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Rwanda: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
14.6 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.2%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.3%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203116.5Forecast
203016.2Forecast
202915.8Forecast
202815.5Forecast
202715.2Forecast
202614.9Forecast
202514.6
202414.3
202314.0
202213.7
202113.4
202013.1
201912.8
201812.5
201712.2
201611.9

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2022
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2022–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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