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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Niger	Ethiopia	Niger
1960	21,376,693	3,505,050	-	-
1961	21,906,102	3,608,162	2.48%	2.94%
1962	22,465,126	3,714,520	2.55%	2.95%
1963	23,051,637	3,823,873	2.61%	2.94%
1964	23,666,548	3,935,814	2.67%	2.93%
1965	24,310,612	4,049,695	2.72%	2.89%
1966	24,952,689	4,165,544	2.64%	2.86%
1967	25,620,276	4,283,590	2.68%	2.83%
1968	26,337,930	4,403,637	2.8%	2.8%
1969	27,072,571	4,525,725	2.79%	2.77%
1970	27,829,128	4,650,275	2.79%	2.75%
1971	28,600,106	4,776,225	2.77%	2.71%
1972	29,374,608	4,904,845	2.71%	2.69%
1973	30,166,785	5,037,865	2.7%	2.71%
1974	30,957,273	5,174,953	2.62%	2.72%
1975	31,723,252	5,317,019	2.47%	2.75%
1976	32,534,418	5,464,962	2.56%	2.78%
1977	33,167,272	5,619,716	1.95%	2.83%
1978	33,734,592	5,782,932	1.71%	2.9%
1979	34,238,652	5,955,556	1.49%	2.99%
1980	34,428,514	6,135,971	0.55%	3.03%
1981	35,304,012	6,322,006	2.54%	3.03%
1982	36,701,290	6,512,732	3.96%	3.02%
1983	37,740,817	6,708,644	2.83%	3.01%
1984	38,735,722	6,909,971	2.64%	3%
1985	39,842,136	7,118,457	2.86%	3.02%
1986	41,037,656	7,335,811	3%	3.05%
1987	42,460,039	7,561,150	3.47%	3.07%
1988	44,150,825	7,793,748	3.98%	3.08%
1989	45,879,690	8,034,780	3.92%	3.09%
1990	47,609,755	8,286,059	3.77%	3.13%
1991	49,717,198	8,546,900	4.43%	3.15%
1992	51,853,747	8,817,633	4.3%	3.17%
1993	53,708,891	9,100,789	3.58%	3.21%
1994	55,611,508	9,398,258	3.54%	3.27%
1995	57,537,335	9,714,529	3.46%	3.37%
1996	59,467,635	10,044,852	3.35%	3.4%
1997	61,404,539	10,383,969	3.26%	3.38%
1998	63,363,524	10,741,413	3.19%	3.44%
1999	65,374,561	11,117,411	3.17%	3.5%
2000	67,411,494	11,509,630	3.12%	3.53%
2001	69,487,762	11,920,647	3.08%	3.57%
2002	71,635,517	12,349,144	3.09%	3.59%
2003	73,832,663	12,796,984	3.07%	3.63%
2004	76,077,206	13,265,836	3.04%	3.66%
2005	78,367,470	13,756,192	3.01%	3.7%
2006	80,703,490	14,268,581	2.98%	3.72%
2007	83,103,217	14,803,610	2.97%	3.75%
2008	85,543,668	15,361,915	2.94%	3.77%
2009	88,007,636	15,943,675	2.88%	3.79%
2010	90,538,514	16,548,835	2.88%	3.8%
2011	93,149,970	17,176,283	2.88%	3.79%
2012	95,798,767	17,836,769	2.84%	3.85%
2013	98,438,751	18,519,898	2.76%	3.83%
2014	101,115,610	19,215,909	2.72%	3.76%
2015	103,867,135	19,939,498	2.72%	3.77%
2016	106,718,162	20,685,753	2.74%	3.74%
2017	109,666,481	21,435,446	2.76%	3.62%
2018	112,664,152	22,188,069	2.73%	3.51%
2019	115,737,383	22,947,757	2.73%	3.42%
2020	118,917,671	23,717,613	2.75%	3.35%
2021	122,138,588	24,502,140	2.71%	3.31%
2022	125,384,287	25,311,973	2.66%	3.31%
2023	128,691,692	26,159,867	2.64%	3.35%
2024	132,059,767	27,032,412	2.62%	3.34%
2025	135,472,043	27,917,825	2.58%	3.28%
2026	138,902,180	28,814,872	2.53%	3.21%
2027	142,364,798	29,723,688	2.49%	3.15%
2028	145,841,255	30,643,561	2.44%	3.09%
2029	149,336,056	31,575,091	2.4%	3.04%
2030	152,855,352	32,518,069	2.36%	2.99%
2031	156,382,425	33,469,616	2.31%	2.93%
2032	159,923,895	34,428,638	2.26%	2.87%
2033	163,453,311	35,397,029	2.21%	2.81%
2034	166,978,790	36,372,374	2.16%	2.76%
2035	170,532,952	37,353,462	2.13%	2.7%
2036	174,097,772	38,340,142	2.09%	2.64%
2037	177,661,132	39,330,372	2.05%	2.58%
2038	181,235,892	40,323,460	2.01%	2.52%
2039	184,835,102	41,318,407	1.99%	2.47%
2040	188,450,900	42,316,733	1.96%	2.42%
2041	192,068,629	43,319,236	1.92%	2.37%
2042	195,695,295	44,326,115	1.89%	2.32%
2043	199,347,978	45,337,248	1.87%	2.28%
2044	203,014,368	46,353,160	1.84%	2.24%
2045	206,673,625	47,374,113	1.8%	2.2%
2046	210,337,847	48,397,993	1.77%	2.16%
2047	214,023,504	49,423,853	1.75%	2.12%
2048	217,710,204	50,452,202	1.72%	2.08%
2049	221,377,329	51,482,559	1.68%	2.04%
2050	225,021,865	52,513,870	1.65%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.