Demographics of Rwanda

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	14 May 2024

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There are 7.06 million males and 7.35 million females in Rwanda. The percentage of the male population is 48.99%, compared to 51.01% of the female population. Rwanda has 290k more females than males. The sex ratio in Rwanda in 2024 will be 96.057 males per 100 females. Rwanda is in the 60th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Rwanda population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,154,218	3.36
1955	2,537,919	3.22
1960	2,966,162	2.81
1965	3,348,631	2.70
1970	3,896,367	3.08
1975	4,515,756	2.90
1980	5,247,532	3.49
1985	6,266,752	3.55
1990	7,319,962	2.46
1995	5,686,897	9.79
2000	8,109,989	1.30
2005	9,026,299	2.64
2010	10,309,031	2.60
2015	11,642,959	2.39
2020	13,146,362	2.42
2021	13,461,888	2.33
2022	13,776,698	2.30
2023	14,094,683	2.27
2024	14,414,910	2.23

Population
Growth

Rwanda death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	48,161	119,443	22.354	55.440
1955	55,922	138,454	22.025	54.532
1960	57,072	153,590	19.195	51.657
1965	59,092	159,316	17.619	47.501
1970	71,517	190,166	18.352	48.797
1975	92,298	227,814	20.422	50.408
1980	95,490	273,807	18.199	52.182
1985	91,784	310,192	14.649	49.508
1990	112,984	324,591	15.403	44.250
1995	111,332	224,164	20.369	41.012
2000	128,721	333,954	15.774	40.923
2005	95,326	356,713	10.546	39.462
2010	83,217	359,331	8.068	34.836
2015	78,346	370,930	6.724	31.833
2020	78,870	398,512	5.998	30.309
2021	84,576	403,681	6.280	29.976
2022	80,582	406,214	5.847	29.474
2023	81,501	409,837	5.780	29.065
2024	82,592	412,709	5.727	28.619

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Rwanda
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	46,208	2,139,977	2.114
1955	59,211	2,466,316	2.345
1960	76,269	2,857,159	2.600
1965	93,184	3,139,750	2.882
1970	119,936	3,634,605	3.194
1975	174,257	4,184,835	3.998
1980	242,682	4,898,034	4.721
1985	309,499	5,810,608	5.057
1990	391,898	6,843,900	5.416
1995	583,164	5,344,914	9.837
2000	1,197,920	6,827,783	14.926
2005	1,520,718	7,471,017	16.912
2010	1,735,198	8,511,644	16.934
2015	1,977,467	9,652,086	17.004
2020	2,281,330	10,805,843	17.432
2021	2,350,389	11,028,578	17.568
2022	2,422,469	11,247,444	17.721
2023	2,497,854	11,462,678	17.892
2024	2,576,901	11,674,765	18.081

Population
Urbanization

Rwanda population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	987,385	967,720	1,955,104	13.56	102.032
05-09	916,142	897,692	1,813,834	12.58	102.055
10-14	840,614	825,155	1,665,769	11.56	101.873
15-19	798,032	792,275	1,590,307	11.03	100.727
20-24	686,044	696,322	1,382,367	9.59	98.524
25-29	568,234	587,380	1,155,614	8.02	96.740
30-34	507,048	532,683	1,039,731	7.21	95.188
35-39	472,523	492,840	965,363	6.70	95.878
40-44	391,329	413,502	804,831	5.58	94.638
45-49	250,179	292,935	543,115	3.77	85.404
50-54	182,851	225,399	408,250	2.83	81.123
55-59	143,430	177,905	321,334	2.23	80.622
60-64	124,642	162,064	286,706	1.99	76.909
65-69	91,765	124,105	215,870	1.50	73.941
70-74	55,364	81,103	136,468	0.95	68.264
75-79	26,617	43,821	70,439	0.49	60.740
80-84	12,649	24,826	37,474	0.26	50.951
85-89	5,434	10,642	16,076	0.11	51.062
90-94	1,812	3,353	5,165	0.04	54.041
95-99	347	617	964	0.01	56.240
100+	48	83	131	0.00	57.831
Total	7,062,489	7,352,422	14,414,912		96.057

Population pyramid
Gender ratio