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Live births in Rwanda

Live births in Rwanda was 395,578 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.4% from 2022. That is the 62nd highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count395,578 Estimated
Change on 2022+0.4%
Rank62nd of 236Countries ranked
Series high395,5782023
Series low125,8421950
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Live births in Rwanda, 1950 to 2023

100K200K300K400K19501961197219831994200520231950: 125,842 count1951: 129,642 count1952: 133,669 count1953: 137,540 count1954: 141,159 count1955: 144,342 count1956: 147,789 count1957: 151,320 count1958: 154,559 count1959: 157,529 count1960: 159,818 count1961: 161,409 count1962: 162,053 count1963: 162,214 count1964: 162,669 count1965: 164,285 count1966: 167,468 count1967: 172,176 count1968: 178,080 count1969: 184,946 count1970: 191,978 count1971: 198,650 count1972: 206,169 count1973: 214,706 count1974: 223,553 count1975: 232,259 count1976: 242,643 count1977: 252,324 count1978: 262,157 count1979: 272,557 count1980: 282,034 count1981: 291,266 count1982: 299,212 count1983: 305,846 count1984: 312,215 count1985: 317,180 count1986: 320,265 count1987: 322,767 count1988: 324,411 count1989: 325,514 count1990: 325,062 count1991: 322,038 count1992: 324,579 count1993: 331,549 count1994: 326,292 count1995: 224,223 count1996: 249,696 count1997: 314,167 count1998: 340,712 count1999: 343,356 count2000: 345,904 count2001: 348,997 count2002: 350,995 count2003: 355,510 count2004: 362,771 count2005: 367,960 count2006: 370,673 count2007: 370,848 count2008: 369,065 count2009: 365,340 count2010: 362,647 count2011: 357,390 count2012: 355,787 count2013: 359,521 count2014: 366,405 count2015: 373,619 count2016: 381,065 count2017: 386,390 count2018: 390,011 count2019: 391,867 count2020: 392,254 count2021: 392,497 count2022: 393,949 count2023: 395,578 count100K200K300K400K19501975200020232023: 395,578 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
2023395,578 Estimated
2022393,949 Estimated
2021392,497 Estimated
2020392,254 Estimated
2019391,867 Estimated
2018390,011 Estimated
2017386,390 Estimated
2016381,065 Estimated
2015373,619 Estimated
2014366,405 Estimated
2013359,521 Estimated
2012355,787 Estimated
2011357,390 Estimated
2010362,647 Estimated
2009365,340 Estimated
2008369,065 Estimated
2007370,848 Estimated
2006370,673 Estimated
2005367,960 Estimated
2004362,771 Estimated
2003355,510 Estimated
2002350,995 Estimated
2001348,997 Estimated
2000345,904 Estimated
1999343,356 Estimated
1998340,712 Estimated
1997314,167 Estimated
1996249,696 Estimated
1995224,223 Estimated
1994326,292 Estimated
1993331,549 Estimated
1992324,579 Estimated
1991322,038 Estimated
1990325,062 Estimated
1989325,514 Estimated
1988324,411 Estimated
1987322,767 Estimated
1986320,265 Estimated
1985317,180 Estimated
1984312,215 Estimated
1983305,846 Estimated
1982299,212 Estimated
1981291,266 Estimated
1980282,034 Estimated
1979272,557 Estimated
1978262,157 Estimated
1977252,324 Estimated
1976242,643 Estimated
1975232,259 Estimated
1974223,553 Estimated
1973214,706 Estimated
1972206,169 Estimated
1971198,650 Estimated
1970191,978 Estimated
1969184,946 Estimated
1968178,080 Estimated
1967172,176 Estimated
1966167,468 Estimated
1965164,285 Estimated
1964162,669 Estimated
1963162,214 Estimated
1962162,053 Estimated
1961161,409 Estimated
1960159,818 Estimated
1959157,529 Estimated
1958154,559 Estimated
1957151,320 Estimated
1956147,789 Estimated
1955144,342 Estimated
1954141,159 Estimated
1953137,540 Estimated
1952133,669 Estimated
1951129,642 Estimated
1950125,842 Estimated

Rwanda compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Rwanda is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Rwanda, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Rwanda, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/rwanda. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Rwanda, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/rwanda.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Rwanda, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/rwanda (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{united_live_births_rwanda_2023,
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  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Rwanda, 1950 to 2023}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/rwanda. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the live births in Rwanda?

Live births in Rwanda was 395,578 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.4% from 2022. That is the 62nd highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Rwanda?

395,578 in 2023, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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