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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	South Korea	Ethiopia	South Korea
1960	21,376,693	25,012,374	-	-
1961	21,906,102	25,765,673	2.48%	3.01%
1962	22,465,126	26,513,030	2.55%	2.9%
1963	23,051,637	27,261,747	2.61%	2.82%
1964	23,666,548	27,984,155	2.67%	2.65%
1965	24,310,612	28,704,674	2.72%	2.57%
1966	24,952,689	29,435,571	2.64%	2.55%
1967	25,620,276	30,130,983	2.68%	2.36%
1968	26,337,930	30,838,302	2.8%	2.35%
1969	27,072,571	31,544,266	2.79%	2.29%
1970	27,829,128	32,240,827	2.79%	2.21%
1971	28,600,106	32,882,704	2.77%	1.99%
1972	29,374,608	33,505,406	2.71%	1.89%
1973	30,166,785	34,103,149	2.7%	1.78%
1974	30,957,273	34,692,266	2.62%	1.73%
1975	31,723,252	35,280,725	2.47%	1.7%
1976	32,534,418	35,848,523	2.56%	1.61%
1977	33,167,272	36,411,795	1.95%	1.57%
1978	33,734,592	36,969,185	1.71%	1.53%
1979	34,238,652	37,534,236	1.49%	1.53%
1980	34,428,514	38,123,775	0.55%	1.57%
1981	35,304,012	38,723,248	2.54%	1.57%
1982	36,701,290	39,326,352	3.96%	1.56%
1983	37,740,817	39,910,403	2.83%	1.49%
1984	38,735,722	40,405,956	2.64%	1.24%
1985	39,842,136	40,805,744	2.86%	0.99%
1986	41,037,656	41,213,674	3%	1%
1987	42,460,039	41,621,690	3.47%	0.99%
1988	44,150,825	42,031,247	3.98%	0.98%
1989	45,879,690	42,449,038	3.92%	0.99%
1990	47,609,755	42,869,283	3.77%	0.99%
1991	49,717,198	43,295,704	4.43%	0.99%
1992	51,853,747	43,747,962	4.3%	1.04%
1993	53,708,891	44,194,628	3.58%	1.02%
1994	55,611,508	44,641,540	3.54%	1.01%
1995	57,537,335	45,092,991	3.46%	1.01%
1996	59,467,635	45,524,681	3.35%	0.96%
1997	61,404,539	45,953,580	3.26%	0.94%
1998	63,363,524	46,286,503	3.19%	0.72%
1999	65,374,561	46,616,677	3.17%	0.71%
2000	67,411,494	47,008,111	3.12%	0.84%
2001	69,487,762	47,370,164	3.08%	0.77%
2002	71,635,517	47,644,736	3.09%	0.58%
2003	73,832,663	47,892,330	3.07%	0.52%
2004	76,077,206	48,082,519	3.04%	0.4%
2005	78,367,470	48,184,561	3.01%	0.21%
2006	80,703,490	48,438,292	2.98%	0.53%
2007	83,103,217	48,683,638	2.97%	0.51%
2008	85,543,668	49,054,708	2.94%	0.76%
2009	88,007,636	49,307,835	2.88%	0.52%
2010	90,538,514	49,554,112	2.88%	0.5%
2011	93,149,970	49,936,638	2.88%	0.77%
2012	95,798,767	50,199,853	2.84%	0.53%
2013	98,438,751	50,428,893	2.76%	0.46%
2014	101,115,610	50,746,659	2.72%	0.63%
2015	103,867,135	51,014,947	2.72%	0.53%
2016	106,718,162	51,217,803	2.74%	0.4%
2017	109,666,481	51,361,911	2.76%	0.28%
2018	112,664,152	51,585,058	2.73%	0.43%
2019	115,737,383	51,764,822	2.73%	0.35%
2020	118,917,671	51,836,239	2.75%	0.14%
2021	122,138,588	51,769,539	2.71%	-0.13%
2022	125,384,287	51,672,569	2.66%	-0.19%
2023	128,691,692	51,712,619	2.64%	0.08%
2024	132,059,767	51,751,065	2.62%	0.07%
2025	135,472,043	51,700,480	2.58%	-0.1%
2026	138,902,180	51,633,793	2.53%	-0.13%
2027	142,364,798	51,552,198	2.49%	-0.16%
2028	145,841,255	51,456,707	2.44%	-0.19%
2029	149,336,056	51,347,230	2.4%	-0.21%
2030	152,855,352	51,221,713	2.36%	-0.24%
2031	156,382,425	51,081,220	2.31%	-0.27%
2032	159,923,895	50,924,233	2.26%	-0.31%
2033	163,453,311	50,747,132	2.21%	-0.35%
2034	166,978,790	50,549,508	2.16%	-0.39%
2035	170,532,952	50,333,286	2.13%	-0.43%
2036	174,097,772	50,098,951	2.09%	-0.47%
2037	177,661,132	49,845,669	2.05%	-0.51%
2038	181,235,892	49,573,234	2.01%	-0.55%
2039	184,835,102	49,283,770	1.99%	-0.58%
2040	188,450,900	48,980,369	1.96%	-0.62%
2041	192,068,629	48,661,905	1.92%	-0.65%
2042	195,695,295	48,331,004	1.89%	-0.68%
2043	199,347,978	47,990,085	1.87%	-0.71%
2044	203,014,368	47,634,183	1.84%	-0.74%
2045	206,673,625	47,263,526	1.8%	-0.78%
2046	210,337,847	46,881,228	1.77%	-0.81%
2047	214,023,504	46,482,133	1.75%	-0.85%
2048	217,710,204	46,063,595	1.72%	-0.9%
2049	221,377,329	45,626,805	1.68%	-0.95%
2050	225,021,865	45,172,356	1.65%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.