Rwanda vs Zimbabwe: Natural population growth rate

Rwanda

2.2%

in 2023

Zimbabwe

2.3%

in 2023

Rwanda rank

36th

Zimbabwe rank

33rd

Natural population growth rate over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 2.3% against 2.2% in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.

Rwanda ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 33rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Natural population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.