Guinea vs Rwanda: Population by world region

Guinea
32.01 million people
in 2100
Rwanda
32.78 million people
in 2100
Guinea rank
65th
Rwanda rank
64th

Population by world region over time

  • Guinea
  • Rwanda
010.0M20.0M30.0M100015502100

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 32.78 million people against 32.01 million people in Guinea, a difference of 772,400 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 65th and Rwanda ranks 64th of 239 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 37 and Rwanda in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Rwanda Difference Ahead
1000s 546,408 people 288,000 people 258,408 people Guinea
1100s 624,466 people 350,400 people 274,066 people Guinea
1200s 713,676 people 412,800 people 300,876 people Guinea
1300s 815,629 people 475,200 people 340,429 people Guinea
1400s 932,148 people 537,600 people 394,548 people Guinea
1500s 1.07 million people 600,000 people 465,310 people Guinea
1600s 1.22 million people 660,000 people 557,500 people Guinea
1700s 1.39 million people 720,000 people 671,430 people Guinea
1710s 1.40 million people 736,737 people 665,913 people Guinea
1720s 1.41 million people 745,120 people 669,320 people Guinea
1730s 1.43 million people 753,971 people 672,869 people Guinea
1740s 1.44 million people 763,339 people 676,591 people Guinea
1750s 1.45 million people 773,281 people 680,499 people Guinea
1760s 1.47 million people 783,864 people 684,596 people Guinea
1770s 1.48 million people 795,163 people 688,927 people Guinea
1780s 1.50 million people 807,272 people 693,488 people Guinea
1790s 1.52 million people 820,301 people 698,329 people Guinea
1800s 983,959 people 928,368 people 55,591 people Guinea
1810s 983,988 people 928,674 people 55,315 people Guinea
1820s 990,668 people 1.00 million people 11,027 people Rwanda
1830s 1.01 million people 1.18 million people 172,572 people Rwanda
1840s 1.02 million people 1.39 million people 365,894 people Rwanda
1850s 1.06 million people 1.52 million people 456,487 people Rwanda
1860s 1.14 million people 1.53 million people 388,857 people Rwanda
1870s 1.25 million people 1.55 million people 301,175 people Rwanda
1880s 1.36 million people 1.58 million people 219,208 people Rwanda
1890s 1.47 million people 1.57 million people 94,305 people Rwanda
1900s 1.59 million people 1.46 million people 131,440 people Guinea
1910s 1.75 million people 1.37 million people 375,292 people Guinea
1920s 1.98 million people 1.44 million people 545,407 people Guinea
1930s 2.31 million people 1.66 million people 654,897 people Guinea
1940s 2.71 million people 1.94 million people 766,613 people Guinea
1950s 3.25 million people 2.53 million people 712,949 people Guinea
1960s 3.86 million people 3.41 million people 455,461 people Guinea
1970s 4.62 million people 4.56 million people 58,305 people Guinea
1980s 5.58 million people 6.24 million people 654,445 people Rwanda
1990s 7.41 million people 7.37 million people 39,419 people Guinea
2000s 9.20 million people 9.01 million people 189,471 people Guinea
2010s 11.66 million people 11.52 million people 139,950 people Guinea
2020s 14.92 million people 14.43 million people 487,860 people Guinea
2030s 18.32 million people 17.59 million people 729,230 people Guinea
2040s 21.64 million people 20.96 million people 683,330 people Guinea
2050s 24.76 million people 24.01 million people 753,420 people Guinea
2060s 27.45 million people 26.78 million people 667,750 people Guinea
2070s 29.54 million people 29.08 million people 452,480 people Guinea
2080s 31.00 million people 30.90 million people 99,690 people Guinea
2090s 31.79 million people 32.26 million people 470,030 people Rwanda
2100s 32.01 million people 32.78 million people 772,400 people Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Guinea or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 32.78 million people against 32.01 million people in Guinea as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Guinea and Rwanda?
772,400 people, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Rwanda?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Guinea and Rwanda rank globally for population by world region?
Guinea ranks 65th and Rwanda ranks 64th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population by world region
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.