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	11,787,423	128,691,692	0.92%	2.64%
2024	11,876,844	132,059,767	0.76%	2.62%
2025	11,896,918	135,472,043	0.17%	2.58%
2026	11,913,154	138,902,180	0.14%	2.53%
2027	11,927,312	142,364,798	0.12%	2.49%
2028	11,940,447	145,841,255	0.11%	2.44%
2029	11,952,623	149,336,056	0.1%	2.4%
2030	11,963,228	152,855,352	0.09%	2.36%
2031	11,972,203	156,382,425	0.08%	2.31%
2032	11,980,413	159,923,895	0.07%	2.26%
2033	11,988,622	163,453,311	0.07%	2.21%
2034	11,996,340	166,978,790	0.06%	2.16%
2035	12,003,132	170,532,952	0.06%	2.13%
2036	12,009,585	174,097,772	0.05%	2.09%
2037	12,016,237	177,661,132	0.06%	2.05%
2038	12,022,688	181,235,892	0.05%	2.01%
2039	12,027,954	184,835,102	0.04%	1.99%
2040	12,032,091	188,450,900	0.03%	1.96%
2041	12,035,890	192,068,629	0.03%	1.92%
2042	12,038,939	195,695,295	0.03%	1.89%
2043	12,040,642	199,347,978	0.01%	1.87%
2044	12,041,547	203,014,368	0.008%	1.84%
2045	12,040,973	206,673,625	-0.005%	1.8%
2046	12,038,516	210,337,847	-0.02%	1.77%
2047	12,034,474	214,023,504	-0.03%	1.75%
2048	12,028,475	217,710,204	-0.05%	1.72%
2049	12,020,405	221,377,329	-0.07%	1.68%
2050	12,010,542	225,021,865	-0.08%	1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd in 2025. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2005 and ranked 10th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Belgium's population will grow by 0.84% to 12,010,542 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.