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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Nauru	Ethiopia	Nauru
1960	21,376,693	4,607	-	-
1961	21,906,102	4,774	2.48%	3.62%
1962	22,465,126	4,979	2.55%	4.29%
1963	23,051,637	5,226	2.61%	4.96%
1964	23,666,548	5,515	2.67%	5.53%
1965	24,310,612	5,832	2.72%	5.75%
1966	24,952,689	6,043	2.64%	3.62%
1967	25,620,276	6,135	2.68%	1.52%
1968	26,337,930	6,328	2.8%	3.15%
1969	27,072,571	6,581	2.79%	4%
1970	27,829,128	6,710	2.79%	1.96%
1971	28,600,106	6,762	2.77%	0.77%
1972	29,374,608	6,812	2.71%	0.74%
1973	30,166,785	6,866	2.7%	0.79%
1974	30,957,273	6,923	2.62%	0.83%
1975	31,723,252	6,987	2.47%	0.92%
1976	32,534,418	7,064	2.56%	1.1%
1977	33,167,272	7,163	1.95%	1.4%
1978	33,734,592	7,298	1.71%	1.88%
1979	34,238,652	7,468	1.49%	2.33%
1980	34,428,514	7,649	0.55%	2.42%
1981	35,304,012	7,839	2.54%	2.48%
1982	36,701,290	8,040	3.96%	2.56%
1983	37,740,817	8,216	2.83%	2.19%
1984	38,735,722	8,377	2.64%	1.96%
1985	39,842,136	8,551	2.86%	2.08%
1986	41,037,656	8,742	3%	2.23%
1987	42,460,039	8,946	3.47%	2.33%
1988	44,150,825	9,165	3.98%	2.45%
1989	45,879,690	9,390	3.92%	2.45%
1990	47,609,755	9,622	3.77%	2.47%
1991	49,717,198	9,850	4.43%	2.37%
1992	51,853,747	10,021	4.3%	1.74%
1993	53,708,891	10,102	3.58%	0.81%
1994	55,611,508	10,137	3.54%	0.35%
1995	57,537,335	10,165	3.46%	0.28%
1996	59,467,635	10,183	3.35%	0.18%
1997	61,404,539	10,197	3.26%	0.14%
1998	63,363,524	10,198	3.19%	0.01%
1999	65,374,561	10,187	3.17%	-0.11%
2000	67,411,494	10,168	3.12%	-0.19%
2001	69,487,762	10,130	3.08%	-0.37%
2002	71,635,517	10,082	3.09%	-0.47%
2003	73,832,663	10,059	3.07%	-0.23%
2004	76,077,206	10,060	3.04%	0.01%
2005	78,367,470	10,049	3.01%	-0.11%
2006	80,703,490	10,034	2.98%	-0.15%
2007	83,103,217	10,020	2.97%	-0.14%
2008	85,543,668	10,009	2.94%	-0.11%
2009	88,007,636	10,016	2.88%	0.07%
2010	90,538,514	10,043	2.88%	0.27%
2011	93,149,970	10,098	2.88%	0.55%
2012	95,798,767	10,267	2.84%	1.67%
2013	98,438,751	10,517	2.76%	2.43%
2014	101,115,610	10,742	2.72%	2.14%
2015	103,867,135	10,954	2.72%	1.97%
2016	106,718,162	11,150	2.74%	1.79%
2017	109,666,481	11,324	2.76%	1.56%
2018	112,664,152	11,477	2.73%	1.35%
2019	115,737,383	11,587	2.73%	0.96%
2020	118,917,671	11,643	2.75%	0.48%
2021	122,138,588	11,709	2.71%	0.57%
2022	125,384,287	11,801	2.66%	0.79%
2023	128,691,692	11,875	2.64%	0.63%
2024	132,059,767	11,947	2.62%	0.61%
2025	135,472,043	12,030	2.58%	0.7%
2026	138,902,180	12,103	2.53%	0.61%
2027	142,364,798	12,196	2.49%	0.77%
2028	145,841,255	12,296	2.44%	0.82%
2029	149,336,056	12,403	2.4%	0.87%
2030	152,855,352	12,519	2.36%	0.94%
2031	156,382,425	12,645	2.31%	1%
2032	159,923,895	12,785	2.26%	1.11%
2033	163,453,311	12,921	2.21%	1.06%
2034	166,978,790	13,071	2.16%	1.16%
2035	170,532,952	13,230	2.13%	1.22%
2036	174,097,772	13,391	2.09%	1.21%
2037	177,661,132	13,541	2.05%	1.12%
2038	181,235,892	13,697	2.01%	1.16%
2039	184,835,102	13,857	1.99%	1.17%
2040	188,450,900	14,041	1.96%	1.33%
2041	192,068,629	14,220	1.92%	1.27%
2042	195,695,295	14,402	1.89%	1.28%
2043	199,347,978	14,579	1.87%	1.23%
2044	203,014,368	14,754	1.84%	1.2%
2045	206,673,625	14,920	1.8%	1.13%
2046	210,337,847	15,098	1.77%	1.19%
2047	214,023,504	15,268	1.75%	1.12%
2048	217,710,204	15,431	1.72%	1.07%
2049	221,377,329	15,595	1.68%	1.06%
2050	225,021,865	15,751	1.65%	1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Nauru gained 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 954 (a 8.56% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Nauru was ranked 196th in 2006 and ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.1% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.