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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Ethiopia	Chad	Ethiopia
1960	3,049,838	21,376,693	-	-
1961	3,111,947	21,906,102	2.04%	2.48%
1962	3,175,598	22,465,126	2.05%	2.55%
1963	3,240,905	23,051,637	2.06%	2.61%
1964	3,307,479	23,666,548	2.05%	2.67%
1965	3,374,220	24,310,612	2.02%	2.72%
1966	3,440,903	24,952,689	1.98%	2.64%
1967	3,508,512	25,620,276	1.96%	2.68%
1968	3,578,231	26,337,930	1.99%	2.8%
1969	3,651,113	27,072,571	2.04%	2.79%
1970	3,727,828	27,829,128	2.1%	2.79%
1971	3,807,316	28,600,106	2.13%	2.77%
1972	3,893,252	29,374,608	2.26%	2.71%
1973	3,985,909	30,166,785	2.38%	2.7%
1974	4,078,356	30,957,273	2.32%	2.62%
1975	4,167,234	31,723,252	2.18%	2.47%
1976	4,251,297	32,534,418	2.02%	2.56%
1977	4,331,667	33,167,272	1.89%	1.95%
1978	4,411,366	33,734,592	1.84%	1.71%
1979	4,505,384	34,238,652	2.13%	1.49%
1980	4,515,453	34,428,514	0.22%	0.55%
1981	4,520,959	35,304,012	0.12%	2.54%
1982	4,738,483	36,701,290	4.81%	3.96%
1983	4,979,130	37,740,817	5.08%	2.83%
1984	5,045,145	38,735,722	1.33%	2.64%
1985	5,096,269	39,842,136	1.01%	2.86%
1986	5,251,069	41,037,656	3.04%	3%
1987	5,438,309	42,460,039	3.57%	3.47%
1988	5,625,602	44,150,825	3.44%	3.98%
1989	5,819,586	45,879,690	3.45%	3.92%
1990	5,982,833	47,609,755	2.81%	3.77%
1991	6,205,676	49,717,198	3.72%	4.43%
1992	6,474,656	51,853,747	4.33%	4.3%
1993	6,629,146	53,708,891	2.39%	3.58%
1994	6,783,450	55,611,508	2.33%	3.54%
1995	7,089,064	57,537,335	4.51%	3.46%
1996	7,410,108	59,467,635	4.53%	3.35%
1997	7,670,366	61,404,539	3.51%	3.26%
1998	7,938,840	63,363,524	3.5%	3.19%
1999	8,222,705	65,374,561	3.58%	3.17%
2000	8,512,093	67,411,494	3.52%	3.12%
2001	8,804,124	69,487,762	3.43%	3.08%
2002	9,116,192	71,635,517	3.54%	3.09%
2003	9,487,833	73,832,663	4.08%	3.07%
2004	9,920,036	76,077,206	4.56%	3.04%
2005	10,328,092	78,367,470	4.11%	3.01%
2006	10,706,424	80,703,490	3.66%	2.98%
2007	11,081,660	83,103,217	3.5%	2.97%
2008	11,476,296	85,543,668	3.56%	2.94%
2009	11,893,754	88,007,636	3.64%	2.88%
2010	12,312,575	90,538,514	3.52%	2.88%
2011	12,754,997	93,149,970	3.59%	2.88%
2012	13,210,998	95,798,767	3.58%	2.84%
2013	13,691,079	98,438,751	3.63%	2.76%
2014	14,188,678	101,115,610	3.63%	2.72%
2015	14,647,621	103,867,135	3.23%	2.72%
2016	15,114,655	106,718,162	3.19%	2.74%
2017	15,622,759	109,666,481	3.36%	2.76%
2018	16,156,531	112,664,152	3.42%	2.73%
2019	16,685,223	115,737,383	3.27%	2.73%
2020	17,224,679	118,917,671	3.23%	2.75%
2021	17,828,273	122,138,588	3.5%	2.71%
2022	18,455,316	125,384,287	3.52%	2.66%
2023	19,319,064	128,691,692	4.68%	2.64%
2024	20,299,123	132,059,767	5.07%	2.62%
2025	21,003,694	135,472,043	3.47%	2.58%
2026	21,560,377	138,902,180	2.65%	2.53%
2027	22,175,373	142,364,798	2.85%	2.49%
2028	22,847,740	145,841,255	3.03%	2.44%
2029	23,526,035	149,336,056	2.97%	2.4%
2030	24,207,481	152,855,352	2.9%	2.36%
2031	24,897,231	156,382,425	2.85%	2.31%
2032	25,596,224	159,923,895	2.81%	2.26%
2033	26,297,830	163,453,311	2.74%	2.21%
2034	26,997,395	166,978,790	2.66%	2.16%
2035	27,697,268	170,532,952	2.59%	2.13%
2036	28,410,489	174,097,772	2.58%	2.09%
2037	29,132,961	177,661,132	2.54%	2.05%
2038	29,856,451	181,235,892	2.48%	2.01%
2039	30,584,696	184,835,102	2.44%	1.99%
2040	31,307,329	188,450,900	2.36%	1.96%
2041	32,035,111	192,068,629	2.32%	1.92%
2042	32,777,662	195,695,295	2.32%	1.89%
2043	33,525,238	199,347,978	2.28%	1.87%
2044	34,272,313	203,014,368	2.23%	1.84%
2045	35,026,384	206,673,625	2.2%	1.8%
2046	35,788,056	210,337,847	2.17%	1.77%
2047	36,546,910	214,023,504	2.12%	1.75%
2048	37,317,460	217,710,204	2.11%	1.72%
2049	38,088,916	221,377,329	2.07%	1.68%
2050	38,857,671	225,021,865	2.02%	1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th 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) Chad's population will grow by 81.1% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.