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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Romania	Ethiopia	Romania
1960	21,376,693	18,406,905	-	-
1961	21,906,102	18,555,250	2.48%	0.81%
1962	22,465,126	18,676,550	2.55%	0.65%
1963	23,051,637	18,797,850	2.61%	0.65%
1964	23,666,548	18,919,126	2.67%	0.65%
1965	24,310,612	19,031,576	2.72%	0.59%
1966	24,952,689	19,215,450	2.64%	0.97%
1967	25,620,276	19,534,242	2.68%	1.66%
1968	26,337,930	19,799,831	2.8%	1.36%
1969	27,072,571	20,009,141	2.79%	1.06%
1970	27,829,128	20,250,398	2.79%	1.21%
1971	28,600,106	20,461,567	2.77%	1.04%
1972	29,374,608	20,657,957	2.71%	0.96%
1973	30,166,785	20,835,681	2.7%	0.86%
1974	30,957,273	21,029,429	2.62%	0.93%
1975	31,723,252	21,293,583	2.47%	1.26%
1976	32,534,418	21,551,634	2.56%	1.21%
1977	33,167,272	21,756,096	1.95%	0.95%
1978	33,734,592	21,951,464	1.71%	0.9%
1979	34,238,652	22,090,488	1.49%	0.63%
1980	34,428,514	22,207,282	0.55%	0.53%
1981	35,304,012	22,353,070	2.54%	0.66%
1982	36,701,290	22,475,741	3.96%	0.55%
1983	37,740,817	22,560,478	2.83%	0.38%
1984	38,735,722	22,640,547	2.64%	0.35%
1985	39,842,136	22,732,999	2.86%	0.41%
1986	41,037,656	22,836,841	3%	0.46%
1987	42,460,039	22,949,430	3.47%	0.49%
1988	44,150,825	23,057,662	3.98%	0.47%
1989	45,879,690	23,161,458	3.92%	0.45%
1990	47,609,755	23,201,835	3.77%	0.17%
1991	49,717,198	23,001,155	4.43%	-0.86%
1992	51,853,747	22,794,284	4.3%	-0.9%
1993	53,708,891	22,763,280	3.58%	-0.14%
1994	55,611,508	22,730,211	3.54%	-0.15%
1995	57,537,335	22,684,270	3.46%	-0.2%
1996	59,467,635	22,619,004	3.35%	-0.29%
1997	61,404,539	22,553,978	3.26%	-0.29%
1998	63,363,524	22,507,344	3.19%	-0.21%
1999	65,374,561	22,472,040	3.17%	-0.16%
2000	67,411,494	22,442,971	3.12%	-0.13%
2001	69,487,762	22,131,970	3.08%	-1.39%
2002	71,635,517	21,730,496	3.09%	-1.81%
2003	73,832,663	21,574,326	3.07%	-0.72%
2004	76,077,206	21,451,748	3.04%	-0.57%
2005	78,367,470	21,319,685	3.01%	-0.62%
2006	80,703,490	21,193,760	2.98%	-0.59%
2007	83,103,217	20,882,982	2.97%	-1.47%
2008	85,543,668	20,537,875	2.94%	-1.65%
2009	88,007,636	20,367,487	2.88%	-0.83%
2010	90,538,514	20,246,871	2.88%	-0.59%
2011	93,149,970	20,147,528	2.88%	-0.49%
2012	95,798,767	20,058,035	2.84%	-0.44%
2013	98,438,751	19,983,693	2.76%	-0.37%
2014	101,115,610	19,908,979	2.72%	-0.37%
2015	103,867,135	19,815,616	2.72%	-0.47%
2016	106,718,162	19,702,267	2.74%	-0.57%
2017	109,666,481	19,588,715	2.76%	-0.58%
2018	112,664,152	19,473,970	2.73%	-0.59%
2019	115,737,383	19,371,648	2.73%	-0.53%
2020	118,917,671	19,265,250	2.75%	-0.55%
2021	122,138,588	19,122,059	2.71%	-0.74%
2022	125,384,287	19,048,502	2.66%	-0.38%
2023	128,691,692	19,059,479	2.64%	0.06%
2024	132,059,767	19,069,340	2.62%	0.05%
2025	135,472,043	18,962,595	2.58%	-0.56%
2026	138,902,180	18,854,232	2.53%	-0.57%
2027	142,364,798	18,744,883	2.49%	-0.58%
2028	145,841,255	18,634,894	2.44%	-0.59%
2029	149,336,056	18,523,736	2.4%	-0.6%
2030	152,855,352	18,411,878	2.36%	-0.6%
2031	156,382,425	18,299,820	2.31%	-0.61%
2032	159,923,895	18,187,406	2.26%	-0.61%
2033	163,453,311	18,074,282	2.21%	-0.62%
2034	166,978,790	17,960,330	2.16%	-0.63%
2035	170,532,952	17,845,182	2.13%	-0.64%
2036	174,097,772	17,728,480	2.09%	-0.65%
2037	177,661,132	17,611,384	2.05%	-0.66%
2038	181,235,892	17,493,684	2.01%	-0.67%
2039	184,835,102	17,375,991	1.99%	-0.67%
2040	188,450,900	17,258,810	1.96%	-0.67%
2041	192,068,629	17,140,535	1.92%	-0.69%
2042	195,695,295	17,022,168	1.89%	-0.69%
2043	199,347,978	16,904,427	1.87%	-0.69%
2044	203,014,368	16,786,029	1.84%	-0.7%
2045	206,673,625	16,667,734	1.8%	-0.7%
2046	210,337,847	16,550,066	1.77%	-0.71%
2047	214,023,504	16,431,566	1.75%	-0.72%
2048	217,710,204	16,312,099	1.72%	-0.73%
2049	221,377,329	16,192,424	1.68%	-0.73%
2050	225,021,865	16,072,989	1.65%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.