# Population in Rwanda

Population in Rwanda was 14.57 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `rw`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/rwanda
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/rwanda.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=rw

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 14,569,341 |
| 2024 | 14,256,567 |
| 2023 | 13,954,471 |
| 2022 | 13,651,030 |
| 2021 | 13,355,260 |
| 2020 | 13,065,837 |
| 2019 | 12,776,103 |
| 2018 | 12,487,996 |
| 2017 | 12,202,060 |
| 2016 | 11,919,183 |
| 2015 | 11,640,022 |
| 2014 | 11,364,757 |
| 2013 | 11,093,340 |
| 2012 | 10,829,901 |
| 2011 | 10,573,733 |
| 2010 | 10,317,553 |
| 2009 | 10,060,432 |
| 2008 | 9,804,269 |
| 2007 | 9,549,933 |
| 2006 | 9,299,246 |
| 2005 | 9,054,528 |
| 2004 | 8,816,844 |
| 2003 | 8,586,875 |
| 2002 | 8,400,180 |
| 2001 | 8,287,094 |
| 2000 | 8,213,931 |
| 1999 | 8,147,912 |
| 1998 | 8,081,681 |
| 1997 | 7,755,238 |
| 1996 | 6,708,764 |
| 1995 | 5,674,118 |
| 1994 | 6,792,352 |
| 1993 | 7,981,132 |
| 1992 | 7,683,266 |
| 1991 | 7,526,966 |
| 1990 | 7,375,307 |
| 1989 | 7,184,706 |
| 1988 | 6,968,071 |
| 1987 | 6,749,493 |
| 1986 | 6,531,881 |
| 1985 | 6,317,228 |
| 1984 | 6,107,627 |
| 1983 | 5,905,311 |
| 1982 | 5,711,549 |
| 1981 | 5,527,230 |
| 1980 | 5,353,259 |
| 1979 | 5,189,541 |
| 1978 | 5,035,171 |
| 1977 | 4,888,240 |
| 1976 | 4,745,954 |
| 1975 | 4,607,728 |
| 1974 | 4,474,228 |
| 1973 | 4,345,047 |
| 1972 | 4,220,335 |
| 1971 | 4,100,044 |
| 1970 | 3,980,669 |
| 1969 | 3,861,271 |
| 1968 | 3,744,010 |
| 1967 | 3,629,577 |
| 1966 | 3,521,626 |
| 1965 | 3,423,210 |
| 1964 | 3,334,834 |
| 1963 | 3,258,890 |
| 1962 | 3,186,025 |
| 1961 | 3,106,779 |
| 1960 | 3,022,294 |