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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Colombia was 52,886,363 in 2024 vs 132,059,767 people in Ethiopia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Colombia's population is 53,835,787 people compared to 138,227,398 in Ethiopia.

Population statistics:

  • Ethiopia's population is 2.57 times bigger than Colombia's.
  • Colombia is ranked the 28th most populous country in the world, while Ethiopia is the 10th.
  • The countries together account for 2.32% of the world: 0.65% for Colombia vs 1.67% for Ethiopia.
  • For the last 10 years, Colombia has had an average growth rate of +1.25% per year vs +2.71% in Ethiopia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Colombia has increased from 42.1M people to 53.8M (27.8% growth), while Ethiopia has grown from 78.4M to 138M (76.4% growth).
  • Colombia is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 59.4M people compared to the peak of 367M people in 2100 for Ethiopia.

Colombia vs Ethiopia: live population counter

Colombia Ethiopia
Current population
53835787
138227398
Population rank 28/197 10/197
Percent of world population 0.65% 1.67%
One net population change
55.8 seconds
9.36 seconds
One birth every
44.7 seconds
7.68 seconds
One death every
1.86 minutes
41.1 seconds
One migration net change every
3.71 minutes
17.5 minutes
Annual migration change +141,643 +30,069
Daily growth/decline +1,549 +9,228
Annual growth/decline +565,211 +3,368,075
Annual growth/decline rate +1.08% +2.62%
Population growth rate rank 98/197 26/197

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

Colombia
Population

Growth rate
Ethiopia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Colombia Ethiopia Colombia Ethiopia
1960 15,606,209 21,376,693 - -
1961 16,095,203 21,906,102 3.13% 2.48%
1962 16,599,029 22,465,126 3.13% 2.55%
1963 17,113,823 23,051,637 3.1% 2.61%
1964 17,637,411 23,666,548 3.06% 2.67%
1965 18,169,050 24,310,612 3.01% 2.72%
1966 18,702,688 24,952,689 2.94% 2.64%
1967 19,235,618 25,620,276 2.85% 2.68%
1968 19,766,796 26,337,930 2.76% 2.8%
1969 20,291,942 27,072,571 2.66% 2.79%
1970 20,811,782 27,829,128 2.56% 2.79%
1971 21,319,096 28,600,106 2.44% 2.77%
1972 21,819,563 29,374,608 2.35% 2.71%
1973 22,325,374 30,166,785 2.32% 2.7%
1974 22,833,469 30,957,273 2.28% 2.62%
1975 23,344,644 31,723,252 2.24% 2.47%
1976 23,858,810 32,534,418 2.2% 2.56%
1977 24,393,494 33,167,272 2.24% 1.95%
1978 24,950,337 33,734,592 2.28% 1.71%
1979 25,515,626 34,238,652 2.27% 1.49%
1980 26,104,498 34,428,514 2.31% 0.55%
1981 26,713,267 35,304,012 2.33% 2.54%
1982 27,338,331 36,701,290 2.34% 3.96%
1983 27,988,173 37,740,817 2.38% 2.83%
1984 28,642,690 38,735,722 2.34% 2.64%
1985 29,268,470 39,842,136 2.18% 2.86%
1986 29,879,112 41,037,656 2.09% 3%
1987 30,499,467 42,460,039 2.08% 3.47%
1988 31,130,524 44,150,825 2.07% 3.98%
1989 31,776,279 45,879,690 2.07% 3.92%
1990 32,440,069 47,609,755 2.09% 3.77%
1991 33,098,372 49,717,198 2.03% 4.43%
1992 33,760,571 51,853,747 2% 4.3%
1993 34,441,473 53,708,891 2.02% 3.58%
1994 35,127,410 55,611,508 1.99% 3.54%
1995 35,804,662 57,537,335 1.93% 3.46%
1996 36,462,745 59,467,635 1.84% 3.35%
1997 37,121,149 61,404,539 1.81% 3.26%
1998 37,792,165 63,363,524 1.81% 3.19%
1999 38,454,863 65,374,561 1.75% 3.17%
2000 39,089,934 67,411,494 1.65% 3.12%
2001 39,709,262 69,487,762 1.58% 3.08%
2002 40,324,680 71,635,517 1.55% 3.09%
2003 40,937,429 73,832,663 1.52% 3.07%
2004 41,543,171 76,077,206 1.48% 3.04%
2005 42,128,977 78,367,470 1.41% 3.01%
2006 42,691,084 80,703,490 1.33% 2.98%
2007 43,235,374 83,103,217 1.27% 2.97%
2008 43,758,808 85,543,668 1.21% 2.94%
2009 44,271,541 88,007,636 1.17% 2.88%
2010 44,777,319 90,538,514 1.14% 2.88%
2011 45,259,614 93,149,970 1.08% 2.88%
2012 45,715,810 95,798,767 1.01% 2.84%
2013 46,151,584 98,438,751 0.95% 2.76%
2014 46,565,429 101,115,610 0.9% 2.72%
2015 46,969,940 103,867,135 0.87% 2.72%
2016 47,437,512 106,718,162 1% 2.74%
2017 48,131,078 109,666,481 1.46% 2.76%
2018 49,024,465 112,664,152 1.86% 2.73%
2019 49,907,985 115,737,383 1.8% 2.73%
2020 50,629,997 118,917,671 1.45% 2.75%
2021 51,188,173 122,138,588 1.1% 2.71%
2022 51,737,944 125,384,287 1.07% 2.66%
2023 52,321,152 128,691,692 1.13% 2.64%
2024 52,886,363 132,059,767 1.08% 2.62%
2025 53,425,632 135,472,043 1.02% 2.58%
2026 53,936,234 138,902,180 0.96% 2.53%
2027 54,422,275 142,364,798 0.9% 2.49%
2028 54,885,123 145,841,255 0.85% 2.44%
2029 55,322,627 149,336,056 0.8% 2.4%
2030 55,736,477 152,855,352 0.75% 2.36%
2031 56,125,966 156,382,425 0.7% 2.31%
2032 56,490,496 159,923,895 0.65% 2.26%
2033 56,832,264 163,453,311 0.61% 2.21%
2034 57,151,619 166,978,790 0.56% 2.16%
2035 57,445,755 170,532,952 0.51% 2.13%
2036 57,716,869 174,097,772 0.47% 2.09%
2037 57,965,300 177,661,132 0.43% 2.05%
2038 58,190,082 181,235,892 0.39% 2.01%
2039 58,394,310 184,835,102 0.35% 1.99%
2040 58,576,452 188,450,900 0.31% 1.96%
2041 58,736,886 192,068,629 0.27% 1.92%
2042 58,878,126 195,695,295 0.24% 1.89%
2043 59,000,362 199,347,978 0.21% 1.87%
2044 59,104,592 203,014,368 0.18% 1.84%
2045 59,190,826 206,673,625 0.15% 1.8%
2046 59,259,758 210,337,847 0.12% 1.77%
2047 59,313,132 214,023,504 0.09% 1.75%
2048 59,351,262 217,710,204 0.06% 1.72%
2049 59,375,012 221,377,329 0.04% 1.68%
2050 59,385,355 225,021,865 0.02% 1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.

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