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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Kenya	Ethiopia	Kenya
1960	21,376,693	7,695,307	-	-
1961	21,906,102	7,987,770	2.48%	3.8%
1962	22,465,126	8,299,308	2.55%	3.9%
1963	23,051,637	8,627,971	2.61%	3.96%
1964	23,666,548	8,973,535	2.67%	4.01%
1965	24,310,612	9,338,078	2.72%	4.06%
1966	24,952,689	9,717,816	2.64%	4.07%
1967	25,620,276	10,111,057	2.68%	4.05%
1968	26,337,930	10,518,823	2.8%	4.03%
1969	27,072,571	10,939,695	2.79%	4%
1970	27,829,128	11,368,791	2.79%	3.92%
1971	28,600,106	11,788,904	2.77%	3.7%
1972	29,374,608	12,206,060	2.71%	3.54%
1973	30,166,785	12,634,835	2.7%	3.51%
1974	30,957,273	13,070,078	2.62%	3.44%
1975	31,723,252	13,511,671	2.47%	3.38%
1976	32,534,418	13,957,623	2.56%	3.3%
1977	33,167,272	14,428,819	1.95%	3.38%
1978	33,734,592	14,934,126	1.71%	3.5%
1979	34,238,652	15,460,666	1.49%	3.53%
1980	34,428,514	16,018,459	0.55%	3.61%
1981	35,304,012	16,601,507	2.54%	3.64%
1982	36,701,290	17,206,175	3.96%	3.64%
1983	37,740,817	17,846,374	2.83%	3.72%
1984	38,735,722	18,514,906	2.64%	3.75%
1985	39,842,136	19,201,768	2.86%	3.71%
1986	41,037,656	19,901,646	3%	3.64%
1987	42,460,039	20,616,096	3.47%	3.59%
1988	44,150,825	21,356,219	3.98%	3.59%
1989	45,879,690	22,118,434	3.92%	3.57%
1990	47,609,755	22,892,651	3.77%	3.5%
1991	49,717,198	23,646,514	4.43%	3.29%
1992	51,853,747	24,382,460	4.3%	3.11%
1993	53,708,891	25,117,188	3.58%	3.01%
1994	55,611,508	25,857,130	3.54%	2.95%
1995	57,537,335	26,601,751	3.46%	2.88%
1996	59,467,635	27,344,211	3.35%	2.79%
1997	61,404,539	28,101,768	3.26%	2.77%
1998	63,363,524	28,888,057	3.19%	2.8%
1999	65,374,561	29,733,408	3.17%	2.93%
2000	67,411,494	30,642,890	3.12%	3.06%
2001	69,487,762	31,619,170	3.08%	3.19%
2002	71,635,517	32,629,808	3.09%	3.2%
2003	73,832,663	33,652,223	3.07%	3.13%
2004	76,077,206	34,713,455	3.04%	3.15%
2005	78,367,470	35,796,484	3.01%	3.12%
2006	80,703,490	36,904,008	2.98%	3.09%
2007	83,103,217	38,036,349	2.97%	3.07%
2008	85,543,668	39,206,351	2.94%	3.08%
2009	88,007,636	40,408,891	2.88%	3.07%
2010	90,538,514	41,598,567	2.88%	2.94%
2011	93,149,970	42,758,461	2.88%	2.79%
2012	95,798,767	43,888,303	2.84%	2.64%
2013	98,438,751	44,986,791	2.76%	2.5%
2014	101,115,610	46,051,440	2.72%	2.37%
2015	103,867,135	47,088,526	2.72%	2.25%
2016	106,718,162	48,139,687	2.74%	2.23%
2017	109,666,481	49,197,766	2.76%	2.2%
2018	112,664,152	50,207,107	2.73%	2.05%
2019	115,737,383	51,202,827	2.73%	1.98%
2020	118,917,671	52,217,334	2.75%	1.98%
2021	122,138,588	53,219,166	2.71%	1.92%
2022	125,384,287	54,252,461	2.66%	1.94%
2023	128,691,692	55,339,003	2.64%	2%
2024	132,059,767	56,432,944	2.62%	1.98%
2025	135,472,043	57,532,489	2.58%	1.95%
2026	138,902,180	58,636,403	2.53%	1.92%
2027	142,364,798	59,745,751	2.49%	1.89%
2028	145,841,255	60,860,444	2.44%	1.87%
2029	149,336,056	61,979,186	2.4%	1.84%
2030	152,855,352	63,102,241	2.36%	1.81%
2031	156,382,425	64,230,108	2.31%	1.79%
2032	159,923,895	65,359,031	2.26%	1.76%
2033	163,453,311	66,484,805	2.21%	1.72%
2034	166,978,790	67,604,628	2.16%	1.68%
2035	170,532,952	68,715,909	2.13%	1.64%
2036	174,097,772	69,818,887	2.09%	1.61%
2037	177,661,132	70,910,404	2.05%	1.56%
2038	181,235,892	71,990,929	2.01%	1.52%
2039	184,835,102	73,057,760	1.99%	1.48%
2040	188,450,900	74,108,858	1.96%	1.44%
2041	192,068,629	75,144,357	1.92%	1.4%
2042	195,695,295	76,161,719	1.89%	1.35%
2043	199,347,978	77,159,121	1.87%	1.31%
2044	203,014,368	78,134,979	1.84%	1.26%
2045	206,673,625	79,088,832	1.8%	1.22%
2046	210,337,847	80,022,371	1.77%	1.18%
2047	214,023,504	80,938,635	1.75%	1.15%
2048	217,710,204	81,837,657	1.72%	1.11%
2049	221,377,329	82,721,766	1.68%	1.08%
2050	225,021,865	83,593,232	1.65%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2006 and ranked 25th 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 Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.