Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Rwanda

Population aged 15–64 in Rwanda in 2025 — 8,589,557 people. Ranked 75 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 495.9%.

2025 8.59M people +2.62% vs 2024
World rank 75of 217
Period maximum 8.59M people2025
Period minimum 1.44M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Rwanda, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,441,506 people1962: 1,487,910 people1964: 1,537,786 people1966: 1,645,863 people1968: 1,791,122 people1970: 1,945,669 people1972: 2,097,720 people1974: 2,254,418 people1976: 2,414,944 people1978: 2,568,269 people1980: 2,715,469 people1982: 2,867,187 people1984: 3,031,891 people1986: 3,211,216 people1988: 3,405,024 people1990: 3,594,298 people1992: 3,762,371 people1994: 3,244,429 people1996: 3,135,315 people1998: 3,949,847 people2000: 4,224,107 people2002: 4,473,954 people2004: 4,771,019 people2006: 5,062,142 people2008: 5,347,783 people2010: 5,659,120 people2012: 5,988,796 people2014: 6,330,080 people2016: 6,686,971 people2018: 7,071,989 people2020: 7,495,574 people2022: 7,934,223 people2024: 8,370,477 people2025: 8,589,557 people
Change over the period: +7.15M (+495.87%) Average annual rate: 2.78 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Rwanda

Rwanda 8.59M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Eastern Africa computed 290M people
Low-income countries computed 441M people
Population aged 15–64 — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.59M +219,080 +2.62%
2024 8.37M +214,537 +2.63%
2023 8.16M +221,717 +2.79%
2022 7.93M +221,017 +2.87%
2021 7.71M +217,632 +2.9%
2020 7.5M +215,737 +2.96%
2019 7.28M +207,848 +2.94%
2018 7.07M +196,890 +2.86%
2017 6.88M +188,128 +2.81%
2016 6.69M +181,345 +2.79%
2015 6.51M +175,546 +2.77%
2014 6.33M +172,521 +2.8%
2013 6.16M +168,763 +2.82%
2012 5.99M +165,391 +2.84%
2011 5.82M +164,285 +2.9%
2010 5.66M +159,900 +2.91%
2009 5.5M +151,437 +2.83%
2008 5.35M +144,144 +2.77%
2007 5.2M +141,497 +2.8%
2006 5.06M +143,156 +2.91%
2005 4.92M +147,967 +3.1%
2004 4.77M +154,124 +3.34%
2003 4.62M +142,941 +3.19%
2002 4.47M +124,318 +2.86%
2001 4.35M +125,529 +2.97%
2000 4.22M +134,159 +3.28%
1999 4.09M +140,101 +3.55%
1998 3.95M +251,886 +6.81%
1997 3.7M +562,646 +17.95%
1996 3.14M +537,881 +20.71%
1995 2.6M −646,995 −19.94%
1994 3.24M −686,627 −17.47%
1993 3.93M +168,685 +4.48%
1992 3.76M +92,788 +2.53%
1991 3.67M +75,285 +2.09%
1990 3.59M +87,041 +2.48%
1989 3.51M +102,233 +3%
1988 3.41M +98,817 +2.99%
1987 3.31M +94,991 +2.96%
1986 3.21M +91,445 +2.93%
1985 3.12M +87,880 +2.9%
1984 3.03M +84,180 +2.86%
1983 2.95M +80,524 +2.81%
1982 2.87M +77,130 +2.76%
1981 2.79M +74,588 +2.75%
1980 2.72M +73,462 +2.78%
1979 2.64M +73,738 +2.87%
1978 2.57M +75,284 +3.02%
1977 2.49M +78,041 +3.23%
1976 2.41M +80,260 +3.44%
1975 2.33M +80,266 +3.56%
1974 2.25M +79,066 +3.63%
1973 2.18M +77,632 +3.7%
1972 2.1M +75,829 +3.75%
1971 2.02M +76,222 +3.92%
1970 1.95M +77,486 +4.15%
1969 1.87M +77,061 +4.3%
1968 1.79M +75,448 +4.4%
1967 1.72M +69,811 +4.24%
1966 1.65M +60,659 +3.83%
1965 1.59M +47,418 +3.08%
1964 1.54M +29,111 +1.93%
1963 1.51M +20,765 +1.4%
1962 1.49M +22,480 +1.53%
1961 1.47M +23,924 +1.66%
1960 1.44M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.