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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Malta	Ethiopia	Malta
1960	21,376,693	326,550	-	-
1961	21,906,102	325,250	2.48%	-0.4%
1962	22,465,126	323,900	2.55%	-0.42%
1963	23,051,637	322,550	2.61%	-0.42%
1964	23,666,548	321,250	2.67%	-0.4%
1965	24,310,612	318,800	2.72%	-0.76%
1966	24,952,689	315,200	2.64%	-1.13%
1967	25,620,276	311,550	2.68%	-1.16%
1968	26,337,930	307,900	2.8%	-1.17%
1969	27,072,571	304,300	2.79%	-1.17%
1970	27,829,128	302,650	2.79%	-0.54%
1971	28,600,106	302,700	2.77%	0.02%
1972	29,374,608	302,450	2.71%	-0.08%
1973	30,166,785	302,200	2.7%	-0.08%
1974	30,957,273	301,996	2.62%	-0.07%
1975	31,723,252	304,222	2.47%	0.74%
1976	32,534,418	305,774	2.56%	0.51%
1977	33,167,272	306,970	1.95%	0.39%
1978	33,734,592	310,182	1.71%	1.05%
1979	34,238,652	313,342	1.49%	1.02%
1980	34,428,514	316,645	0.55%	1.05%
1981	35,304,012	318,982	2.54%	0.74%
1982	36,701,290	325,898	3.96%	2.17%
1983	37,740,817	330,524	2.83%	1.42%
1984	38,735,722	330,593	2.64%	0.02%
1985	39,842,136	336,452	2.86%	1.77%
1986	41,037,656	342,121	3%	1.68%
1987	42,460,039	344,485	3.47%	0.69%
1988	44,150,825	347,325	3.98%	0.82%
1989	45,879,690	350,722	3.92%	0.98%
1990	47,609,755	354,170	3.77%	0.98%
1991	49,717,198	363,845	4.43%	2.73%
1992	51,853,747	367,618	4.3%	1.04%
1993	53,708,891	371,308	3.58%	1%
1994	55,611,508	374,797	3.54%	0.94%
1995	57,537,335	377,419	3.46%	0.7%
1996	59,467,635	379,905	3.35%	0.66%
1997	61,404,539	382,791	3.26%	0.76%
1998	63,363,524	385,287	3.19%	0.65%
1999	65,374,561	387,578	3.17%	0.59%
2000	67,411,494	390,087	3.12%	0.65%
2001	69,487,762	393,028	3.08%	0.75%
2002	71,635,517	395,969	3.09%	0.75%
2003	73,832,663	398,582	3.07%	0.66%
2004	76,077,206	401,268	3.04%	0.67%
2005	78,367,470	403,834	3.01%	0.64%
2006	80,703,490	405,308	2.98%	0.37%
2007	83,103,217	406,724	2.97%	0.35%
2008	85,543,668	409,379	2.94%	0.65%
2009	88,007,636	412,477	2.88%	0.76%
2010	90,538,514	414,508	2.88%	0.49%
2011	93,149,970	416,268	2.88%	0.42%
2012	95,798,767	420,028	2.84%	0.9%
2013	98,438,751	424,810	2.76%	1.14%
2014	101,115,610	433,481	2.72%	2.04%
2015	103,867,135	444,220	2.72%	2.48%
2016	106,718,162	454,505	2.74%	2.32%
2017	109,666,481	467,106	2.76%	2.77%
2018	112,664,152	483,903	2.73%	3.6%
2019	115,737,383	503,912	2.73%	4.13%
2020	118,917,671	515,490	2.75%	2.3%
2021	122,138,588	518,150	2.71%	0.52%
2022	125,384,287	531,113	2.66%	2.5%
2023	128,691,692	552,747	2.64%	4.07%
2024	132,059,767	574,346	2.62%	3.91%
2025	135,472,043	580,514	2.58%	1.07%
2026	138,902,180	584,351	2.53%	0.66%
2027	142,364,798	586,444	2.49%	0.36%
2028	145,841,255	588,290	2.44%	0.31%
2029	149,336,056	589,776	2.4%	0.25%
2030	152,855,352	590,973	2.36%	0.2%
2031	156,382,425	591,921	2.31%	0.16%
2032	159,923,895	592,622	2.26%	0.12%
2033	163,453,311	592,974	2.21%	0.06%
2034	166,978,790	592,827	2.16%	-0.02%
2035	170,532,952	592,332	2.13%	-0.08%
2036	174,097,772	591,668	2.09%	-0.11%
2037	177,661,132	590,830	2.05%	-0.14%
2038	181,235,892	589,771	2.01%	-0.18%
2039	184,835,102	588,528	1.99%	-0.21%
2040	188,450,900	587,256	1.96%	-0.22%
2041	192,068,629	585,895	1.92%	-0.23%
2042	195,695,295	584,467	1.89%	-0.24%
2043	199,347,978	582,966	1.87%	-0.26%
2044	203,014,368	581,355	1.84%	-0.28%
2045	206,673,625	579,693	1.8%	-0.29%
2046	210,337,847	577,954	1.77%	-0.3%
2047	214,023,504	576,050	1.75%	-0.33%
2048	217,710,204	574,050	1.72%	-0.35%
2049	221,377,329	572,187	1.68%	-0.32%
2050	225,021,865	570,210	1.65%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.