Population in Ethiopia compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ethiopia and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	North Korea	Ethiopia	North Korea
1960	21,376,693	11,722,953	-	-
1961	21,906,102	11,990,713	2.48%	2.28%
1962	22,465,126	12,262,882	2.55%	2.27%
1963	23,051,637	12,567,057	2.61%	2.48%
1964	23,666,548	12,889,770	2.67%	2.57%
1965	24,310,612	13,219,369	2.72%	2.56%
1966	24,952,689	13,569,094	2.64%	2.65%
1967	25,620,276	13,958,350	2.68%	2.87%
1968	26,337,930	14,365,596	2.8%	2.92%
1969	27,072,571	14,767,615	2.79%	2.8%
1970	27,829,128	15,172,775	2.79%	2.74%
1971	28,600,106	15,572,457	2.77%	2.63%
1972	29,374,608	15,975,069	2.71%	2.59%
1973	30,166,785	16,350,367	2.7%	2.35%
1974	30,957,273	16,673,121	2.62%	1.97%
1975	31,723,252	16,971,055	2.47%	1.79%
1976	32,534,418	17,243,450	2.56%	1.61%
1977	33,167,272	17,492,798	1.95%	1.45%
1978	33,734,592	17,735,995	1.71%	1.39%
1979	34,238,652	17,983,470	1.49%	1.4%
1980	34,428,514	18,236,786	0.55%	1.41%
1981	35,304,012	18,501,295	2.54%	1.45%
1982	36,701,290	18,776,357	3.96%	1.49%
1983	37,740,817	19,054,034	2.83%	1.48%
1984	38,735,722	19,335,043	2.64%	1.47%
1985	39,842,136	19,620,388	2.86%	1.48%
1986	41,037,656	19,910,855	3%	1.48%
1987	42,460,039	20,205,483	3.47%	1.48%
1988	44,150,825	20,503,161	3.98%	1.47%
1989	45,879,690	20,804,367	3.92%	1.47%
1990	47,609,755	21,112,137	3.77%	1.48%
1991	49,717,198	21,428,638	4.43%	1.5%
1992	51,853,747	21,750,911	4.3%	1.5%
1993	53,708,891	22,073,352	3.58%	1.48%
1994	55,611,508	22,393,975	3.54%	1.45%
1995	57,537,335	22,669,304	3.46%	1.23%
1996	59,467,635	22,895,746	3.35%	1%
1997	61,404,539	23,110,830	3.26%	0.94%
1998	63,363,524	23,311,564	3.19%	0.87%
1999	65,374,561	23,497,599	3.17%	0.8%
2000	67,411,494	23,665,910	3.12%	0.72%
2001	69,487,762	23,815,358	3.08%	0.63%
2002	71,635,517	23,943,973	3.09%	0.54%
2003	73,832,663	24,090,380	3.07%	0.61%
2004	76,077,206	24,254,943	3.04%	0.68%
2005	78,367,470	24,396,433	3.01%	0.58%
2006	80,703,490	24,524,507	2.98%	0.52%
2007	83,103,217	24,646,383	2.97%	0.5%
2008	85,543,668	24,764,618	2.94%	0.48%
2009	88,007,636	24,878,332	2.88%	0.46%
2010	90,538,514	24,987,258	2.88%	0.44%
2011	93,149,970	25,097,874	2.88%	0.44%
2012	95,798,767	25,211,728	2.84%	0.45%
2013	98,438,751	25,329,451	2.76%	0.47%
2014	101,115,610	25,451,262	2.72%	0.48%
2015	103,867,135	25,575,350	2.72%	0.49%
2016	106,718,162	25,698,326	2.74%	0.48%
2017	109,666,481	25,817,709	2.76%	0.46%
2018	112,664,152	25,931,147	2.73%	0.44%
2019	115,737,383	26,037,632	2.73%	0.41%
2020	118,917,671	26,136,312	2.75%	0.38%
2021	122,138,588	26,232,534	2.71%	0.37%
2022	125,384,287	26,328,845	2.66%	0.37%
2023	128,691,692	26,418,204	2.64%	0.34%
2024	132,059,767	26,498,823	2.62%	0.31%
2025	135,472,043	26,571,033	2.58%	0.27%
2026	138,902,180	26,633,682	2.53%	0.24%
2027	142,364,798	26,686,492	2.49%	0.2%
2028	145,841,255	26,729,261	2.44%	0.16%
2029	149,336,056	26,762,008	2.4%	0.12%
2030	152,855,352	26,784,894	2.36%	0.09%
2031	156,382,425	26,797,946	2.31%	0.05%
2032	159,923,895	26,801,071	2.26%	0.01%
2033	163,453,311	26,795,061	2.21%	-0.02%
2034	166,978,790	26,780,481	2.16%	-0.05%
2035	170,532,952	26,757,705	2.13%	-0.09%
2036	174,097,772	26,727,309	2.09%	-0.11%
2037	177,661,132	26,689,907	2.05%	-0.14%
2038	181,235,892	26,646,323	2.01%	-0.16%
2039	184,835,102	26,596,967	1.99%	-0.19%
2040	188,450,900	26,542,417	1.96%	-0.21%
2041	192,068,629	26,483,475	1.92%	-0.22%
2042	195,695,295	26,420,812	1.89%	-0.24%
2043	199,347,978	26,354,324	1.87%	-0.25%
2044	203,014,368	26,284,000	1.84%	-0.27%
2045	206,673,625	26,210,196	1.8%	-0.28%
2046	210,337,847	26,132,922	1.77%	-0.29%
2047	214,023,504	26,052,086	1.75%	-0.31%
2048	217,710,204	25,967,581	1.72%	-0.32%
2049	221,377,329	25,879,244	1.68%	-0.34%
2050	225,021,865	25,787,120	1.65%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.