Population in Ethiopia compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ethiopia and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Netherlands	Ethiopia	Netherlands
1960	21,376,693	11,486,631	-	-
1961	21,906,102	11,638,712	2.48%	1.32%
1962	22,465,126	11,805,689	2.55%	1.43%
1963	23,051,637	11,965,966	2.61%	1.36%
1964	23,666,548	12,127,120	2.67%	1.35%
1965	24,310,612	12,294,732	2.72%	1.38%
1966	24,952,689	12,456,251	2.64%	1.31%
1967	25,620,276	12,598,201	2.68%	1.14%
1968	26,337,930	12,729,721	2.8%	1.04%
1969	27,072,571	12,877,984	2.79%	1.16%
1970	27,829,128	13,038,526	2.79%	1.25%
1971	28,600,106	13,194,497	2.77%	1.2%
1972	29,374,608	13,328,593	2.71%	1.02%
1973	30,166,785	13,439,322	2.7%	0.83%
1974	30,957,273	13,545,056	2.62%	0.79%
1975	31,723,252	13,666,335	2.47%	0.9%
1976	32,534,418	13,774,037	2.56%	0.79%
1977	33,167,272	13,856,185	1.95%	0.6%
1978	33,734,592	13,941,700	1.71%	0.62%
1979	34,238,652	14,038,270	1.49%	0.69%
1980	34,428,514	14,149,800	0.55%	0.79%
1981	35,304,012	14,247,208	2.54%	0.69%
1982	36,701,290	14,312,690	3.96%	0.46%
1983	37,740,817	14,367,070	2.83%	0.38%
1984	38,735,722	14,424,211	2.64%	0.4%
1985	39,842,136	14,491,632	2.86%	0.47%
1986	41,037,656	14,572,278	3%	0.56%
1987	42,460,039	14,665,037	3.47%	0.64%
1988	44,150,825	14,760,094	3.98%	0.65%
1989	45,879,690	14,848,907	3.92%	0.6%
1990	47,609,755	14,951,510	3.77%	0.69%
1991	49,717,198	15,069,798	4.43%	0.79%
1992	51,853,747	15,184,166	4.3%	0.76%
1993	53,708,891	15,290,368	3.58%	0.7%
1994	55,611,508	15,382,838	3.54%	0.6%
1995	57,537,335	15,459,006	3.46%	0.5%
1996	59,467,635	15,530,498	3.35%	0.46%
1997	61,404,539	15,610,650	3.26%	0.52%
1998	63,363,524	15,707,209	3.19%	0.62%
1999	65,374,561	15,812,088	3.17%	0.67%
2000	67,411,494	15,925,513	3.12%	0.72%
2001	69,487,762	16,046,180	3.08%	0.76%
2002	71,635,517	16,148,929	3.09%	0.64%
2003	73,832,663	16,225,302	3.07%	0.47%
2004	76,077,206	16,281,779	3.04%	0.35%
2005	78,367,470	16,319,868	3.01%	0.23%
2006	80,703,490	16,346,101	2.98%	0.16%
2007	83,103,217	16,381,696	2.97%	0.22%
2008	85,543,668	16,445,593	2.94%	0.39%
2009	88,007,636	16,530,388	2.88%	0.52%
2010	90,538,514	16,615,394	2.88%	0.51%
2011	93,149,970	16,693,074	2.88%	0.47%
2012	95,798,767	16,754,962	2.84%	0.37%
2013	98,438,751	16,804,432	2.76%	0.3%
2014	101,115,610	16,865,008	2.72%	0.36%
2015	103,867,135	16,939,923	2.72%	0.44%
2016	106,718,162	17,030,314	2.74%	0.53%
2017	109,666,481	17,131,296	2.76%	0.59%
2018	112,664,152	17,231,624	2.73%	0.59%
2019	115,737,383	17,344,874	2.73%	0.66%
2020	118,917,671	17,441,500	2.75%	0.56%
2021	122,138,588	17,533,044	2.71%	0.52%
2022	125,384,287	17,700,982	2.66%	0.96%
2023	128,691,692	17,877,117	2.64%	1%
2024	132,059,767	17,993,485	2.62%	0.65%
2025	135,472,043	18,110,044	2.58%	0.65%
2026	138,902,180	18,210,675	2.53%	0.56%
2027	142,364,798	18,298,766	2.49%	0.48%
2028	145,841,255	18,378,805	2.44%	0.44%
2029	149,336,056	18,451,273	2.4%	0.39%
2030	152,855,352	18,515,139	2.36%	0.35%
2031	156,382,425	18,571,158	2.31%	0.3%
2032	159,923,895	18,620,309	2.26%	0.26%
2033	163,453,311	18,664,195	2.21%	0.24%
2034	166,978,790	18,701,674	2.16%	0.2%
2035	170,532,952	18,732,440	2.13%	0.16%
2036	174,097,772	18,759,270	2.09%	0.14%
2037	177,661,132	18,781,008	2.05%	0.12%
2038	181,235,892	18,797,497	2.01%	0.09%
2039	184,835,102	18,809,490	1.99%	0.06%
2040	188,450,900	18,816,959	1.96%	0.04%
2041	192,068,629	18,820,083	1.92%	0.02%
2042	195,695,295	18,818,821	1.89%	-0.007%
2043	199,347,978	18,814,475	1.87%	-0.02%
2044	203,014,368	18,806,778	1.84%	-0.04%
2045	206,673,625	18,796,219	1.8%	-0.06%
2046	210,337,847	18,784,939	1.77%	-0.06%
2047	214,023,504	18,770,867	1.75%	-0.07%
2048	217,710,204	18,753,541	1.72%	-0.09%
2049	221,377,329	18,734,516	1.68%	-0.1%
2050	225,021,865	18,713,797	1.65%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.