Urban population rose 3.20% to 2.36 mil in Rwanda in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Rwanda reached an all time high of 2.36 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.077 mil in 1960. When compared to Rwanda's main peers, urban population in Burundi amounted to 1.76 mil, 22.9 mil in Tanzania, 11.7 mil in Uganda and 44.3 mil in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2021.
Rwanda has been ranked 127th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | mil | 17.8 | 18.7 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 21.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | mil | 1.30 | 1.35 | 1.42 | 1.50 | 1.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | mil | 1.94 | 1.99 | 2.05 | 2.11 | 2.18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | mil | 3.32 | 3.42 | 3.53 | 3.64 | 3.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | mil | 33.6 | 35.3 | 37.0 | 38.7 | 40.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | mil | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | mil | 9.23 | 9.67 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 11.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | mil | 1.98 | 2.03 | 2.09 | 2.16 | 2.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | mil | 2.11 | 2.11 | 2.06 | 2.04 | 2.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | mil | 16.6 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 19.6 | 20.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | mil | 8.27 | 8.77 | 9.31 | 9.87 | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | mil | 6.81 | 7.12 | 7.43 | 7.76 | 8.10 |
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