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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Pakistan	Ethiopia	Pakistan
1960	21,376,693	45,709,310	-	-
1961	21,906,102	46,921,277	2.48%	2.65%
1962	22,465,126	48,156,128	2.55%	2.63%
1963	23,051,637	49,447,776	2.61%	2.68%
1964	23,666,548	50,799,999	2.67%	2.73%
1965	24,310,612	52,209,010	2.72%	2.77%
1966	24,952,689	53,678,667	2.64%	2.81%
1967	25,620,276	55,214,768	2.68%	2.86%
1968	26,337,930	56,810,507	2.8%	2.89%
1969	27,072,571	58,460,939	2.79%	2.91%
1970	27,829,128	60,166,719	2.79%	2.92%
1971	28,600,106	61,847,899	2.77%	2.79%
1972	29,374,608	63,583,194	2.71%	2.81%
1973	30,166,785	65,461,912	2.7%	2.95%
1974	30,957,273	67,415,487	2.62%	2.98%
1975	31,723,252	69,461,175	2.47%	3.03%
1976	32,534,418	71,620,254	2.56%	3.11%
1977	33,167,272	73,901,827	1.95%	3.19%
1978	33,734,592	76,307,379	1.71%	3.26%
1979	34,238,652	78,997,039	1.49%	3.52%
1980	34,428,514	82,291,010	0.55%	4.17%
1981	35,304,012	85,802,049	2.54%	4.27%
1982	36,701,290	89,089,246	3.96%	3.83%
1983	37,740,817	92,227,711	2.83%	3.52%
1984	38,735,722	95,164,936	2.64%	3.18%
1985	39,842,136	98,229,285	2.86%	3.22%
1986	41,037,656	101,606,764	3%	3.44%
1987	42,460,039	105,130,717	3.47%	3.47%
1988	44,150,825	108,724,739	3.98%	3.42%
1989	45,879,690	112,336,629	3.92%	3.32%
1990	47,609,755	116,155,576	3.77%	3.4%
1991	49,717,198	120,060,406	4.43%	3.36%
1992	51,853,747	123,546,848	4.3%	2.9%
1993	53,708,891	127,020,117	3.58%	2.81%
1994	55,611,508	130,748,083	3.54%	2.93%
1995	57,537,335	134,582,253	3.46%	2.93%
1996	59,467,635	138,557,092	3.35%	2.95%
1997	61,404,539	142,531,804	3.26%	2.87%
1998	63,363,524	146,522,356	3.19%	2.8%
1999	65,374,561	150,565,377	3.17%	2.76%
2000	67,411,494	154,879,127	3.12%	2.87%
2001	69,487,762	159,270,907	3.08%	2.84%
2002	71,635,517	163,222,549	3.09%	2.48%
2003	73,832,663	167,110,248	3.07%	2.38%
2004	76,077,206	171,286,000	3.04%	2.5%
2005	78,367,470	175,453,212	3.01%	2.43%
2006	80,703,490	179,682,690	2.98%	2.41%
2007	83,103,217	184,493,231	2.97%	2.68%
2008	85,543,668	189,499,113	2.94%	2.71%
2009	88,007,636	194,376,534	2.88%	2.57%
2010	90,538,514	199,239,047	2.88%	2.5%
2011	93,149,970	203,746,065	2.88%	2.26%
2012	95,798,767	207,667,125	2.84%	1.92%
2013	98,438,751	211,073,978	2.76%	1.64%
2014	101,115,610	214,264,647	2.72%	1.51%
2015	103,867,135	217,290,883	2.72%	1.41%
2016	106,718,162	220,138,869	2.74%	1.31%
2017	109,666,481	223,273,967	2.76%	1.42%
2018	112,664,152	226,928,892	2.73%	1.64%
2019	115,737,383	230,800,899	2.73%	1.71%
2020	118,917,671	235,001,746	2.75%	1.82%
2021	122,138,588	239,477,801	2.71%	1.9%
2022	125,384,287	243,700,667	2.66%	1.76%
2023	128,691,692	247,504,495	2.64%	1.56%
2024	132,059,767	251,269,164	2.62%	1.52%
2025	135,472,043	255,219,564	2.58%	1.57%
2026	138,902,180	259,299,796	2.53%	1.6%
2027	142,364,798	263,515,827	2.49%	1.63%
2028	145,841,255	267,881,923	2.44%	1.66%
2029	149,336,056	272,337,520	2.4%	1.66%
2030	152,855,352	276,883,261	2.36%	1.67%
2031	156,382,425	281,528,070	2.31%	1.68%
2032	159,923,895	286,241,141	2.26%	1.67%
2033	163,453,311	291,012,268	2.21%	1.67%
2034	166,978,790	295,820,153	2.16%	1.65%
2035	170,532,952	300,643,518	2.13%	1.63%
2036	174,097,772	305,491,504	2.09%	1.61%
2037	177,661,132	310,353,293	2.05%	1.59%
2038	181,235,892	315,227,709	2.01%	1.57%
2039	184,835,102	320,105,882	1.99%	1.55%
2040	188,450,900	324,937,703	1.96%	1.51%
2041	192,068,629	329,746,478	1.92%	1.48%
2042	195,695,295	334,551,874	1.89%	1.46%
2043	199,347,978	339,334,851	1.87%	1.43%
2044	203,014,368	344,095,467	1.84%	1.4%
2045	206,673,625	348,837,732	1.8%	1.38%
2046	210,337,847	353,552,859	1.77%	1.35%
2047	214,023,504	358,207,159	1.75%	1.32%
2048	217,710,204	362,796,532	1.72%	1.28%
2049	221,377,329	367,344,429	1.68%	1.25%
2050	225,021,865	371,863,804	1.65%	1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.