Population in Belgium compared to Ethiopia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Belgium and Ethiopia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	Ethiopia	Belgium	Ethiopia
1960	9,153,489	21,376,693	-	-
1961	9,183,948	21,906,102	0.33%	2.48%
1962	9,220,578	22,465,126	0.4%	2.55%
1963	9,289,770	23,051,637	0.75%	2.61%
1964	9,378,113	23,666,548	0.95%	2.67%
1965	9,463,667	24,310,612	0.91%	2.72%
1966	9,527,807	24,952,689	0.68%	2.64%
1967	9,580,991	25,620,276	0.56%	2.68%
1968	9,618,756	26,337,930	0.39%	2.8%
1969	9,646,032	27,072,571	0.28%	2.79%
1970	9,655,549	27,829,128	0.1%	2.79%
1971	9,673,162	28,600,106	0.18%	2.77%
1972	9,711,115	29,374,608	0.39%	2.71%
1973	9,741,720	30,166,785	0.32%	2.7%
1974	9,772,419	30,957,273	0.32%	2.62%
1975	9,800,700	31,723,252	0.29%	2.47%
1976	9,818,227	32,534,418	0.18%	2.56%
1977	9,830,358	33,167,272	0.12%	1.95%
1978	9,839,534	33,734,592	0.09%	1.71%
1979	9,848,382	34,238,652	0.09%	1.49%
1980	9,859,242	34,428,514	0.11%	0.55%
1981	9,858,982	35,304,012	-0.003%	2.54%
1982	9,856,303	36,701,290	-0.03%	3.96%
1983	9,855,520	37,740,817	-0.008%	2.83%
1984	9,855,372	38,735,722	-0.002%	2.64%
1985	9,858,308	39,842,136	0.03%	2.86%
1986	9,861,823	41,037,656	0.04%	3%
1987	9,870,234	42,460,039	0.09%	3.47%
1988	9,901,664	44,150,825	0.32%	3.98%
1989	9,937,697	45,879,690	0.36%	3.92%
1990	9,967,379	47,609,755	0.3%	3.77%
1991	10,004,486	49,717,198	0.37%	4.43%
1992	10,045,158	51,853,747	0.41%	4.3%
1993	10,084,475	53,708,891	0.39%	3.58%
1994	10,115,603	55,611,508	0.31%	3.54%
1995	10,136,811	57,537,335	0.21%	3.46%
1996	10,156,637	59,467,635	0.2%	3.35%
1997	10,181,245	61,404,539	0.24%	3.26%
1998	10,203,008	63,363,524	0.21%	3.19%
1999	10,226,419	65,374,561	0.23%	3.17%
2000	10,251,250	67,411,494	0.24%	3.12%
2001	10,286,570	69,487,762	0.34%	3.08%
2002	10,332,785	71,635,517	0.45%	3.09%
2003	10,376,133	73,832,663	0.42%	3.07%
2004	10,421,137	76,077,206	0.43%	3.04%
2005	10,478,617	78,367,470	0.55%	3.01%
2006	10,547,958	80,703,490	0.66%	2.98%
2007	10,625,700	83,103,217	0.74%	2.97%
2008	10,709,973	85,543,668	0.79%	2.94%
2009	10,796,493	88,007,636	0.81%	2.88%
2010	10,895,586	90,538,514	0.92%	2.88%
2011	11,038,264	93,149,970	1.31%	2.88%
2012	11,106,932	95,798,767	0.62%	2.84%
2013	11,159,407	98,438,751	0.47%	2.76%
2014	11,209,057	101,115,610	0.44%	2.72%
2015	11,274,196	103,867,135	0.58%	2.72%
2016	11,331,422	106,718,162	0.51%	2.74%
2017	11,375,158	109,666,481	0.39%	2.76%
2018	11,427,054	112,664,152	0.46%	2.73%
2019	11,488,980	115,737,383	0.54%	2.73%
2020	11,538,604	118,917,671	0.43%	2.75%
2021	11,586,195	122,138,588	0.41%	2.71%
2022	11,680,210	125,384,287	0.81%	2.66%
2023	11,779,946	128,691,692	0.85%	2.64%
2024	11,858,610	132,059,767	0.67%	2.62%
2025	11,878,653	135,472,043	0.17%	2.58%
2026	11,894,864	138,902,180	0.14%	2.53%
2027	11,909,001	142,364,798	0.12%	2.49%
2028	11,922,115	145,841,255	0.11%	2.44%
2029	11,934,272	149,336,056	0.1%	2.4%
2030	11,944,861	152,855,352	0.09%	2.36%
2031	11,953,823	156,382,425	0.08%	2.31%
2032	11,962,020	159,923,895	0.07%	2.26%
2033	11,970,216	163,453,311	0.07%	2.21%
2034	11,977,922	166,978,790	0.06%	2.16%
2035	11,984,704	170,532,952	0.06%	2.13%
2036	11,991,147	174,097,772	0.05%	2.09%
2037	11,997,789	177,661,132	0.06%	2.05%
2038	12,004,230	181,235,892	0.05%	2.01%
2039	12,009,488	184,835,102	0.04%	1.99%
2040	12,013,619	188,450,900	0.03%	1.96%
2041	12,017,411	192,068,629	0.03%	1.92%
2042	12,020,456	195,695,295	0.03%	1.89%
2043	12,022,156	199,347,978	0.01%	1.87%
2044	12,023,061	203,014,368	0.008%	1.84%
2045	12,022,487	206,673,625	-0.005%	1.8%
2046	12,020,034	210,337,847	-0.02%	1.77%
2047	12,015,998	214,023,504	-0.03%	1.75%
2048	12,010,009	217,710,204	-0.05%	1.72%
2049	12,001,950	221,377,329	-0.07%	1.68%
2050	11,992,103	225,021,865	-0.08%	1.65%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belgium increased by 783,464 people (a 7.43% growth), while Ethiopia gained 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belgium gained 563,596 (a 4.97% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2006 and is 83rd in 2026. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2006 and ranked 10th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belgium's population will grow by 0.82% to 11,992,103 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of Ethiopia will increase by 62% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.