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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Germany	Ethiopia	Germany
1960	21,376,693	72,814,900	-	-
1961	21,906,102	73,377,632	2.48%	0.77%
1962	22,465,126	74,025,784	2.55%	0.88%
1963	23,051,637	74,714,353	2.61%	0.93%
1964	23,666,548	75,318,337	2.67%	0.81%
1965	24,310,612	75,963,695	2.72%	0.86%
1966	24,952,689	76,600,311	2.64%	0.84%
1967	25,620,276	76,951,336	2.68%	0.46%
1968	26,337,930	77,294,314	2.8%	0.45%
1969	27,072,571	77,909,682	2.79%	0.8%
1970	27,829,128	78,169,289	2.79%	0.33%
1971	28,600,106	78,312,842	2.77%	0.18%
1972	29,374,608	78,688,452	2.71%	0.48%
1973	30,166,785	78,936,666	2.7%	0.32%
1974	30,957,273	78,967,433	2.62%	0.04%
1975	31,723,252	78,673,554	2.47%	-0.37%
1976	32,534,418	78,336,950	2.56%	-0.43%
1977	33,167,272	78,159,814	1.95%	-0.23%
1978	33,734,592	78,091,820	1.71%	-0.09%
1979	34,238,652	78,126,350	1.49%	0.04%
1980	34,428,514	78,288,576	0.55%	0.21%
1981	35,304,012	78,407,907	2.54%	0.15%
1982	36,701,290	78,333,366	3.96%	-0.1%
1983	37,740,817	78,128,282	2.83%	-0.26%
1984	38,735,722	77,858,685	2.64%	-0.35%
1985	39,842,136	77,684,873	2.86%	-0.22%
1986	41,037,656	77,720,436	3%	0.05%
1987	42,460,039	77,839,920	3.47%	0.15%
1988	44,150,825	78,144,619	3.98%	0.39%
1989	45,879,690	78,751,283	3.92%	0.78%
1990	47,609,755	79,433,029	3.77%	0.87%
1991	49,717,198	80,013,896	4.43%	0.73%
1992	51,853,747	80,624,598	4.3%	0.76%
1993	53,708,891	81,156,363	3.58%	0.66%
1994	55,611,508	81,438,348	3.54%	0.35%
1995	57,537,335	81,678,051	3.46%	0.29%
1996	59,467,635	81,914,831	3.35%	0.29%
1997	61,404,539	82,034,771	3.26%	0.15%
1998	63,363,524	82,047,195	3.19%	0.02%
1999	65,374,561	82,100,243	3.17%	0.06%
2000	67,411,494	82,211,508	3.12%	0.14%
2001	69,487,762	82,349,925	3.08%	0.17%
2002	71,635,517	82,488,495	3.09%	0.17%
2003	73,832,663	82,534,176	3.07%	0.06%
2004	76,077,206	82,516,260	3.04%	-0.02%
2005	78,367,470	82,469,422	3.01%	-0.06%
2006	80,703,490	82,376,451	2.98%	-0.11%
2007	83,103,217	82,266,372	2.97%	-0.13%
2008	85,543,668	82,110,097	2.94%	-0.19%
2009	88,007,636	81,902,307	2.88%	-0.25%
2010	90,538,514	81,776,930	2.88%	-0.15%
2011	93,149,970	80,274,983	2.88%	-1.84%
2012	95,798,767	80,425,823	2.84%	0.19%
2013	98,438,751	80,645,605	2.76%	0.27%
2014	101,115,610	80,982,500	2.72%	0.42%
2015	103,867,135	81,686,611	2.72%	0.87%
2016	106,718,162	82,348,669	2.74%	0.81%
2017	109,666,481	82,657,002	2.76%	0.37%
2018	112,664,152	82,905,782	2.73%	0.3%
2019	115,737,383	83,092,962	2.73%	0.23%
2020	118,917,671	83,160,871	2.75%	0.08%
2021	122,138,588	83,196,078	2.71%	0.04%
2022	125,384,287	83,177,813	2.66%	-0.02%
2023	128,691,692	83,287,273	2.64%	0.13%
2024	132,059,767	83,516,593	2.62%	0.28%
2025	135,472,043	83,045,276	2.58%	-0.56%
2026	138,902,180	82,619,736	2.53%	-0.51%
2027	142,364,798	82,420,656	2.49%	-0.24%
2028	145,841,255	82,209,650	2.44%	-0.26%
2029	149,336,056	81,988,746	2.4%	-0.27%
2030	152,855,352	81,767,011	2.36%	-0.27%
2031	156,382,425	81,541,291	2.31%	-0.28%
2032	159,923,895	81,315,327	2.26%	-0.28%
2033	163,453,311	81,094,150	2.21%	-0.27%
2034	166,978,790	80,879,704	2.16%	-0.26%
2035	170,532,952	80,669,570	2.13%	-0.26%
2036	174,097,772	80,445,835	2.09%	-0.28%
2037	177,661,132	80,222,108	2.05%	-0.28%
2038	181,235,892	80,001,936	2.01%	-0.27%
2039	184,835,102	79,780,699	1.99%	-0.28%
2040	188,450,900	79,565,092	1.96%	-0.27%
2041	192,068,629	79,361,541	1.92%	-0.26%
2042	195,695,295	79,167,400	1.89%	-0.24%
2043	199,347,978	78,962,964	1.87%	-0.26%
2044	203,014,368	78,743,160	1.84%	-0.28%
2045	206,673,625	78,518,131	1.8%	-0.29%
2046	210,337,847	78,293,579	1.77%	-0.29%
2047	214,023,504	78,066,226	1.75%	-0.29%
2048	217,710,204	77,826,011	1.72%	-0.31%
2049	221,377,329	77,578,876	1.68%	-0.32%
2050	225,021,865	77,335,610	1.65%	-0.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Germany lost 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Germany's population increased by 271,067 (a 0.33% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Germany was ranked 14th in 2006 and ranked 19th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ethiopia's population will grow by 62% to 225,021,865 people with a rank change from 10th to 7th. The population of Germany will decrease by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.