Population in Ethiopia compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ethiopia and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Sao Tome	Ethiopia	Sao Tome
1960	21,376,693	68,012	-	-
1961	21,906,102	68,707	2.48%	1.02%
1962	22,465,126	69,403	2.55%	1.01%
1963	23,051,637	70,112	2.61%	1.02%
1964	23,666,548	70,865	2.67%	1.07%
1965	24,310,612	71,680	2.72%	1.15%
1966	24,952,689	72,576	2.64%	1.25%
1967	25,620,276	73,596	2.68%	1.41%
1968	26,337,930	74,765	2.8%	1.59%
1969	27,072,571	76,083	2.79%	1.76%
1970	27,829,128	77,626	2.79%	2.03%
1971	28,600,106	79,330	2.77%	2.2%
1972	29,374,608	81,041	2.71%	2.16%
1973	30,166,785	82,798	2.7%	2.17%
1974	30,957,273	84,672	2.62%	2.26%
1975	31,723,252	86,708	2.47%	2.4%
1976	32,534,418	88,922	2.56%	2.55%
1977	33,167,272	91,301	1.95%	2.68%
1978	33,734,592	93,794	1.71%	2.73%
1979	34,238,652	96,252	1.49%	2.62%
1980	34,428,514	98,544	0.55%	2.38%
1981	35,304,012	100,615	2.54%	2.1%
1982	36,701,290	102,508	3.96%	1.88%
1983	37,740,817	104,380	2.83%	1.83%
1984	38,735,722	106,394	2.64%	1.93%
1985	39,842,136	108,658	2.86%	2.13%
1986	41,037,656	111,150	3%	2.29%
1987	42,460,039	113,919	3.47%	2.49%
1988	44,150,825	116,939	3.98%	2.65%
1989	45,879,690	119,979	3.92%	2.6%
1990	47,609,755	122,980	3.77%	2.5%
1991	49,717,198	125,697	4.43%	2.21%
1992	51,853,747	128,110	4.3%	1.92%
1993	53,708,891	130,467	3.58%	1.84%
1994	55,611,508	132,732	3.54%	1.74%
1995	57,537,335	134,895	3.46%	1.63%
1996	59,467,635	136,962	3.35%	1.53%
1997	61,404,539	138,922	3.26%	1.43%
1998	63,363,524	140,751	3.19%	1.32%
1999	65,374,561	142,442	3.17%	1.2%
2000	67,411,494	144,018	3.12%	1.11%
2001	69,487,762	146,375	3.08%	1.64%
2002	71,635,517	149,922	3.09%	2.42%
2003	73,832,663	153,814	3.07%	2.6%
2004	76,077,206	157,705	3.04%	2.53%
2005	78,367,470	161,639	3.01%	2.49%
2006	80,703,490	165,638	2.98%	2.47%
2007	83,103,217	169,700	2.97%	2.45%
2008	85,543,668	173,793	2.94%	2.41%
2009	88,007,636	177,853	2.88%	2.34%
2010	90,538,514	181,802	2.88%	2.22%
2011	93,149,970	185,649	2.88%	2.12%
2012	95,798,767	189,439	2.84%	2.04%
2013	98,438,751	193,148	2.76%	1.96%
2014	101,115,610	196,767	2.72%	1.87%
2015	103,867,135	200,291	2.72%	1.79%
2016	106,718,162	203,689	2.74%	1.7%
2017	109,666,481	206,970	2.76%	1.61%
2018	112,664,152	210,187	2.73%	1.55%
2019	115,737,383	213,392	2.73%	1.52%
2020	118,917,671	217,435	2.75%	1.89%
2021	122,138,588	221,961	2.71%	2.08%
2022	125,384,287	226,305	2.66%	1.96%
2023	128,691,692	230,871	2.64%	2.02%
2024	132,059,767	235,536	2.62%	2.02%
2025	135,472,043	240,251	2.58%	2%
2026	138,902,180	244,987	2.53%	1.97%
2027	142,364,798	249,783	2.49%	1.96%
2028	145,841,255	254,657	2.44%	1.95%
2029	149,336,056	259,597	2.4%	1.94%
2030	152,855,352	264,560	2.36%	1.91%
2031	156,382,425	269,566	2.31%	1.89%
2032	159,923,895	274,643	2.26%	1.88%
2033	163,453,311	279,761	2.21%	1.86%
2034	166,978,790	284,911	2.16%	1.84%
2035	170,532,952	290,082	2.13%	1.81%
2036	174,097,772	295,269	2.09%	1.79%
2037	177,661,132	300,439	2.05%	1.75%
2038	181,235,892	305,590	2.01%	1.71%
2039	184,835,102	310,729	1.99%	1.68%
2040	188,450,900	315,833	1.96%	1.64%
2041	192,068,629	320,875	1.92%	1.6%
2042	195,695,295	325,888	1.89%	1.56%
2043	199,347,978	330,908	1.87%	1.54%
2044	203,014,368	335,919	1.84%	1.51%
2045	206,673,625	340,911	1.8%	1.49%
2046	210,337,847	345,883	1.77%	1.46%
2047	214,023,504	350,758	1.75%	1.41%
2048	217,710,204	355,569	1.72%	1.37%
2049	221,377,329	360,353	1.68%	1.35%
2050	225,021,865	365,103	1.65%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.