Population of Rwanda (2025)

Rwanda population

1,270,671

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 28,171 Deaths today 1

Rwanda Population by Religions(2002 est)

Region Name Percents Number
Roman Catholic 49.5% 642,927 people
Protestant (includes Adventist and other Protestant) 39.4% 511,744 people
other Christian 4.5% 58,448 people
Muslim 1.8% 23,379 people
animist 0.1% 1,299 people
other 0.6% 7,793 people
none 3.6% 46,758 people
unspecified 0.5% 6,494 people

Rwanda Population by Ethnic groups (2002 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Hutu (Bantu) 84% 1,091,027 people
Tutsi (Hamitic) 15% 194,826 people
Twa (Pygmy) 1% 12,988 people

Rwanda population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 14,377,389 6,932,968 7,444,421 100 100 100 93.1
00-04 1,740,843 878,903 861,940 12.1 12.7 11.6 102
05-09 1,708,443 858,231 850,212 11.9 12.4 11.4 100.9
10-14 1,655,264 828,284 826,980 11.5 11.9 11.1 100.2
15-19 1,617,624 805,584 812,040 11.3 11.6 10.9 99.2
20-24 1,388,320 686,709 701,611 9.7 9.9 9.4 97.9
25-29 1,182,038 581,962 600,076 8.2 8.4 8.1 97
30-34 968,795 465,878 502,917 6.7 6.7 6.8 92.6
35-39 1,051,057 515,341 535,716 7.3 7.4 7.2 96.2
40-44 861,976 391,915 470,061 6 5.7 6.3 83.4
45-49 597,678 268,912 328,766 4.2 3.9 4.4 81.8
50-54 433,902 181,747 252,155 3 2.6 3.4 72.1
55-59 320,961 133,485 187,476 2.2 1.9 2.5 71.2
60-64 325,630 134,572 191,058 2.3 1.9 2.6 70.4
65-69 220,748 85,776 134,972 1.5 1.2 1.8 63.6
70-74 154,502 59,947 94,555 1.1 0.9 1.3 63.4
75-79 85,503 31,987 53,516 0.6 0.5 0.7 59.8
80-84 44,188 16,391 27,797 0.3 0.2 0.4 59
85-89 13,413 4,974 8,439 0.1 0.1 0.1 58.9
90-94 5,927 2,188 3,739 0 0 0.1 58.5
95-99 478 152 326 0 0 0 46.6
100+ 99 30 69 0 0 0 43.5

Rwanda Age structure and Population pyramid

Rwanda Age structure and Population pyramid

Rwanda Sex ratio

Rwanda Sex ratio

Rwanda Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Rwanda

Rwanda Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
2024 14,100,133 2.00 275,831 93.02 571.55
2023 13,824,302 2.03 275,213 92.90 560.37
2022 13,549,089 2.08 275,679 92.79 549.21
2021 13,273,410 2.13 276,816 92.67 538.04
2020 12,996,594 2.19 278,396 92.54 526.82
2019 12,718,198 2.25 279,475 92.42 515.53
2018 12,438,723 2.30 279,137 92.28 504.20
2017 12,159,586 2.33 276,820 92.15 492.89
2016 11,882,766 2.35 273,100 92.02 481.67
2015 11,609,666 2.36 268,122 91.89 470.60
2014 11,341,544 2.38 263,449 91.77 459.73
2013 11,078,095 2.41 260,745 91.66 449.05
2012 10,817,350 2.47 260,921 91.56 438.48
2011 10,556,429 2.55 262,760 91.46 427.91
2010 10,293,669 2.68 269,075 91.38 417.25
2005 9,008,230 12.30 986,355 91.20 365.15
2000 8,021,875 35.67 2,109,120 92.16 325.17
1995 5,912,755 -18.55 -1,346,985 92.37 239.67
1990 7,259,740 18.66 1,141,774 96.47 294.27
1985 6,117,966 19.01 977,180 96.91 247.99
1980 5,140,786 17.93 781,620 96.72 208.38
1975 4,359,166 16.10 604,620 96.50 176.70
1970 3,754,546 16.13 521,609 96.40 152.19
1965 3,232,937 10.21 299,513 96.25 131.05
1960 2,933,424 16.15 407,900 96.37 118.91
1955 2,525,524 15.52 339,337 96.43 102.37
1950 2,186,187 96.64 88.62
Chart population Rwanda Population (1950 - 2025)