‰18.1 ‰5,961 M1.39 %
19997.59 M7.56 %40.7 ‰15.3 ‰6,042 M1.35 %
20008.03 M5.70 %40.1 ‰13.7 ‰6,122 M1.32 %
20018.33 M3.78 %39.5 ‰13.1 ‰6,201 M1.30 %
20028.54 M2.48 %39.0 ‰12.9 ‰6,281 M1.28 %
20038.68 M1.69 %38.5 ‰12.7 ‰6,360 M1.26 %
20048.82 M1.59 %38.1 ‰12.3 ‰6,440 M1.26 %
20058.99 M1.97 %37.7 ‰11.6 ‰6,520 M1.25 %
20069.21 M2.39 %37.4 ‰10.7 ‰6,601 M1.25 %
20079.45 M2.62 %37.0 ‰9.8 ‰6,683 M1.24 %
20089.71 M2.76 %36.5 ‰8.9 ‰6,766 M1.24 %
20099.98 M2.77 %35.9 ‰8.2 ‰6,850 M1.23 %
201010.25 M2.70 %35.3 ‰7.7 ‰6,933 M1.22 %
201110.52 M2.63 %34.6 ‰7.2 ‰7,015 M1.18 %
201210.79 M2.59 %33.9 ‰6.9 ‰7,100 M1.21 %
201311.07 M2.56 %33.2 ‰6.6 ‰7,185 M1.21 %
201411.35 M2.53 %32.5 ‰6.3 ‰7,271 M1.20 %
201511.63 M2.50 %31.8 ‰6.1 ‰7,358 M1.19 %
201611.92 M2.48 %31.1 ‰6.0 ‰7,444 M1.18 %
201712.21 M2.44 %  7,530 M1.16 %


Birth- and deathrate in Rwanda

Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2016 in the graph: The population in Rwanda increased by about 288,000 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 6.0 per 1000 people (~ 69,400 deaths) and the birth rate was 31.1 per 1000 people (~ 362,000 births). As a result, around 4,600 inhabitants have migrated to other countries.

The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.





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