Population in Ethiopia compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Saudi Arabia	Ethiopia	Saudi Arabia
1960	21,376,693	2,435,403	-	-
1961	21,906,102	2,526,347	2.48%	3.73%
1962	22,465,126	2,620,910	2.55%	3.74%
1963	23,051,637	2,719,341	2.61%	3.76%
1964	23,666,548	2,821,968	2.67%	3.77%
1965	24,310,612	2,928,771	2.72%	3.78%
1966	24,952,689	3,039,887	2.64%	3.79%
1967	25,620,276	3,157,242	2.68%	3.86%
1968	26,337,930	3,282,711	2.8%	3.97%
1969	27,072,571	3,417,114	2.79%	4.09%
1970	27,829,128	3,562,470	2.79%	4.25%
1971	28,600,106	3,724,031	2.77%	4.54%
1972	29,374,608	3,905,722	2.71%	4.88%
1973	30,166,785	4,106,344	2.7%	5.14%
1974	30,957,273	4,323,632	2.62%	5.29%
1975	31,723,252	4,556,287	2.47%	5.38%
1976	32,534,418	4,807,933	2.56%	5.52%
1977	33,167,272	5,083,048	1.95%	5.72%
1978	33,734,592	5,381,902	1.71%	5.88%
1979	34,238,652	5,703,698	1.49%	5.98%
1980	34,428,514	6,047,997	0.55%	6.04%
1981	35,304,012	6,420,551	2.54%	6.16%
1982	36,701,290	6,824,486	3.96%	6.29%
1983	37,740,817	7,252,941	2.83%	6.28%
1984	38,735,722	7,697,307	2.64%	6.13%
1985	39,842,136	8,151,779	2.86%	5.9%
1986	41,037,656	8,628,639	3%	5.85%
1987	42,460,039	9,130,194	3.47%	5.81%
1988	44,150,825	9,629,165	3.98%	5.47%
1989	45,879,690	10,128,394	3.92%	5.18%
1990	47,609,755	10,640,691	3.77%	5.06%
1991	49,717,198	11,160,744	4.43%	4.89%
1992	51,853,747	11,686,676	4.3%	4.71%
1993	53,708,891	12,215,862	3.58%	4.53%
1994	55,611,508	12,750,040	3.54%	4.37%
1995	57,537,335	13,289,245	3.46%	4.23%
1996	59,467,635	13,831,009	3.35%	4.08%
1997	61,404,539	14,374,943	3.26%	3.93%
1998	63,363,524	14,922,185	3.19%	3.81%
1999	65,374,561	15,472,075	3.17%	3.69%
2000	67,411,494	16,177,722	3.12%	4.56%
2001	69,487,762	17,041,397	3.08%	5.34%
2002	71,635,517	17,910,910	3.09%	5.1%
2003	73,832,663	18,786,767	3.07%	4.89%
2004	76,077,206	19,669,480	3.04%	4.7%
2005	78,367,470	20,559,890	3.01%	4.53%
2006	80,703,490	21,459,144	2.98%	4.37%
2007	83,103,217	22,368,313	2.97%	4.24%
2008	85,543,668	23,287,877	2.94%	4.11%
2009	88,007,636	24,217,654	2.88%	3.99%
2010	90,538,514	23,978,487	2.88%	-0.99%
2011	93,149,970	25,091,867	2.88%	4.64%
2012	95,798,767	26,168,861	2.84%	4.29%
2013	98,438,751	27,624,004	2.76%	5.56%
2014	101,115,610	28,309,273	2.72%	2.48%
2015	103,867,135	29,816,382	2.72%	5.32%
2016	106,718,162	30,954,198	2.74%	3.82%
2017	109,666,481	30,977,355	2.76%	0.07%
2018	112,664,152	30,196,281	2.73%	-2.52%
2019	115,737,383	30,063,799	2.73%	-0.44%
2020	118,917,671	31,552,510	2.75%	4.95%
2021	122,138,588	30,784,383	2.71%	-2.43%
2022	125,384,287	32,175,224	2.66%	4.52%
2023	128,691,692	33,702,731	2.64%	4.75%
2024	132,059,767	35,300,280	2.62%	4.74%
2025	135,472,043	35,927,625	2.58%	1.78%
2026	138,902,180	36,550,694	2.53%	1.73%
2027	142,364,798	37,167,513	2.49%	1.69%
2028	145,841,255	37,775,810	2.44%	1.64%
2029	149,336,056	38,364,377	2.4%	1.56%
2030	152,855,352	38,918,375	2.36%	1.44%
2031	156,382,425	39,450,880	2.31%	1.37%
2032	159,923,895	39,983,934	2.26%	1.35%
2033	163,453,311	40,517,599	2.21%	1.33%
2034	166,978,790	41,052,423	2.16%	1.32%
2035	170,532,952	41,588,429	2.13%	1.31%
2036	174,097,772	42,125,184	2.09%	1.29%
2037	177,661,132	42,661,908	2.05%	1.27%
2038	181,235,892	43,198,420	2.01%	1.26%
2039	184,835,102	43,734,316	1.99%	1.24%
2040	188,450,900	44,269,571	1.96%	1.22%
2041	192,068,629	44,804,338	1.92%	1.21%
2042	195,695,295	45,338,111	1.89%	1.19%
2043	199,347,978	45,870,896	1.87%	1.18%
2044	203,014,368	46,403,116	1.84%	1.16%
2045	206,673,625	46,934,822	1.8%	1.15%
2046	210,337,847	47,465,267	1.77%	1.13%
2047	214,023,504	47,993,976	1.75%	1.11%
2048	217,710,204	48,521,364	1.72%	1.1%
2049	221,377,329	49,047,461	1.68%	1.08%
2050	225,021,865	49,572,202	1.65%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.