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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Mozambique	Ethiopia	Mozambique
1960	21,376,693	6,713,695	-	-
1961	21,906,102	6,834,936	2.48%	1.81%
1962	22,465,126	6,969,364	2.55%	1.97%
1963	23,051,637	7,109,828	2.61%	2.02%
1964	23,666,548	7,255,061	2.67%	2.04%
1965	24,310,612	7,406,421	2.72%	2.09%
1966	24,952,689	7,562,990	2.64%	2.11%
1967	25,620,276	7,724,550	2.68%	2.14%
1968	26,337,930	7,892,613	2.8%	2.18%
1969	27,072,571	8,066,951	2.79%	2.21%
1970	27,829,128	8,250,506	2.79%	2.28%
1971	28,600,106	8,456,317	2.77%	2.49%
1972	29,374,608	8,692,935	2.71%	2.8%
1973	30,166,785	8,954,242	2.7%	3.01%
1974	30,957,273	9,236,093	2.62%	3.15%
1975	31,723,252	9,540,817	2.47%	3.3%
1976	32,534,418	9,867,209	2.56%	3.42%
1977	33,167,272	10,224,975	1.95%	3.63%
1978	33,734,592	10,618,250	1.71%	3.85%
1979	34,238,652	11,028,809	1.49%	3.87%
1980	34,428,514	11,336,221	0.55%	2.79%
1981	35,304,012	11,568,127	2.54%	2.05%
1982	36,701,290	11,824,370	3.96%	2.22%
1983	37,740,817	12,073,822	2.83%	2.11%
1984	38,735,722	12,315,954	2.64%	2.01%
1985	39,842,136	12,548,949	2.86%	1.89%
1986	41,037,656	12,770,578	3%	1.77%
1987	42,460,039	12,822,574	3.47%	0.41%
1988	44,150,825	12,800,558	3.98%	-0.17%
1989	45,879,690	12,906,842	3.92%	0.83%
1990	47,609,755	13,094,537	3.77%	1.45%
1991	49,717,198	13,352,090	4.43%	1.97%
1992	51,853,747	13,613,316	4.3%	1.96%
1993	53,708,891	14,051,192	3.58%	3.22%
1994	55,611,508	15,033,853	3.54%	6.99%
1995	57,537,335	15,960,530	3.46%	6.16%
1996	59,467,635	16,492,480	3.35%	3.33%
1997	61,404,539	16,949,982	3.26%	2.77%
1998	63,363,524	17,340,464	3.19%	2.3%
1999	65,374,561	17,734,506	3.17%	2.27%
2000	67,411,494	18,129,653	3.12%	2.23%
2001	69,487,762	18,537,729	3.08%	2.25%
2002	71,635,517	18,958,338	3.09%	2.27%
2003	73,832,663	19,392,475	3.07%	2.29%
2004	76,077,206	19,840,313	3.04%	2.31%
2005	78,367,470	20,304,569	3.01%	2.34%
2006	80,703,490	20,787,087	2.98%	2.38%
2007	83,103,217	21,287,635	2.97%	2.41%
2008	85,543,668	21,819,036	2.94%	2.5%
2009	88,007,636	22,391,745	2.88%	2.62%
2010	90,538,514	22,999,235	2.88%	2.71%
2011	93,149,970	23,649,039	2.88%	2.83%
2012	95,798,767	24,337,846	2.84%	2.91%
2013	98,438,751	25,051,611	2.76%	2.93%
2014	101,115,610	25,788,475	2.72%	2.94%
2015	103,867,135	26,547,572	2.72%	2.94%
2016	106,718,162	27,337,105	2.74%	2.97%
2017	109,666,481	28,166,393	2.76%	3.03%
2018	112,664,152	29,018,644	2.73%	3.03%
2019	115,737,383	29,884,380	2.73%	2.98%
2020	118,917,671	30,783,688	2.75%	3.01%
2021	122,138,588	31,707,800	2.71%	3%
2022	125,384,287	32,656,246	2.66%	2.99%
2023	128,691,692	33,635,160	2.64%	3%
2024	132,059,767	34,631,766	2.62%	2.96%
2025	135,472,043	35,631,656	2.58%	2.89%
2026	138,902,180	36,639,853	2.53%	2.83%
2027	142,364,798	37,668,656	2.49%	2.81%
2028	145,841,255	38,714,097	2.44%	2.78%
2029	149,336,056	39,774,947	2.4%	2.74%
2030	152,855,352	40,846,749	2.36%	2.69%
2031	156,382,425	41,931,250	2.31%	2.66%
2032	159,923,895	43,032,887	2.26%	2.63%
2033	163,453,311	44,144,533	2.21%	2.58%
2034	166,978,790	45,273,522	2.16%	2.56%
2035	170,532,952	46,411,774	2.13%	2.51%
2036	174,097,772	47,548,671	2.09%	2.45%
2037	177,661,132	48,684,563	2.05%	2.39%
2038	181,235,892	49,822,039	2.01%	2.34%
2039	184,835,102	50,971,124	1.99%	2.31%
2040	188,450,900	52,124,215	1.96%	2.26%
2041	192,068,629	53,271,004	1.92%	2.2%
2042	195,695,295	54,423,407	1.89%	2.16%
2043	199,347,978	55,574,711	1.87%	2.12%
2044	203,014,368	56,716,585	1.84%	2.05%
2045	206,673,625	57,851,787	1.8%	2%
2046	210,337,847	58,981,102	1.77%	1.95%
2047	214,023,504	60,117,587	1.75%	1.93%
2048	217,710,204	61,254,584	1.72%	1.89%
2049	221,377,329	62,397,018	1.68%	1.87%
2050	225,021,865	63,530,955	1.65%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.