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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Rwanda	Ethiopia	Rwanda
1960	21,376,693	3,022,294	-	-
1961	21,906,102	3,106,779	2.48%	2.8%
1962	22,465,126	3,186,025	2.55%	2.55%
1963	23,051,637	3,258,890	2.61%	2.29%
1964	23,666,548	3,334,834	2.67%	2.33%
1965	24,310,612	3,423,210	2.72%	2.65%
1966	24,952,689	3,521,626	2.64%	2.87%
1967	25,620,276	3,629,577	2.68%	3.07%
1968	26,337,930	3,744,010	2.8%	3.15%
1969	27,072,571	3,861,271	2.79%	3.13%
1970	27,829,128	3,980,669	2.79%	3.09%
1971	28,600,106	4,100,044	2.77%	3%
1972	29,374,608	4,220,335	2.71%	2.93%
1973	30,166,785	4,345,047	2.7%	2.96%
1974	30,957,273	4,474,228	2.62%	2.97%
1975	31,723,252	4,607,728	2.47%	2.98%
1976	32,534,418	4,745,954	2.56%	3%
1977	33,167,272	4,888,240	1.95%	3%
1978	33,734,592	5,035,171	1.71%	3.01%
1979	34,238,652	5,189,541	1.49%	3.07%
1980	34,428,514	5,353,259	0.55%	3.15%
1981	35,304,012	5,527,230	2.54%	3.25%
1982	36,701,290	5,711,549	3.96%	3.33%
1983	37,740,817	5,905,311	2.83%	3.39%
1984	38,735,722	6,107,627	2.64%	3.43%
1985	39,842,136	6,317,228	2.86%	3.43%
1986	41,037,656	6,531,881	3%	3.4%
1987	42,460,039	6,749,493	3.47%	3.33%
1988	44,150,825	6,968,071	3.98%	3.24%
1989	45,879,690	7,184,706	3.92%	3.11%
1990	47,609,755	7,375,307	3.77%	2.65%
1991	49,717,198	7,526,966	4.43%	2.06%
1992	51,853,747	7,683,266	4.3%	2.08%
1993	53,708,891	7,981,132	3.58%	3.88%
1994	55,611,508	6,792,352	3.54%	-14.9%
1995	57,537,335	5,674,118	3.46%	-16.5%
1996	59,467,635	6,708,764	3.35%	18.2%
1997	61,404,539	7,755,238	3.26%	15.6%
1998	63,363,524	8,081,681	3.19%	4.21%
1999	65,374,561	8,147,912	3.17%	0.82%
2000	67,411,494	8,213,931	3.12%	0.81%
2001	69,487,762	8,287,094	3.08%	0.89%
2002	71,635,517	8,400,180	3.09%	1.36%
2003	73,832,663	8,586,875	3.07%	2.22%
2004	76,077,206	8,816,844	3.04%	2.68%
2005	78,367,470	9,054,528	3.01%	2.7%
2006	80,703,490	9,299,246	2.98%	2.7%
2007	83,103,217	9,549,933	2.97%	2.7%
2008	85,543,668	9,804,269	2.94%	2.66%
2009	88,007,636	10,060,432	2.88%	2.61%
2010	90,538,514	10,317,553	2.88%	2.56%
2011	93,149,970	10,573,733	2.88%	2.48%
2012	95,798,767	10,829,901	2.84%	2.42%
2013	98,438,751	11,093,340	2.76%	2.43%
2014	101,115,610	11,364,757	2.72%	2.45%
2015	103,867,135	11,640,022	2.72%	2.42%
2016	106,718,162	11,919,183	2.74%	2.4%
2017	109,666,481	12,202,060	2.76%	2.37%
2018	112,664,152	12,487,996	2.73%	2.34%
2019	115,737,383	12,776,103	2.73%	2.31%
2020	118,917,671	13,065,837	2.75%	2.27%
2021	122,138,588	13,355,260	2.71%	2.22%
2022	125,384,287	13,651,030	2.66%	2.21%
2023	128,691,692	13,954,471	2.64%	2.22%
2024	132,059,767	14,256,567	2.62%	2.16%
2025	135,472,043	14,569,343	2.58%	2.19%
2026	138,902,180	14,889,694	2.53%	2.2%
2027	142,364,798	15,214,324	2.49%	2.18%
2028	145,841,255	15,536,461	2.44%	2.12%
2029	149,336,056	15,844,649	2.4%	1.98%
2030	152,855,352	16,154,698	2.36%	1.96%
2031	156,382,425	16,473,106	2.31%	1.97%
2032	159,923,895	16,771,820	2.26%	1.81%
2033	163,453,311	17,073,475	2.21%	1.8%
2034	166,978,790	17,402,250	2.16%	1.93%
2035	170,532,952	17,746,315	2.13%	1.98%
2036	174,097,772	18,076,769	2.09%	1.86%
2037	177,661,132	18,395,838	2.05%	1.77%
2038	181,235,892	18,729,778	2.01%	1.82%
2039	184,835,102	19,076,783	1.99%	1.85%
2040	188,450,900	19,440,762	1.96%	1.91%
2041	192,068,629	19,806,170	1.92%	1.88%
2042	195,695,295	20,153,979	1.89%	1.76%
2043	199,347,978	20,500,826	1.87%	1.72%
2044	203,014,368	20,837,079	1.84%	1.64%
2045	206,673,625	21,152,650	1.8%	1.51%
2046	210,337,847	21,459,144	1.77%	1.45%
2047	214,023,504	21,764,578	1.75%	1.42%
2048	217,710,204	22,086,112	1.72%	1.48%
2049	221,377,329	22,403,887	1.68%	1.44%
2050	225,021,865	22,707,896	1.65%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.