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How many babies are born in Rwanda?

409 thousand babies born in Rwanda in 2026. That is 0.31% of all births worldwide, and the 61st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Rwanda: history and projections

1K10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Rwanda’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~420 ~9.6K 44.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~12K ~290K 42.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~25K ~600K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~45.1K ~928K 48.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~73.6K ~1.52M 48.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 126K 2.16M 58.3 UN estimate
2000 346K 8.21M 42.1 UN estimate
2023 396K 14M 28.4 UN estimate
2026 409K 14.9M 27.5 UN projection
2050 460K 22.7M 20.3 UN projection
2075 447K 29.2M 15.3 UN projection
2100 401K 32.8M 12.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Rwanda among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 396K. That is roughly 939 times the estimated ~421 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.54 children per woman, fertility in Rwanda is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Rwanda each year?

An estimated 409 thousand babies are born in Rwanda in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,120 a day and 0.31% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Rwanda?

Rwanda has an estimated 27.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.54 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.