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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Russia	Ethiopia	Russia
1960	21,376,693	119,897,000	-	-
1961	21,906,102	121,236,000	2.48%	1.12%
1962	22,465,126	122,591,000	2.55%	1.12%
1963	23,051,637	123,960,000	2.61%	1.12%
1964	23,666,548	125,345,000	2.67%	1.12%
1965	24,310,612	126,745,000	2.72%	1.12%
1966	24,952,689	127,468,000	2.64%	0.57%
1967	25,620,276	128,196,000	2.68%	0.57%
1968	26,337,930	128,928,000	2.8%	0.57%
1969	27,072,571	129,664,000	2.79%	0.57%
1970	27,829,128	130,404,000	2.79%	0.57%
1971	28,600,106	131,155,000	2.77%	0.58%
1972	29,374,608	131,909,000	2.71%	0.57%
1973	30,166,785	132,669,000	2.7%	0.58%
1974	30,957,273	133,432,000	2.62%	0.58%
1975	31,723,252	134,200,000	2.47%	0.58%
1976	32,534,418	135,147,000	2.56%	0.71%
1977	33,167,272	136,100,000	1.95%	0.71%
1978	33,734,592	137,060,000	1.71%	0.71%
1979	34,238,652	138,027,000	1.49%	0.71%
1980	34,428,514	139,010,000	0.55%	0.71%
1981	35,304,012	139,941,000	2.54%	0.67%
1982	36,701,290	140,823,000	3.96%	0.63%
1983	37,740,817	141,668,000	2.83%	0.6%
1984	38,735,722	142,745,000	2.64%	0.76%
1985	39,842,136	143,858,000	2.86%	0.78%
1986	41,037,656	144,894,000	3%	0.72%
1987	42,460,039	145,908,000	3.47%	0.7%
1988	44,150,825	146,857,000	3.98%	0.65%
1989	45,879,690	147,721,000	3.92%	0.59%
1990	47,609,755	147,969,406	3.77%	0.17%
1991	49,717,198	148,394,216	4.43%	0.29%
1992	51,853,747	148,538,197	4.3%	0.1%
1993	53,708,891	148,458,777	3.58%	-0.05%
1994	55,611,508	148,407,912	3.54%	-0.03%
1995	57,537,335	148,375,787	3.46%	-0.02%
1996	59,467,635	148,160,129	3.35%	-0.15%
1997	61,404,539	147,915,361	3.26%	-0.17%
1998	63,363,524	147,670,784	3.19%	-0.17%
1999	65,374,561	147,214,776	3.17%	-0.31%
2000	67,411,494	146,596,869	3.12%	-0.42%
2001	69,487,762	145,976,482	3.08%	-0.42%
2002	71,635,517	145,306,497	3.09%	-0.46%
2003	73,832,663	144,648,618	3.07%	-0.45%
2004	76,077,206	144,067,316	3.04%	-0.4%
2005	78,367,470	143,518,814	3.01%	-0.38%
2006	80,703,490	143,049,637	2.98%	-0.33%
2007	83,103,217	142,805,114	2.97%	-0.17%
2008	85,543,668	142,742,366	2.94%	-0.04%
2009	88,007,636	142,785,348	2.88%	0.03%
2010	90,538,514	142,849,468	2.88%	0.04%
2011	93,149,970	143,018,195	2.88%	0.12%
2012	95,798,767	143,378,447	2.84%	0.25%
2013	98,438,751	143,805,638	2.76%	0.3%
2014	101,115,610	144,237,223	2.72%	0.3%
2015	103,867,135	144,640,716	2.72%	0.28%
2016	106,718,162	145,015,460	2.74%	0.26%
2017	109,666,481	145,293,260	2.76%	0.19%
2018	112,664,152	145,398,106	2.73%	0.07%
2019	115,737,383	145,453,291	2.73%	0.04%
2020	118,917,671	145,245,148	2.75%	-0.14%
2021	122,138,588	144,746,762	2.71%	-0.34%
2022	125,384,287	144,236,933	2.66%	-0.35%
2023	128,691,692	143,826,130	2.64%	-0.28%
2024	132,059,767	143,533,851	2.62%	-0.2%
2025	135,472,043	142,718,132	2.58%	-0.57%
2026	138,902,180	142,120,553	2.53%	-0.42%
2027	142,364,798	141,773,330	2.49%	-0.24%
2028	145,841,255	141,402,326	2.44%	-0.26%
2029	149,336,056	141,021,009	2.4%	-0.27%
2030	152,855,352	140,628,883	2.36%	-0.28%
2031	156,382,425	140,218,596	2.31%	-0.29%
2032	159,923,895	139,807,207	2.26%	-0.29%
2033	163,453,311	139,414,947	2.21%	-0.28%
2034	166,978,790	139,034,543	2.16%	-0.27%
2035	170,532,952	138,666,694	2.13%	-0.26%
2036	174,097,772	138,311,757	2.09%	-0.26%
2037	177,661,132	137,968,177	2.05%	-0.25%
2038	181,235,892	137,643,032	2.01%	-0.24%
2039	184,835,102	137,336,299	1.99%	-0.22%
2040	188,450,900	137,053,347	1.96%	-0.21%
2041	192,068,629	136,795,588	1.92%	-0.19%
2042	195,695,295	136,558,692	1.89%	-0.17%
2043	199,347,978	136,335,849	1.87%	-0.16%
2044	203,014,368	136,124,845	1.84%	-0.15%
2045	206,673,625	135,933,758	1.8%	-0.14%
2046	210,337,847	135,756,848	1.77%	-0.13%
2047	214,023,504	135,574,181	1.75%	-0.13%
2048	217,710,204	135,372,557	1.72%	-0.15%
2049	221,377,329	135,156,911	1.68%	-0.16%
2050	225,021,865	134,923,391	1.65%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.