Rwanda Death Rate 1950-2025

NOTE: All death rate data after 2019 are United Nations projections and therefore DO NOT include any impacts from COVID-19.
Chart and table of the Rwanda death rate from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
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Country Name 2025 Death Rate
Central African Republic 11.013
Chad 10.932
Sierra Leone 10.500
Somalia 9.858
South Sudan 9.679
Guinea-Bissau 8.672
Mali 8.298
Haiti 8.210
Benin 7.984
Togo 7.714
Zimbabwe 7.496
Guinea 7.421
Mozambique 7.287
Burundi 7.030
Niger 7.017
Burkina Faso 6.928
Liberia 6.913
Gambia 6.852
Comoros 6.822
Eritrea 6.352
Nepal 6.240
Yemen 5.877
Uganda 5.831
Ethiopia 5.807
Tanzania 5.749
Afghanistan 5.746
Malawi 5.724
Madagascar 5.421
Senegal 5.078
Rwanda 4.835
Tajikistan 4.600
Rwanda - Historical Death Rate Data
Year Death Rate Growth Rate
2025 4.835 -0.760%
2024 4.872 -0.730%
2023 4.908 -1.640%
2022 4.990 -1.620%
2021 5.072 -1.570%
2020 5.153 -1.570%
2019 5.235 -1.540%
2018 5.317 -3.430%
2017 5.506 -3.320%
2016 5.695 -3.210%
2015 5.884 -3.110%
2014 6.073 -3.020%
2013 6.262 -8.180%
2012 6.820 -7.560%
2011 7.378 -7.030%
2010 7.936 -6.570%
2009 8.494 -6.160%
2008 9.052 -10.980%
2007 10.169 -9.900%
2006 11.286 -9.010%
2005 12.404 -8.260%
2004 13.521 -7.630%
2003 14.638 -2.860%
2002 15.069 -2.790%
2001 15.501 -2.710%
2000 15.932 -2.640%
1999 16.364 -2.570%
1998 16.795 -26.590%
1997 22.879 -21.010%
1996 28.963 -17.360%
1995 35.046 -14.790%
1994 41.130 -12.890%
1993 47.214 14.880%
1992 41.097 17.490%
1991 34.980 21.190%
1990 28.863 26.890%
1989 22.746 36.790%
1988 16.629 0.480%
1987 16.549 0.490%
1986 16.469 0.490%
1985 16.388 0.490%
1984 16.308 0.490%
1983 16.228 -3.750%
1982 16.860 -3.610%
1981 17.492 -3.490%
1980 18.124 -3.370%
1979 18.756 -3.260%
1978 19.388 -0.750%
1977 19.534 -0.740%
1976 19.680 -0.740%
1975 19.827 -0.730%
1974 19.973 -0.730%
1973 20.119 -0.200%
1972 20.160 -0.200%
1971 20.200 -0.200%
1970 20.241 -0.200%
1969 20.281 -0.200%
1968 20.322 -1.540%
1967 20.640 -1.520%
1966 20.958 -1.500%
1965 21.277 -1.470%
1964 21.595 -1.450%
1963 21.913 -1.440%
1962 22.233 -1.420%
1961 22.553 -1.400%
1960 22.874 -1.380%
1959 23.194 -1.360%
1958 23.514 -1.090%
1957 23.773 -1.080%
1956 24.032 -1.070%
1955 24.292 -1.050%
1954 24.551 -1.040%
1953 24.810 -1.030%
1952 25.069 -1.020%
1951 25.328 -1.020%
1950 25.588 0.000%