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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Iceland	Ethiopia	Iceland
1960	21,376,693	175,574	-	-
1961	21,906,102	179,029	2.48%	1.97%
1962	22,465,126	182,378	2.55%	1.87%
1963	23,051,637	185,653	2.61%	1.8%
1964	23,666,548	188,983	2.67%	1.79%
1965	24,310,612	192,286	2.72%	1.75%
1966	24,952,689	195,570	2.64%	1.71%
1967	25,620,276	198,751	2.68%	1.63%
1968	26,337,930	201,488	2.8%	1.38%
1969	27,072,571	203,369	2.79%	0.93%
1970	27,829,128	204,438	2.79%	0.53%
1971	28,600,106	206,098	2.77%	0.81%
1972	29,374,608	209,137	2.71%	1.47%
1973	30,166,785	212,317	2.7%	1.52%
1974	30,957,273	215,209	2.62%	1.36%
1975	31,723,252	217,979	2.47%	1.29%
1976	32,534,418	220,154	2.56%	1%
1977	33,167,272	221,799	1.95%	0.75%
1978	33,734,592	223,537	1.71%	0.78%
1979	34,238,652	225,735	1.49%	0.98%
1980	34,428,514	228,138	0.55%	1.06%
1981	35,304,012	230,755	2.54%	1.15%
1982	36,701,290	233,860	3.96%	1.35%
1983	37,740,817	236,977	2.83%	1.33%
1984	38,735,722	239,511	2.64%	1.07%
1985	39,842,136	241,405	2.86%	0.79%
1986	41,037,656	243,180	3%	0.74%
1987	42,460,039	245,859	3.47%	1.1%
1988	44,150,825	249,740	3.98%	1.58%
1989	45,879,690	252,852	3.92%	1.25%
1990	47,609,755	254,826	3.77%	0.78%
1991	49,717,198	257,797	4.43%	1.17%
1992	51,853,747	261,057	4.3%	1.26%
1993	53,708,891	263,725	3.58%	1.02%
1994	55,611,508	266,021	3.54%	0.87%
1995	57,537,335	267,468	3.46%	0.54%
1996	59,467,635	268,916	3.35%	0.54%
1997	61,404,539	271,128	3.26%	0.82%
1998	63,363,524	274,047	3.19%	1.08%
1999	65,374,561	277,381	3.17%	1.22%
2000	67,411,494	281,205	3.12%	1.38%
2001	69,487,762	284,968	3.08%	1.34%
2002	71,635,517	287,523	3.09%	0.9%
2003	73,832,663	289,521	3.07%	0.69%
2004	76,077,206	292,074	3.04%	0.88%
2005	78,367,470	296,734	3.01%	1.6%
2006	80,703,490	303,782	2.98%	2.38%
2007	83,103,217	311,566	2.97%	2.56%
2008	85,543,668	317,414	2.94%	1.88%
2009	88,007,636	318,499	2.88%	0.34%
2010	90,538,514	318,041	2.88%	-0.14%
2011	93,149,970	319,014	2.88%	0.31%
2012	95,798,767	320,716	2.84%	0.53%
2013	98,438,751	323,764	2.76%	0.95%
2014	101,115,610	327,386	2.72%	1.12%
2015	103,867,135	330,815	2.72%	1.05%
2016	106,718,162	335,439	2.74%	1.4%
2017	109,666,481	343,400	2.76%	2.37%
2018	112,664,152	352,721	2.73%	2.71%
2019	115,737,383	360,563	2.73%	2.22%
2020	118,917,671	366,463	2.75%	1.64%
2021	122,138,588	372,520	2.71%	1.65%
2022	125,384,287	382,003	2.66%	2.55%
2023	128,691,692	385,663	2.64%	0.96%
2024	132,059,767	386,506	2.62%	0.22%
2025	135,472,043	391,286	2.58%	1.24%
2026	138,902,180	395,277	2.53%	1.02%
2027	142,364,798	398,729	2.49%	0.87%
2028	145,841,255	401,867	2.44%	0.79%
2029	149,336,056	404,639	2.4%	0.69%
2030	152,855,352	407,090	2.36%	0.61%
2031	156,382,425	409,307	2.31%	0.54%
2032	159,923,895	411,279	2.26%	0.48%
2033	163,453,311	413,059	2.21%	0.43%
2034	166,978,790	414,660	2.16%	0.39%
2035	170,532,952	416,153	2.13%	0.36%
2036	174,097,772	417,573	2.09%	0.34%
2037	177,661,132	418,847	2.05%	0.31%
2038	181,235,892	419,997	2.01%	0.27%
2039	184,835,102	421,032	1.99%	0.25%
2040	188,450,900	421,924	1.96%	0.21%
2041	192,068,629	422,688	1.92%	0.18%
2042	195,695,295	423,370	1.89%	0.16%
2043	199,347,978	424,023	1.87%	0.15%
2044	203,014,368	424,570	1.84%	0.13%
2045	206,673,625	424,909	1.8%	0.08%
2046	210,337,847	425,115	1.77%	0.05%
2047	214,023,504	425,264	1.75%	0.03%
2048	217,710,204	425,359	1.72%	0.02%
2049	221,377,329	425,409	1.68%	0.01%
2050	225,021,865	425,404	1.65%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.