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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Nepal	Ethiopia	Nepal
1960	21,376,693	10,123,658	-	-
1961	21,906,102	10,318,396	2.48%	1.92%
1962	22,465,126	10,521,116	2.55%	1.96%
1963	23,051,637	10,729,818	2.61%	1.98%
1964	23,666,548	10,946,392	2.67%	2.02%
1965	24,310,612	11,173,411	2.72%	2.07%
1966	24,952,689	11,408,710	2.64%	2.11%
1967	25,620,276	11,652,716	2.68%	2.14%
1968	26,337,930	11,906,266	2.8%	2.18%
1969	27,072,571	12,167,036	2.79%	2.19%
1970	27,829,128	12,436,190	2.79%	2.21%
1971	28,600,106	12,710,061	2.77%	2.2%
1972	29,374,608	12,989,099	2.71%	2.2%
1973	30,166,785	13,275,239	2.7%	2.2%
1974	30,957,273	13,568,435	2.62%	2.21%
1975	31,723,252	13,870,695	2.47%	2.23%
1976	32,534,418	14,177,649	2.56%	2.21%
1977	33,167,272	14,499,175	1.95%	2.27%
1978	33,734,592	14,839,695	1.71%	2.35%
1979	34,238,652	15,190,590	1.49%	2.36%
1980	34,428,514	15,553,105	0.55%	2.39%
1981	35,304,012	15,922,423	2.54%	2.37%
1982	36,701,290	16,297,987	3.96%	2.36%
1983	37,740,817	16,689,119	2.83%	2.4%
1984	38,735,722	17,085,242	2.64%	2.37%
1985	39,842,136	17,477,692	2.86%	2.3%
1986	41,037,656	17,868,124	3%	2.23%
1987	42,460,039	18,250,505	3.47%	2.14%
1988	44,150,825	18,638,661	3.98%	2.13%
1989	45,879,690	19,057,807	3.92%	2.25%
1990	47,609,755	19,524,573	3.77%	2.45%
1991	49,717,198	20,036,500	4.43%	2.62%
1992	51,853,747	20,609,707	4.3%	2.86%
1993	53,708,891	21,180,159	3.58%	2.77%
1994	55,611,508	21,717,479	3.54%	2.54%
1995	57,537,335	22,245,439	3.46%	2.43%
1996	59,467,635	22,741,862	3.35%	2.23%
1997	61,404,539	23,219,463	3.26%	2.1%
1998	63,363,524	23,680,357	3.19%	1.98%
1999	65,374,561	24,125,199	3.17%	1.88%
2000	67,411,494	24,546,509	3.12%	1.75%
2001	69,487,762	24,946,748	3.08%	1.63%
2002	71,635,517	25,328,981	3.09%	1.53%
2003	73,832,663	25,688,758	3.07%	1.42%
2004	76,077,206	26,016,656	3.04%	1.28%
2005	78,367,470	26,309,458	3.01%	1.13%
2006	80,703,490	26,565,425	2.98%	0.97%
2007	83,103,217	26,788,492	2.97%	0.84%
2008	85,543,668	26,990,037	2.94%	0.75%
2009	88,007,636	27,173,035	2.88%	0.68%
2010	90,538,514	27,341,952	2.88%	0.62%
2011	93,149,970	27,464,494	2.88%	0.45%
2012	95,798,767	27,534,915	2.84%	0.26%
2013	98,438,751	27,589,996	2.76%	0.2%
2014	101,115,610	27,672,370	2.72%	0.3%
2015	103,867,135	27,823,629	2.72%	0.55%
2016	106,718,162	27,955,462	2.74%	0.47%
2017	109,666,481	28,011,258	2.76%	0.2%
2018	112,664,152	28,079,689	2.73%	0.24%
2019	115,737,383	28,414,064	2.73%	1.19%
2020	118,917,671	28,966,574	2.75%	1.94%
2021	122,138,588	29,475,010	2.71%	1.76%
2022	125,384,287	29,715,436	2.66%	0.82%
2023	128,691,692	29,694,614	2.64%	-0.07%
2024	132,059,767	29,651,054	2.62%	-0.15%
2025	135,472,043	29,618,120	2.58%	-0.11%
2026	138,902,180	29,629,406	2.53%	0.04%
2027	142,364,798	29,727,164	2.49%	0.33%
2028	145,841,255	29,947,588	2.44%	0.74%
2029	149,336,056	30,232,115	2.4%	0.95%
2030	152,855,352	30,509,999	2.36%	0.92%
2031	156,382,425	30,780,916	2.31%	0.89%
2032	159,923,895	31,045,411	2.26%	0.86%
2033	163,453,311	31,304,035	2.21%	0.83%
2034	166,978,790	31,555,068	2.16%	0.8%
2035	170,532,952	31,798,003	2.13%	0.77%
2036	174,097,772	32,033,714	2.09%	0.74%
2037	177,661,132	32,262,286	2.05%	0.71%
2038	181,235,892	32,484,801	2.01%	0.69%
2039	184,835,102	32,700,695	1.99%	0.66%
2040	188,450,900	32,909,540	1.96%	0.64%
2041	192,068,629	33,112,254	1.92%	0.62%
2042	195,695,295	33,309,062	1.89%	0.59%
2043	199,347,978	33,499,440	1.87%	0.57%
2044	203,014,368	33,683,331	1.84%	0.55%
2045	206,673,625	33,861,058	1.8%	0.53%
2046	210,337,847	34,032,994	1.77%	0.51%
2047	214,023,504	34,197,261	1.75%	0.48%
2048	217,710,204	34,352,077	1.72%	0.45%
2049	221,377,329	34,500,201	1.68%	0.43%
2050	225,021,865	34,642,021	1.65%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.