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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Senegal	Ethiopia	Senegal
1960	21,376,693	3,340,907	-	-
1961	21,906,102	3,436,375	2.48%	2.86%
1962	22,465,126	3,534,686	2.55%	2.86%
1963	23,051,637	3,635,876	2.61%	2.86%
1964	23,666,548	3,740,535	2.67%	2.88%
1965	24,310,612	3,849,788	2.72%	2.92%
1966	24,952,689	3,964,299	2.64%	2.97%
1967	25,620,276	4,083,870	2.68%	3.02%
1968	26,337,930	4,207,587	2.8%	3.03%
1969	27,072,571	4,334,974	2.79%	3.03%
1970	27,829,128	4,466,328	2.79%	3.03%
1971	28,600,106	4,601,864	2.77%	3.03%
1972	29,374,608	4,741,631	2.71%	3.04%
1973	30,166,785	4,885,181	2.7%	3.03%
1974	30,957,273	5,029,437	2.62%	2.95%
1975	31,723,252	5,170,810	2.47%	2.81%
1976	32,534,418	5,308,564	2.56%	2.66%
1977	33,167,272	5,439,549	1.95%	2.47%
1978	33,734,592	5,568,096	1.71%	2.36%
1979	34,238,652	5,702,895	1.49%	2.42%
1980	34,428,514	5,845,638	0.55%	2.5%
1981	35,304,012	5,997,160	2.54%	2.59%
1982	36,701,290	6,156,961	3.96%	2.66%
1983	37,740,817	6,324,504	2.83%	2.72%
1984	38,735,722	6,499,364	2.64%	2.76%
1985	39,842,136	6,683,287	2.86%	2.83%
1986	41,037,656	6,878,192	3%	2.92%
1987	42,460,039	7,081,530	3.47%	2.96%
1988	44,150,825	7,289,618	3.98%	2.94%
1989	45,879,690	7,502,207	3.92%	2.92%
1990	47,609,755	7,720,523	3.77%	2.91%
1991	49,717,198	7,943,085	4.43%	2.88%
1992	51,853,747	8,168,395	4.3%	2.84%
1993	53,708,891	8,396,288	3.58%	2.79%
1994	55,611,508	8,624,078	3.54%	2.71%
1995	57,537,335	8,848,101	3.46%	2.6%
1996	59,467,635	9,067,014	3.35%	2.47%
1997	61,404,539	9,283,495	3.26%	2.39%
1998	63,363,524	9,502,952	3.19%	2.36%
1999	65,374,561	9,730,887	3.17%	2.4%
2000	67,411,494	9,968,260	3.12%	2.44%
2001	69,487,762	10,212,942	3.08%	2.45%
2002	71,635,517	10,466,214	3.09%	2.48%
2003	73,832,663	10,721,176	3.07%	2.44%
2004	76,077,206	10,975,704	3.04%	2.37%
2005	78,367,470	11,235,472	3.01%	2.37%
2006	80,703,490	11,500,094	2.98%	2.36%
2007	83,103,217	11,770,344	2.97%	2.35%
2008	85,543,668	12,048,959	2.94%	2.37%
2009	88,007,636	12,337,389	2.88%	2.39%
2010	90,538,514	12,635,413	2.88%	2.42%
2011	93,149,970	12,958,897	2.88%	2.56%
2012	95,798,767	13,310,495	2.84%	2.71%
2013	98,438,751	13,710,849	2.76%	3.01%
2014	101,115,610	14,152,102	2.72%	3.22%
2015	103,867,135	14,593,331	2.72%	3.12%
2016	106,718,162	15,034,521	2.74%	3.02%
2017	109,666,481	15,475,002	2.76%	2.93%
2018	112,664,152	15,914,498	2.73%	2.84%
2019	115,737,383	16,352,922	2.73%	2.75%
2020	118,917,671	16,789,219	2.75%	2.67%
2021	122,138,588	17,220,867	2.71%	2.57%
2022	125,384,287	17,651,103	2.66%	2.5%
2023	128,691,692	18,077,573	2.64%	2.42%
2024	132,059,767	18,501,984	2.62%	2.35%
2025	135,472,043	18,931,964	2.58%	2.32%
2026	138,902,180	19,366,546	2.53%	2.3%
2027	142,364,798	19,807,242	2.49%	2.28%
2028	145,841,255	20,254,562	2.44%	2.26%
2029	149,336,056	20,706,628	2.4%	2.23%
2030	152,855,352	21,163,189	2.36%	2.2%
2031	156,382,425	21,623,709	2.31%	2.18%
2032	159,923,895	22,085,928	2.26%	2.14%
2033	163,453,311	22,548,831	2.21%	2.1%
2034	166,978,790	23,012,018	2.16%	2.05%
2035	170,532,952	23,476,591	2.13%	2.02%
2036	174,097,772	23,942,221	2.09%	1.98%
2037	177,661,132	24,407,574	2.05%	1.94%
2038	181,235,892	24,872,512	2.01%	1.9%
2039	184,835,102	25,335,991	1.99%	1.86%
2040	188,450,900	25,797,506	1.96%	1.82%
2041	192,068,629	26,257,464	1.92%	1.78%
2042	195,695,295	26,716,424	1.89%	1.75%
2043	199,347,978	27,174,896	1.87%	1.72%
2044	203,014,368	27,632,997	1.84%	1.69%
2045	206,673,625	28,089,695	1.8%	1.65%
2046	210,337,847	28,546,280	1.77%	1.63%
2047	214,023,504	29,002,001	1.75%	1.6%
2048	217,710,204	29,457,233	1.72%	1.57%
2049	221,377,329	29,911,840	1.68%	1.54%
2050	225,021,865	30,364,944	1.65%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.