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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Malaysia	Ethiopia	Malaysia
1960	21,376,693	7,956,197	-	-
1961	21,906,102	8,164,443	2.48%	2.62%
1962	22,465,126	8,380,172	2.55%	2.64%
1963	23,051,637	8,602,160	2.61%	2.65%
1964	23,666,548	8,828,406	2.67%	2.63%
1965	24,310,612	9,056,408	2.72%	2.58%
1966	24,952,689	9,284,688	2.64%	2.52%
1967	25,620,276	9,507,099	2.68%	2.4%
1968	26,337,930	9,725,281	2.8%	2.29%
1969	27,072,571	9,947,597	2.79%	2.29%
1970	27,829,128	10,178,802	2.79%	2.32%
1971	28,600,106	10,423,453	2.77%	2.4%
1972	29,374,608	10,676,835	2.71%	2.43%
1973	30,166,785	10,935,621	2.7%	2.42%
1974	30,957,273	11,200,906	2.62%	2.43%
1975	31,723,252	11,471,914	2.47%	2.42%
1976	32,534,418	11,750,097	2.56%	2.42%
1977	33,167,272	12,035,713	1.95%	2.43%
1978	33,734,592	12,328,157	1.71%	2.43%
1979	34,238,652	12,627,862	1.49%	2.43%
1980	34,428,514	12,983,363	0.55%	2.82%
1981	35,304,012	13,399,203	2.54%	3.2%
1982	36,701,290	13,832,798	3.96%	3.24%
1983	37,740,817	14,285,907	2.83%	3.28%
1984	38,735,722	14,759,009	2.64%	3.31%
1985	39,842,136	15,252,258	2.86%	3.34%
1986	41,037,656	15,760,419	3%	3.33%
1987	42,460,039	16,276,737	3.47%	3.28%
1988	44,150,825	16,796,605	3.98%	3.19%
1989	45,879,690	17,314,997	3.92%	3.09%
1990	47,609,755	17,833,171	3.77%	2.99%
1991	49,717,198	18,342,464	4.43%	2.86%
1992	51,853,747	18,834,572	4.3%	2.68%
1993	53,708,891	19,322,664	3.58%	2.59%
1994	55,611,508	19,820,446	3.54%	2.58%
1995	57,537,335	20,330,599	3.46%	2.57%
1996	59,467,635	20,850,087	3.35%	2.56%
1997	61,404,539	21,375,218	3.26%	2.52%
1998	63,363,524	21,906,713	3.19%	2.49%
1999	65,374,561	22,435,531	3.17%	2.41%
2000	67,411,494	22,967,816	3.12%	2.37%
2001	69,487,762	23,526,538	3.08%	2.43%
2002	71,635,517	24,102,477	3.09%	2.45%
2003	73,832,663	24,679,602	3.07%	2.39%
2004	76,077,206	25,256,772	3.04%	2.34%
2005	78,367,470	25,836,071	3.01%	2.29%
2006	80,703,490	26,417,909	2.98%	2.25%
2007	83,103,217	26,998,389	2.97%	2.2%
2008	85,543,668	27,570,059	2.94%	2.12%
2009	88,007,636	28,124,778	2.88%	2.01%
2010	90,538,514	28,655,776	2.88%	1.89%
2011	93,149,970	29,162,039	2.88%	1.77%
2012	95,798,767	29,662,831	2.84%	1.72%
2013	98,438,751	30,174,265	2.76%	1.72%
2014	101,115,610	30,696,137	2.72%	1.73%
2015	103,867,135	31,232,798	2.72%	1.75%
2016	106,718,162	31,789,685	2.74%	1.78%
2017	109,666,481	32,355,644	2.76%	1.78%
2018	112,664,152	32,910,967	2.73%	1.72%
2019	115,737,383	33,440,596	2.73%	1.61%
2020	118,917,671	33,889,558	2.75%	1.34%
2021	122,138,588	34,282,399	2.71%	1.16%
2022	125,384,287	34,695,493	2.66%	1.2%
2023	128,691,692	35,126,298	2.64%	1.24%
2024	132,059,767	35,557,673	2.62%	1.23%
2025	135,472,043	35,977,838	2.58%	1.18%
2026	138,902,180	36,385,119	2.53%	1.13%
2027	142,364,798	36,785,089	2.49%	1.1%
2028	145,841,255	37,182,773	2.44%	1.08%
2029	149,336,056	37,574,292	2.4%	1.05%
2030	152,855,352	37,961,722	2.36%	1.03%
2031	156,382,425	38,347,786	2.31%	1.02%
2032	159,923,895	38,728,383	2.26%	0.99%
2033	163,453,311	39,097,871	2.21%	0.95%
2034	166,978,790	39,457,849	2.16%	0.92%
2035	170,532,952	39,814,834	2.13%	0.9%
2036	174,097,772	40,166,904	2.09%	0.88%
2037	177,661,132	40,512,289	2.05%	0.86%
2038	181,235,892	40,853,318	2.01%	0.84%
2039	184,835,102	41,185,892	1.99%	0.81%
2040	188,450,900	41,509,646	1.96%	0.79%
2041	192,068,629	41,828,594	1.92%	0.77%
2042	195,695,295	42,144,474	1.89%	0.76%
2043	199,347,978	42,455,952	1.87%	0.74%
2044	203,014,368	42,754,140	1.84%	0.7%
2045	206,673,625	43,038,205	1.8%	0.66%
2046	210,337,847	43,313,754	1.77%	0.64%
2047	214,023,504	43,580,459	1.75%	0.62%
2048	217,710,204	43,831,577	1.72%	0.58%
2049	221,377,329	44,065,538	1.68%	0.53%
2050	225,021,865	44,289,765	1.65%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.