Rwanda - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Rwanda was 1,169,889 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,169,889 in 2021 and a minimum value of 34,319 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 34,319
1961 36,251
1962 38,295
1963 40,453
1964 42,737
1965 45,143
1966 47,688
1967 50,377
1968 53,220
1969 56,217
1970 59,386
1971 64,353
1972 69,910
1973 75,929
1974 82,475
1975 89,586
1976 97,321
1977 105,700
1978 114,813
1979 121,567
1980 128,266
1981 135,315
1982 142,761
1983 150,617
1984 158,917
1985 167,650
1986 176,875
1987 186,609
1988 196,892
1989 207,712
1990 219,142
1991 231,201
1992 250,130
1993 271,500
1994 294,729
1995 319,946
1996 347,360
1997 379,052
1998 415,010
1999 454,380
2000 497,546
2001 544,678
2002 596,348
2003 622,065
2004 644,520
2005 667,720
2006 691,789
2007 716,725
2008 742,597
2009 769,327
2010 797,059
2011 825,790
2012 855,599
2013 886,397
2014 918,304
2015 951,359
2016 985,604
2017 1,021,081
2018 1,057,836
2019 1,094,796
2020 1,132,101
2021 1,169,889

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Rwanda was 50.17 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 59.44 in 1991, while its lowest value was 41.80 in 2001.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 44.96
1961 45.56
1962 46.29
1963 47.10
1964 47.83
1965 48.41
1966 48.80
1967 49.04
1968 49.18
1969 49.31
1970 49.48
1971 49.83
1972 50.22
1973 50.63
1974 51.01
1975 51.34
1976 51.64
1977 51.91
1978 52.14
1979 52.44
1980 52.72
1981 53.05
1982 53.44
1983 53.79
1984 53.97
1985 53.93
1986 53.54
1987 52.95
1988 52.71
1989 53.43
1990 55.51
1991 59.44
1992 59.35
1993 59.27
1994 58.48
1995 55.73
1996 50.79
1997 47.36
1998 45.00
1999 43.07
2000 42.02
2001 41.80
2002 42.18
2003 43.00
2004 43.91
2005 44.66
2006 45.22
2007 45.67
2008 46.07
2009 46.45
2010 46.88
2011 47.36
2012 47.87
2013 48.38
2014 48.83
2015 49.21
2016 49.52
2017 49.77
2018 49.96
2019 50.08
2020 50.14
2021 50.17

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization