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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	South Sudan	Ethiopia	South Sudan
1960	21,376,693	2,931,559	-	-
1961	21,906,102	2,976,724	2.48%	1.54%
1962	22,465,126	3,024,308	2.55%	1.6%
1963	23,051,637	3,072,669	2.61%	1.6%
1964	23,666,548	3,129,918	2.67%	1.86%
1965	24,310,612	3,189,835	2.72%	1.91%
1966	24,952,689	3,236,423	2.64%	1.46%
1967	25,620,276	3,277,648	2.68%	1.27%
1968	26,337,930	3,321,528	2.8%	1.34%
1969	27,072,571	3,365,533	2.79%	1.32%
1970	27,829,128	3,409,614	2.79%	1.31%
1971	28,600,106	3,468,646	2.77%	1.73%
1972	29,374,608	3,542,497	2.71%	2.13%
1973	30,166,785	3,627,383	2.7%	2.4%
1974	30,957,273	3,723,259	2.62%	2.64%
1975	31,723,252	3,821,494	2.47%	2.64%
1976	32,534,418	3,921,910	2.56%	2.63%
1977	33,167,272	4,024,032	1.95%	2.6%
1978	33,734,592	4,127,657	1.71%	2.58%
1979	34,238,652	4,232,605	1.49%	2.54%
1980	34,428,514	4,339,030	0.55%	2.51%
1981	35,304,012	4,447,272	2.54%	2.49%
1982	36,701,290	4,557,686	3.96%	2.48%
1983	37,740,817	4,661,574	2.83%	2.28%
1984	38,735,722	4,750,627	2.64%	1.91%
1985	39,842,136	4,834,296	2.86%	1.76%
1986	41,037,656	4,921,240	3%	1.8%
1987	42,460,039	4,962,395	3.47%	0.84%
1988	44,150,825	4,848,029	3.98%	-2.3%
1989	45,879,690	4,713,229	3.92%	-2.78%
1990	47,609,755	4,737,633	3.77%	0.52%
1991	49,717,198	4,836,677	4.43%	2.09%
1992	51,853,747	4,909,749	4.3%	1.51%
1993	53,708,891	4,956,002	3.58%	0.94%
1994	55,611,508	5,071,184	3.54%	2.32%
1995	57,537,335	5,225,836	3.46%	3.05%
1996	59,467,635	5,356,925	3.35%	2.51%
1997	61,404,539	5,509,136	3.26%	2.84%
1998	63,363,524	5,620,068	3.19%	2.01%
1999	65,374,561	5,771,628	3.17%	2.7%
2000	67,411,494	6,032,267	3.12%	4.52%
2001	69,487,762	6,308,391	3.08%	4.58%
2002	71,635,517	6,596,806	3.09%	4.57%
2003	73,832,663	6,903,127	3.07%	4.64%
2004	76,077,206	7,233,041	3.04%	4.78%
2005	78,367,470	7,590,143	3.01%	4.94%
2006	80,703,490	7,976,526	2.98%	5.09%
2007	83,103,217	8,388,788	2.97%	5.17%
2008	85,543,668	8,817,647	2.94%	5.11%
2009	88,007,636	9,243,556	2.88%	4.83%
2010	90,538,514	9,745,953	2.88%	5.44%
2011	93,149,970	10,288,109	2.88%	5.56%
2012	95,798,767	10,756,240	2.84%	4.55%
2013	98,438,751	11,166,275	2.76%	3.81%
2014	101,115,610	11,235,073	2.72%	0.62%
2015	103,867,135	11,107,561	2.72%	-1.13%
2016	106,718,162	10,830,102	2.74%	-2.5%
2017	109,666,481	10,259,154	2.76%	-5.27%
2018	112,664,152	10,122,977	2.73%	-1.33%
2019	115,737,383	10,423,384	2.73%	2.97%
2020	118,917,671	10,698,467	2.75%	2.64%
2021	122,138,588	10,865,780	2.71%	1.56%
2022	125,384,287	11,021,177	2.66%	1.43%
2023	128,691,692	11,483,374	2.64%	4.19%
2024	132,059,767	11,943,408	2.62%	4.01%
2025	135,472,043	12,188,793	2.58%	2.05%
2026	138,902,180	12,436,036	2.53%	2.03%
2027	142,364,798	12,687,301	2.49%	2.02%
2028	145,841,255	12,941,503	2.44%	2%
2029	149,336,056	13,198,080	2.4%	1.98%
2030	152,855,352	13,457,446	2.36%	1.97%
2031	156,382,425	13,725,413	2.31%	1.99%
2032	159,923,895	13,996,343	2.26%	1.97%
2033	163,453,311	14,261,762	2.21%	1.9%
2034	166,978,790	14,527,550	2.16%	1.86%
2035	170,532,952	14,798,602	2.13%	1.87%
2036	174,097,772	15,070,098	2.09%	1.83%
2037	177,661,132	15,335,700	2.05%	1.76%
2038	181,235,892	15,595,968	2.01%	1.7%
2039	184,835,102	15,850,696	1.99%	1.63%
2040	188,450,900	16,101,470	1.96%	1.58%
2041	192,068,629	16,350,149	1.92%	1.54%
2042	195,695,295	16,593,361	1.89%	1.49%
2043	199,347,978	16,829,209	1.87%	1.42%
2044	203,014,368	17,060,176	1.84%	1.37%
2045	206,673,625	17,286,412	1.8%	1.33%
2046	210,337,847	17,509,693	1.77%	1.29%
2047	214,023,504	17,728,331	1.75%	1.25%
2048	217,710,204	17,938,437	1.72%	1.19%
2049	221,377,329	18,142,893	1.68%	1.14%
2050	225,021,865	18,341,968	1.65%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.