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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Ethiopia	Egypt	Ethiopia
1960	26,896,479	21,376,693	-	-
1961	27,600,898	21,906,102	2.62%	2.48%
1962	28,337,013	22,465,126	2.67%	2.55%
1963	29,091,869	23,051,637	2.66%	2.61%
1964	29,858,922	23,666,548	2.64%	2.67%
1965	30,629,174	24,310,612	2.58%	2.72%
1966	31,406,541	24,952,689	2.54%	2.64%
1967	32,196,360	25,620,276	2.51%	2.68%
1968	32,998,319	26,337,930	2.49%	2.8%
1969	33,811,615	27,072,571	2.46%	2.79%
1970	34,623,990	27,829,128	2.4%	2.79%
1971	35,433,368	28,600,106	2.34%	2.77%
1972	36,258,328	29,374,608	2.33%	2.71%
1973	37,102,043	30,166,785	2.33%	2.7%
1974	37,969,667	30,957,273	2.34%	2.62%
1975	38,875,327	31,723,252	2.39%	2.47%
1976	39,795,557	32,534,418	2.37%	2.56%
1977	40,748,870	33,167,272	2.4%	1.95%
1978	41,761,431	33,734,592	2.48%	1.71%
1979	42,818,628	34,238,652	2.53%	1.49%
1980	43,950,413	34,428,514	2.64%	0.55%
1981	45,147,224	35,304,012	2.72%	2.54%
1982	46,407,611	36,701,290	2.79%	3.96%
1983	47,786,402	37,740,817	2.97%	2.83%
1984	49,247,334	38,735,722	3.06%	2.64%
1985	50,734,968	39,842,136	3.02%	2.86%
1986	52,206,295	41,037,656	2.9%	3%
1987	53,674,435	42,460,039	2.81%	3.47%
1988	55,187,681	44,150,825	2.82%	3.98%
1989	56,710,642	45,879,690	2.76%	3.92%
1990	58,396,618	47,609,755	2.97%	3.77%
1991	60,028,997	49,717,198	2.8%	4.43%
1992	61,480,660	51,853,747	2.42%	4.3%
1993	62,915,681	53,708,891	2.33%	3.58%
1994	64,285,589	55,611,508	2.18%	3.54%
1995	65,652,622	57,537,335	2.13%	3.46%
1996	67,028,048	59,467,635	2.1%	3.35%
1997	68,431,740	61,404,539	2.09%	3.26%
1998	69,943,294	63,363,524	2.21%	3.19%
1999	71,520,954	65,374,561	2.26%	3.17%
2000	73,083,284	67,411,494	2.18%	3.12%
2001	74,652,029	69,487,762	2.15%	3.08%
2002	76,239,137	71,635,517	2.13%	3.09%
2003	77,853,548	73,832,663	2.12%	3.07%
2004	79,477,443	76,077,206	2.09%	3.04%
2005	81,101,004	78,367,470	2.04%	3.01%
2006	82,700,403	80,703,490	1.97%	2.98%
2007	84,276,225	83,103,217	1.91%	2.97%
2008	85,864,789	85,543,668	1.88%	2.94%
2009	87,501,636	88,007,636	1.91%	2.88%
2010	89,196,072	90,538,514	1.94%	2.88%
2011	91,093,059	93,149,970	2.13%	2.88%
2012	93,161,001	95,798,767	2.27%	2.84%
2013	95,333,553	98,438,751	2.33%	2.76%
2014	97,528,654	101,115,610	2.3%	2.72%
2015	99,597,342	103,867,135	2.12%	2.72%
2016	101,644,589	106,718,162	2.06%	2.74%
2017	103,696,057	109,666,481	2.02%	2.76%
2018	105,682,094	112,664,152	1.92%	2.73%
2019	107,553,158	115,737,383	1.77%	2.73%
2020	109,315,124	118,917,671	1.64%	2.75%
2021	110,957,008	122,138,588	1.5%	2.71%
2022	112,618,250	125,384,287	1.5%	2.66%
2023	114,535,772	128,691,692	1.7%	2.64%
2024	116,538,258	132,059,767	1.75%	2.62%
2025	118,365,997	135,472,043	1.57%	2.58%
2026	120,101,181	138,902,180	1.47%	2.53%
2027	121,847,622	142,364,798	1.45%	2.49%
2028	123,608,457	145,841,255	1.45%	2.44%
2029	125,373,058	149,336,056	1.43%	2.4%
2030	127,139,323	152,855,352	1.41%	2.36%
2031	128,912,256	156,382,425	1.39%	2.31%
2032	130,695,084	159,923,895	1.38%	2.26%
2033	132,485,612	163,453,311	1.37%	2.21%
2034	134,287,838	166,978,790	1.36%	2.16%
2035	136,097,214	170,532,952	1.35%	2.13%
2036	137,913,263	174,097,772	1.33%	2.09%
2037	139,738,699	177,661,132	1.32%	2.05%
2038	141,565,835	181,235,892	1.31%	2.01%
2039	143,393,267	184,835,102	1.29%	1.99%
2040	145,213,662	188,450,900	1.27%	1.96%
2041	147,018,554	192,068,629	1.24%	1.92%
2042	148,800,785	195,695,295	1.21%	1.89%
2043	150,547,655	199,347,978	1.17%	1.87%
2044	152,255,332	203,014,368	1.13%	1.84%
2045	153,919,190	206,673,625	1.09%	1.8%
2046	155,535,951	210,337,847	1.05%	1.77%
2047	157,114,404	214,023,504	1.01%	1.75%
2048	158,657,392	217,710,204	0.98%	1.72%
2049	160,161,615	221,377,329	0.95%	1.68%
2050	161,630,197	225,021,865	0.92%	1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Egypt increased by 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Egypt gained 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

Egypt was ranked 14th most populous country in 2005 and is 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 35% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.