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Rwanda – Birth Rate

Name: Rwanda Birth Rate
Creator: World Bank
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people. Number of live births occurring during the year per 1,000 midyear population. · World Bank

28.3 −0.5 from 2022 G20 rank: 180th · all-time high: 52.9 (1960)

APA

Rwanda Birth Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/rwanda/birth-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_rwanda_birth-rate,
  title = {Rwanda Birth Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/rwanda/birth-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	26.6	–	–
2025* trend	27.1	–	–
2023	28.3	−0.5	180th
2022	28.9	−0.5	181st
2021	29.4	−0.6	181st
2020	30.0	−0.7	184th
2019	30.7	−0.6	183rd
2018	31.2	−0.4	182nd
2017	31.7	−0.3	180th
2016	32.0	−0.1	178th
2015	32.1	−0.1	177th
2014	32.2	−0.2	175th
2013	32.4	−0.4	174th
2012	32.9	−0.9	175th
2011	33.8	−1.3	176th
2010	35.1	−1.2	179th
2009	36.3	−1.3	180th
2008	37.6	−1.2	184th
2007	38.8	−1.0	187th
2006	39.9	−0.8	191st
2005	40.6	−0.5	195th
2004	41.1	−0.3	195th
2003	41.4	−0.4	196th
2002	41.8	−0.3	198th
2001	42.1	+0.0	198th
2000	42.1	−0.0	197th
1999	42.1	−0.0	192nd
1998	42.2	+1.6	192nd
1997	40.5	+3.3	183rd
1996	37.2	−2.3	172nd
1995	39.5	−8.5	180th
1994	48.0	+6.5	208th
1993	41.5	−0.7	182nd
1992	42.2	−0.5	182nd
1991	42.8	−1.3	183rd
1990	44.1	−1.2	188th
1989	45.3	−1.3	190th
1988	46.6	−1.3	194th
1987	47.8	−1.2	199th
1986	49.0	−1.2	205th
1985	50.2	−0.9	208th
1984	51.1	−0.7	211th
1983	51.8	−0.6	213th
1982	52.4	−0.3	213th
1981	52.7	+0.0	212th
1980	52.7	+0.2	210th
1979	52.5	+0.5	213th
1978	52.1	+0.4	211th
1977	51.6	+0.5	210th
1976	51.1	+0.7	208th
1975	50.4	+0.4	205th
1974	50.0	+0.6	203rd
1973	49.4	+0.6	201st
1972	48.9	+0.4	198th
1971	48.5	+0.2	197th
1970	48.2	+0.3	196th
1969	47.9	+0.3	192nd
1968	47.6	+0.1	184th
1967	47.4	−0.1	179th
1966	47.6	−0.4	181st
1965	48.0	−0.8	188th
1964	48.8	−1.0	195th
1963	49.8	−1.1	200th
1962	50.9	−1.1	203rd
1961	52.0	−0.9	207th
1960	52.9	–	210th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Orthodox Tightening Cycle

Inflation above 40%, lending rate above 30%, rate-inflation gap narrowing, reserves stable or rising. Signals credible monetary tightening.

Inflation 19.8% Rate 16.1% Gap -3.7pp Reserves YoY +6.3%

This pattern occurred 271 times in G20 history, 157 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Rate

19.4%

Gap

-8.8pp

Reserves YoY

+2.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Rate

61.7%

Gap

-158.2pp

Reserves YoY

+28.1%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Rate

24.3%

Gap

-4.0pp

Reserves YoY

+35.8%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2023

Inflation

33.9%

Rate

17.8%

Gap

-16.1pp

Reserves YoY

+2.9%

Gambia, The 2023

Inflation

17.0%

Rate

20.8%

Gap

+3.8pp

Reserves YoY

+1.5%

Hungary 2023

Inflation

17.1%

Rate

15.3%

Gap

-1.8pp

Reserves YoY

+10.9%

HistorySaid

Rwanda's birth rate peaked at 52.9 in 1960. The 2023 reading of 28.3 is -46.4% below that level. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 27.1 by 2025.