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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Maldives	Ethiopia	Maldives
1960	21,376,693	91,189	-	-
1961	21,906,102	93,450	2.48%	2.48%
1962	22,465,126	95,802	2.55%	2.52%
1963	23,051,637	98,222	2.61%	2.53%
1964	23,666,548	100,662	2.67%	2.48%
1965	24,310,612	104,102	2.72%	3.42%
1966	24,952,689	108,507	2.64%	4.23%
1967	25,620,276	112,528	2.68%	3.71%
1968	26,337,930	116,075	2.8%	3.15%
1969	27,072,571	119,564	2.79%	3.01%
1970	27,829,128	123,219	2.79%	3.06%
1971	28,600,106	127,035	2.77%	3.1%
1972	29,374,608	130,968	2.71%	3.1%
1973	30,166,785	134,952	2.7%	3.04%
1974	30,957,273	138,978	2.62%	2.98%
1975	31,723,252	143,158	2.47%	3.01%
1976	32,534,418	147,525	2.56%	3.05%
1977	33,167,272	151,930	1.95%	2.99%
1978	33,734,592	156,159	1.71%	2.78%
1979	34,238,652	160,360	1.49%	2.69%
1980	34,428,514	164,835	0.55%	2.79%
1981	35,304,012	169,532	2.54%	2.85%
1982	36,701,290	174,333	3.96%	2.83%
1983	37,740,817	179,128	2.83%	2.75%
1984	38,735,722	184,198	2.64%	2.83%
1985	39,842,136	190,169	2.86%	3.24%
1986	41,037,656	196,935	3%	3.56%
1987	42,460,039	203,944	3.47%	3.56%
1988	44,150,825	210,885	3.98%	3.4%
1989	45,879,690	217,738	3.92%	3.25%
1990	47,609,755	224,762	3.77%	3.23%
1991	49,717,198	231,802	4.43%	3.13%
1992	51,853,747	238,543	4.3%	2.91%
1993	53,708,891	244,884	3.58%	2.66%
1994	55,611,508	250,822	3.54%	2.42%
1995	57,537,335	256,649	3.46%	2.32%
1996	59,467,635	262,347	3.35%	2.22%
1997	61,404,539	267,707	3.26%	2.04%
1998	63,363,524	272,723	3.19%	1.87%
1999	65,374,561	277,412	3.17%	1.72%
2000	67,411,494	282,019	3.12%	1.66%
2001	69,487,762	286,767	3.08%	1.68%
2002	71,635,517	291,616	3.09%	1.69%
2003	73,832,663	296,491	3.07%	1.67%
2004	76,077,206	301,413	3.04%	1.66%
2005	78,367,470	306,429	3.01%	1.66%
2006	80,703,490	313,851	2.98%	2.42%
2007	83,103,217	324,479	2.97%	3.39%
2008	85,543,668	336,170	2.94%	3.6%
2009	88,007,636	348,275	2.88%	3.6%
2010	90,538,514	360,792	2.88%	3.59%
2011	93,149,970	373,674	2.88%	3.57%
2012	95,798,767	386,818	2.84%	3.52%
2013	98,438,751	400,070	2.76%	3.43%
2014	101,115,610	413,617	2.72%	3.39%
2015	103,867,135	428,154	2.72%	3.51%
2016	106,718,162	443,308	2.74%	3.54%
2017	109,666,481	458,287	2.76%	3.38%
2018	112,664,152	473,099	2.73%	3.23%
2019	115,737,383	487,731	2.73%	3.09%
2020	118,917,671	502,118	2.75%	2.95%
2021	122,138,588	516,154	2.71%	2.8%
2022	125,384,287	524,106	2.66%	1.54%
2023	128,691,692	525,994	2.64%	0.36%
2024	132,059,767	527,799	2.62%	0.34%
2025	135,472,043	529,677	2.58%	0.36%
2026	138,902,180	531,514	2.53%	0.35%
2027	142,364,798	533,433	2.49%	0.36%
2028	145,841,255	535,502	2.44%	0.39%
2029	149,336,056	537,574	2.4%	0.39%
2030	152,855,352	539,667	2.36%	0.39%
2031	156,382,425	541,929	2.31%	0.42%
2032	159,923,895	544,288	2.26%	0.44%
2033	163,453,311	546,723	2.21%	0.45%
2034	166,978,790	549,162	2.16%	0.45%
2035	170,532,952	551,599	2.13%	0.44%
2036	174,097,772	554,092	2.09%	0.45%
2037	177,661,132	556,637	2.05%	0.46%
2038	181,235,892	559,231	2.01%	0.47%
2039	184,835,102	561,958	1.99%	0.49%
2040	188,450,900	564,800	1.96%	0.51%
2041	192,068,629	567,606	1.92%	0.5%
2042	195,695,295	570,381	1.89%	0.49%
2043	199,347,978	573,138	1.87%	0.48%
2044	203,014,368	575,811	1.84%	0.47%
2045	206,673,625	578,459	1.8%	0.46%
2046	210,337,847	581,026	1.77%	0.44%
2047	214,023,504	583,393	1.75%	0.41%
2048	217,710,204	585,720	1.72%	0.4%
2049	221,377,329	587,988	1.68%	0.39%
2050	225,021,865	589,960	1.65%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.