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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Jamaica	Ethiopia	Jamaica
1960	21,376,693	1,650,005	-	-
1961	21,906,102	1,673,261	2.48%	1.41%
1962	22,465,126	1,696,932	2.55%	1.41%
1963	23,051,637	1,721,099	2.61%	1.42%
1964	23,666,548	1,745,568	2.67%	1.42%
1965	24,310,612	1,769,192	2.72%	1.35%
1966	24,952,689	1,791,475	2.64%	1.26%
1967	25,620,276	1,812,865	2.68%	1.19%
1968	26,337,930	1,833,765	2.8%	1.15%
1969	27,072,571	1,855,127	2.79%	1.16%
1970	27,829,128	1,878,196	2.79%	1.24%
1971	28,600,106	1,903,728	2.77%	1.36%
1972	29,374,608	1,931,542	2.71%	1.46%
1973	30,166,785	1,961,219	2.7%	1.54%
1974	30,957,273	1,990,906	2.62%	1.51%
1975	31,723,252	2,018,981	2.47%	1.41%
1976	32,534,418	2,045,578	2.56%	1.32%
1977	33,167,272	2,070,657	1.95%	1.23%
1978	33,734,592	2,094,836	1.71%	1.17%
1979	34,238,652	2,119,486	1.49%	1.18%
1980	34,428,514	2,145,658	0.55%	1.23%
1981	35,304,012	2,173,818	2.54%	1.31%
1982	36,701,290	2,203,889	3.96%	1.38%
1983	37,740,817	2,234,832	2.83%	1.4%
1984	38,735,722	2,264,562	2.64%	1.33%
1985	39,842,136	2,290,656	2.86%	1.15%
1986	41,037,656	2,312,125	3%	0.94%
1987	42,460,039	2,329,813	3.47%	0.77%
1988	44,150,825	2,345,777	3.98%	0.69%
1989	45,879,690	2,361,916	3.92%	0.69%
1990	47,609,755	2,379,877	3.77%	0.76%
1991	49,717,198	2,400,869	4.43%	0.88%
1992	51,853,747	2,424,701	4.3%	0.99%
1993	53,708,891	2,449,916	3.58%	1.04%
1994	55,611,508	2,475,220	3.54%	1.03%
1995	57,537,335	2,500,151	3.46%	1.01%
1996	59,467,635	2,524,463	3.35%	0.97%
1997	61,404,539	2,547,848	3.26%	0.93%
1998	63,363,524	2,569,736	3.19%	0.86%
1999	65,374,561	2,589,795	3.17%	0.78%
2000	67,411,494	2,607,826	3.12%	0.7%
2001	69,487,762	2,624,403	3.08%	0.64%
2002	71,635,517	2,640,572	3.09%	0.62%
2003	73,832,663	2,656,623	3.07%	0.61%
2004	76,077,206	2,672,225	3.04%	0.59%
2005	78,367,470	2,687,066	3.01%	0.56%
2006	80,703,490	2,700,968	2.98%	0.52%
2007	83,103,217	2,713,800	2.97%	0.48%
2008	85,543,668	2,725,635	2.94%	0.44%
2009	88,007,636	2,736,995	2.88%	0.42%
2010	90,538,514	2,748,568	2.88%	0.42%
2011	93,149,970	2,760,494	2.88%	0.43%
2012	95,798,767	2,772,430	2.84%	0.43%
2013	98,438,751	2,783,687	2.76%	0.41%
2014	101,115,610	2,793,749	2.72%	0.36%
2015	103,867,135	2,802,534	2.72%	0.31%
2016	106,718,162	2,809,915	2.74%	0.26%
2017	109,666,481	2,815,764	2.76%	0.21%
2018	112,664,152	2,820,097	2.73%	0.15%
2019	115,737,383	2,823,271	2.73%	0.11%
2020	118,917,671	2,830,739	2.75%	0.26%
2021	122,138,588	2,837,682	2.71%	0.25%
2022	125,384,287	2,839,144	2.66%	0.05%
2023	128,691,692	2,839,786	2.64%	0.02%
2024	132,059,767	2,839,175	2.62%	-0.02%
2025	135,472,043	2,837,071	2.58%	-0.07%
2026	138,902,180	2,833,401	2.53%	-0.13%
2027	142,364,798	2,828,530	2.49%	-0.17%
2028	145,841,255	2,822,861	2.44%	-0.2%
2029	149,336,056	2,816,391	2.4%	-0.23%
2030	152,855,352	2,808,946	2.36%	-0.26%
2031	156,382,425	2,800,607	2.31%	-0.3%
2032	159,923,895	2,791,130	2.26%	-0.34%
2033	163,453,311	2,780,468	2.21%	-0.38%
2034	166,978,790	2,768,714	2.16%	-0.42%
2035	170,532,952	2,755,929	2.13%	-0.46%
2036	174,097,772	2,742,071	2.09%	-0.5%
2037	177,661,132	2,726,892	2.05%	-0.55%
2038	181,235,892	2,710,812	2.01%	-0.59%
2039	184,835,102	2,693,901	1.99%	-0.62%
2040	188,450,900	2,676,087	1.96%	-0.66%
2041	192,068,629	2,657,558	1.92%	-0.69%
2042	195,695,295	2,638,085	1.89%	-0.73%
2043	199,347,978	2,617,576	1.87%	-0.78%
2044	203,014,368	2,596,160	1.84%	-0.82%
2045	206,673,625	2,574,074	1.8%	-0.85%
2046	210,337,847	2,551,347	1.77%	-0.88%
2047	214,023,504	2,528,004	1.75%	-0.91%
2048	217,710,204	2,504,191	1.72%	-0.94%
2049	221,377,329	2,479,744	1.68%	-0.98%
2050	225,021,865	2,454,935	1.65%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ethiopia's population will grow by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people with a rank change from 10th to 7th. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.