Population of Rwanda (2024)

Rwanda population

1,271,305

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 27,537 Deaths today 6

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 12,996,594 6,246,675 6,749,919 100 100 100 92.5
00-04 1,730,593 871,009 859,584 13.3 13.9 12.7 101.3
05-09 1,665,275 834,115 831,160 12.8 13.4 12.3 100.4
10-14 1,632,554 814,677 817,877 12.6 13 12.1 99.6
15-19 1,410,990 701,185 709,805 10.9 11.2 10.5 98.8
20-24 1,205,374 596,933 608,441 9.3 9.6 9 98.1
25-29 989,126 478,925 510,201 7.6 7.7 7.6 93.9
30-34 1,073,594 530,318 543,276 8.3 8.5 8 97.6
35-39 882,855 404,938 477,917 6.8 6.5 7.1 84.7
40-44 614,647 278,937 335,710 4.7 4.5 5 83.1
45-49 449,483 190,256 259,227 3.5 3 3.8 73.4
50-54 336,338 141,558 194,780 2.6 2.3 2.9 72.7
55-59 347,587 145,655 201,932 2.7 2.3 3 72.1
60-64 244,521 96,776 147,745 1.9 1.5 2.2 65.5
65-69 182,253 72,219 110,034 1.4 1.2 1.6 65.6
70-74 112,208 43,134 69,074 0.9 0.7 1 62.4
75-79 69,338 26,632 42,706 0.5 0.4 0.6 62.4
80-84 27,852 10,801 17,051 0.2 0.2 0.3 63.3
85-89 18,448 7,324 11,124 0.1 0.1 0.2 65.8
90-94 2,524 913 1,611 0 0 0 56.7
95-99 978 355 623 0 0 0 57
100+ 56 15 41 0 0 0 36.6

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 - 2024)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
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 - 2024)