Rwanda's population rose from 6.71M in 1996 to 14.6M in 2025.
Rwanda · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Rwanda's population growth fell from 16.7 % in 1996 to 2.2 % in 2025.
Rwanda's population density rose from 275.3 in 1994 to 565.6 in 2023.
Rwanda's population, female (% of total) fell from 52.0 % in 1996 to 51.2 % in 2025.
Rwanda's urbanisation rose from 10.3 % in 1996 to 30.9 % in 2025.
Rwanda's urban population rose from 690,907 in 1996 to 4.5M in 2025.
Rwanda's rural population rose from 6.02M in 1996 to 10.1M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.4 %38th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.0 %39th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %164th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.6 %114th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs180th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts42nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts175th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts166th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts43rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts163rd of 217
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- Net migrationup +140.3 %48th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.3 pts128th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −1.1 %48th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs167th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs174th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs166th of 217