Population in Ethiopia compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ethiopia and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	South Africa	Ethiopia	South Africa
1960	21,376,693	16,440,172	-	-
1961	21,906,102	16,908,035	2.48%	2.85%
1962	22,465,126	17,418,522	2.55%	3.02%
1963	23,051,637	17,954,564	2.61%	3.08%
1964	23,666,548	18,511,361	2.67%	3.1%
1965	24,310,612	19,089,380	2.72%	3.12%
1966	24,952,689	19,690,087	2.64%	3.15%
1967	25,620,276	20,314,066	2.68%	3.17%
1968	26,337,930	20,957,287	2.8%	3.17%
1969	27,072,571	21,614,676	2.79%	3.14%
1970	27,829,128	22,279,984	2.79%	3.08%
1971	28,600,106	22,942,143	2.77%	2.97%
1972	29,374,608	23,609,456	2.71%	2.91%
1973	30,166,785	24,294,263	2.7%	2.9%
1974	30,957,273	24,989,108	2.62%	2.86%
1975	31,723,252	25,690,940	2.47%	2.81%
1976	32,534,418	26,395,450	2.56%	2.74%
1977	33,167,272	27,118,952	1.95%	2.74%
1978	33,734,592	27,869,507	1.71%	2.77%
1979	34,238,652	28,634,162	1.49%	2.74%
1980	34,428,514	29,518,857	0.55%	3.09%
1981	35,304,012	30,541,044	2.54%	3.46%
1982	36,701,290	31,615,339	3.96%	3.52%
1983	37,740,817	32,739,304	2.83%	3.56%
1984	38,735,722	33,892,788	2.64%	3.52%
1985	39,842,136	35,042,093	2.86%	3.39%
1986	41,037,656	36,180,515	3%	3.25%
1987	42,460,039	37,326,190	3.47%	3.17%
1988	44,150,825	38,480,649	3.98%	3.09%
1989	45,879,690	39,628,575	3.92%	2.98%
1990	47,609,755	40,746,268	3.77%	2.82%
1991	49,717,198	41,687,898	4.43%	2.31%
1992	51,853,747	42,443,509	4.3%	1.81%
1993	53,708,891	43,297,156	3.58%	2.01%
1994	55,611,508	44,004,139	3.54%	1.63%
1995	57,537,335	44,541,554	3.46%	1.22%
1996	59,467,635	45,123,018	3.35%	1.31%
1997	61,404,539	45,666,838	3.26%	1.21%
1998	63,363,524	46,223,880	3.19%	1.22%
1999	65,374,561	46,730,335	3.17%	1.1%
2000	67,411,494	47,159,719	3.12%	0.92%
2001	69,487,762	47,566,800	3.08%	0.86%
2002	71,635,517	48,019,415	3.09%	0.95%
2003	73,832,663	48,500,348	3.07%	1%
2004	76,077,206	48,991,421	3.04%	1.01%
2005	78,367,470	49,490,033	3.01%	1.02%
2006	80,703,490	49,998,277	2.98%	1.03%
2007	83,103,217	50,528,584	2.97%	1.06%
2008	85,543,668	51,114,599	2.94%	1.16%
2009	88,007,636	51,728,516	2.88%	1.2%
2010	90,538,514	52,344,051	2.88%	1.19%
2011	93,149,970	52,995,205	2.88%	1.24%
2012	95,798,767	53,782,567	2.84%	1.49%
2013	98,438,751	54,678,791	2.76%	1.67%
2014	101,115,610	55,594,838	2.72%	1.68%
2015	103,867,135	56,723,537	2.72%	2.03%
2016	106,718,162	57,259,551	2.74%	0.94%
2017	109,666,481	57,635,162	2.76%	0.66%
2018	112,664,152	58,613,001	2.73%	1.7%
2019	115,737,383	59,587,885	2.73%	1.66%
2020	118,917,671	60,562,381	2.75%	1.64%
2021	122,138,588	61,502,603	2.71%	1.55%
2022	125,384,287	62,378,410	2.66%	1.42%
2023	128,691,692	63,212,384	2.64%	1.34%
2024	132,059,767	64,007,187	2.62%	1.26%
2025	135,472,043	64,747,317	2.58%	1.16%
2026	138,902,180	65,453,086	2.53%	1.09%
2027	142,364,798	66,143,018	2.49%	1.05%
2028	145,841,255	66,830,384	2.44%	1.04%
2029	149,336,056	67,506,850	2.4%	1.01%
2030	152,855,352	68,161,357	2.36%	0.97%
2031	156,382,425	68,798,574	2.31%	0.93%
2032	159,923,895	69,426,441	2.26%	0.91%
2033	163,453,311	70,040,484	2.21%	0.88%
2034	166,978,790	70,641,572	2.16%	0.86%
2035	170,532,952	71,234,749	2.13%	0.84%
2036	174,097,772	71,816,372	2.09%	0.82%
2037	177,661,132	72,387,807	2.05%	0.8%
2038	181,235,892	72,949,611	2.01%	0.78%
2039	184,835,102	73,496,152	1.99%	0.75%
2040	188,450,900	74,035,615	1.96%	0.73%
2041	192,068,629	74,575,444	1.92%	0.73%
2042	195,695,295	75,111,899	1.89%	0.72%
2043	199,347,978	75,641,512	1.87%	0.71%
2044	203,014,368	76,164,461	1.84%	0.69%
2045	206,673,625	76,681,448	1.8%	0.68%
2046	210,337,847	77,199,542	1.77%	0.68%
2047	214,023,504	77,716,650	1.75%	0.67%
2048	217,710,204	78,215,323	1.72%	0.64%
2049	221,377,329	78,699,584	1.68%	0.62%
2050	225,021,865	79,177,329	1.65%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.