Population in Ethiopia compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Papua New Guinea	Ethiopia	Papua New Guinea
1960	21,376,693	1,995,110	-	-
1961	21,906,102	2,046,127	2.48%	2.56%
1962	22,465,126	2,093,919	2.55%	2.34%
1963	23,051,637	2,141,376	2.61%	2.27%
1964	23,666,548	2,188,325	2.67%	2.19%
1965	24,310,612	2,235,820	2.72%	2.17%
1966	24,952,689	2,285,774	2.64%	2.23%
1967	25,620,276	2,337,532	2.68%	2.26%
1968	26,337,930	2,390,803	2.8%	2.28%
1969	27,072,571	2,446,927	2.79%	2.35%
1970	27,829,128	2,505,628	2.79%	2.4%
1971	28,600,106	2,566,421	2.77%	2.43%
1972	29,374,608	2,628,432	2.71%	2.42%
1973	30,166,785	2,690,629	2.7%	2.37%
1974	30,957,273	2,752,671	2.62%	2.31%
1975	31,723,252	2,814,820	2.47%	2.26%
1976	32,534,418	2,877,327	2.56%	2.22%
1977	33,167,272	2,940,327	1.95%	2.19%
1978	33,734,592	3,003,714	1.71%	2.16%
1979	34,238,652	3,067,341	1.49%	2.12%
1980	34,428,514	3,131,512	0.55%	2.09%
1981	35,304,012	3,197,019	2.54%	2.09%
1982	36,701,290	3,264,291	3.96%	2.1%
1983	37,740,817	3,333,633	2.83%	2.12%
1984	38,735,722	3,405,198	2.64%	2.15%
1985	39,842,136	3,478,936	2.86%	2.17%
1986	41,037,656	3,554,793	3%	2.18%
1987	42,460,039	3,632,543	3.47%	2.19%
1988	44,150,825	3,711,880	3.98%	2.18%
1989	45,879,690	3,796,078	3.92%	2.27%
1990	47,609,755	3,896,481	3.77%	2.64%
1991	49,717,198	4,021,837	4.43%	3.22%
1992	51,853,747	4,166,699	4.3%	3.6%
1993	53,708,891	4,320,872	3.58%	3.7%
1994	55,611,508	4,480,208	3.54%	3.69%
1995	57,537,335	4,644,278	3.46%	3.66%
1996	59,467,635	4,813,361	3.35%	3.64%
1997	61,404,539	4,987,883	3.26%	3.63%
1998	63,363,524	5,166,390	3.19%	3.58%
1999	65,374,561	5,349,333	3.17%	3.54%
2000	67,411,494	5,537,064	3.12%	3.51%
2001	69,487,762	5,728,435	3.08%	3.46%
2002	71,635,517	5,924,003	3.09%	3.41%
2003	73,832,663	6,123,997	3.07%	3.38%
2004	76,077,206	6,328,041	3.04%	3.33%
2005	78,367,470	6,535,905	3.01%	3.28%
2006	80,703,490	6,747,720	2.98%	3.24%
2007	83,103,217	6,963,345	2.97%	3.2%
2008	85,543,668	7,183,002	2.94%	3.15%
2009	88,007,636	7,406,438	2.88%	3.11%
2010	90,538,514	7,633,523	2.88%	3.07%
2011	93,149,970	7,859,346	2.88%	2.96%
2012	95,798,767	8,081,390	2.84%	2.83%
2013	98,438,751	8,302,698	2.76%	2.74%
2014	101,115,610	8,523,441	2.72%	2.66%
2015	103,867,135	8,743,246	2.72%	2.58%
2016	106,718,162	8,961,718	2.74%	2.5%
2017	109,666,481	9,178,714	2.76%	2.42%
2018	112,664,152	9,394,513	2.73%	2.35%
2019	115,737,383	9,609,010	2.73%	2.28%
2020	118,917,671	9,815,746	2.75%	2.15%
2021	122,138,588	10,012,896	2.71%	2.01%
2022	125,384,287	10,203,169	2.66%	1.9%
2023	128,691,692	10,389,635	2.64%	1.83%
2024	132,059,767	10,576,502	2.62%	1.8%
2025	135,472,043	10,762,813	2.58%	1.76%
2026	138,902,180	10,947,845	2.53%	1.72%
2027	142,364,798	11,131,268	2.49%	1.68%
2028	145,841,255	11,312,895	2.44%	1.63%
2029	149,336,056	11,492,799	2.4%	1.59%
2030	152,855,352	11,671,420	2.36%	1.55%
2031	156,382,425	11,848,221	2.31%	1.51%
2032	159,923,895	12,023,121	2.26%	1.48%
2033	163,453,311	12,196,639	2.21%	1.44%
2034	166,978,790	12,369,248	2.16%	1.42%
2035	170,532,952	12,540,596	2.13%	1.39%
2036	174,097,772	12,710,682	2.09%	1.36%
2037	177,661,132	12,879,737	2.05%	1.33%
2038	181,235,892	13,047,122	2.01%	1.3%
2039	184,835,102	13,212,668	1.99%	1.27%
2040	188,450,900	13,376,156	1.96%	1.24%
2041	192,068,629	13,537,361	1.92%	1.21%
2042	195,695,295	13,696,139	1.89%	1.17%
2043	199,347,978	13,853,410	1.87%	1.15%
2044	203,014,368	14,009,926	1.84%	1.13%
2045	206,673,625	14,165,578	1.8%	1.11%
2046	210,337,847	14,318,889	1.77%	1.08%
2047	214,023,504	14,469,210	1.75%	1.05%
2048	217,710,204	14,617,364	1.72%	1.02%
2049	221,377,329	14,763,600	1.68%	1%
2050	225,021,865	14,906,584	1.65%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.