Population in Ethiopia compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ethiopia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Sri Lanka	Ethiopia	Sri Lanka
1960	21,376,693	9,661,389	-	-
1961	21,906,102	9,899,372	2.48%	2.46%
1962	22,465,126	10,143,754	2.55%	2.47%
1963	23,051,637	10,395,040	2.61%	2.48%
1964	23,666,548	10,653,397	2.67%	2.49%
1965	24,310,612	10,916,965	2.72%	2.47%
1966	24,952,689	11,183,928	2.64%	2.45%
1967	25,620,276	11,457,328	2.68%	2.44%
1968	26,337,930	11,736,088	2.8%	2.43%
1969	27,072,571	12,013,858	2.79%	2.37%
1970	27,829,128	12,287,110	2.79%	2.27%
1971	28,600,106	12,551,910	2.77%	2.16%
1972	29,374,608	12,809,205	2.71%	2.05%
1973	30,166,785	13,060,916	2.7%	1.97%
1974	30,957,273	13,305,693	2.62%	1.87%
1975	31,723,252	13,548,984	2.47%	1.83%
1976	32,534,418	13,796,770	2.56%	1.83%
1977	33,167,272	14,049,371	1.95%	1.83%
1978	33,734,592	14,310,128	1.71%	1.86%
1979	34,238,652	14,579,614	1.49%	1.88%
1980	34,428,514	14,847,974	0.55%	1.84%
1981	35,304,012	15,099,414	2.54%	1.69%
1982	36,701,290	15,286,567	3.96%	1.24%
1983	37,740,817	15,388,794	2.83%	0.67%
1984	38,735,722	15,441,860	2.64%	0.34%
1985	39,842,136	15,544,154	2.86%	0.66%
1986	41,037,656	15,731,256	3%	1.2%
1987	42,460,039	15,916,576	3.47%	1.18%
1988	44,150,825	16,078,621	3.98%	1.02%
1989	45,879,690	16,248,557	3.92%	1.06%
1990	47,609,755	16,352,458	3.77%	0.64%
1991	49,717,198	16,475,354	4.43%	0.75%
1992	51,853,747	16,739,284	4.3%	1.6%
1993	53,708,891	17,025,918	3.58%	1.71%
1994	55,611,508	17,275,773	3.54%	1.47%
1995	57,537,335	17,564,068	3.46%	1.67%
1996	59,467,635	17,905,018	3.35%	1.94%
1997	61,404,539	18,248,200	3.26%	1.92%
1998	63,363,524	18,596,003	3.19%	1.91%
1999	65,374,561	18,944,731	3.17%	1.88%
2000	67,411,494	19,293,054	3.12%	1.84%
2001	69,487,762	19,600,362	3.08%	1.59%
2002	71,635,517	19,805,752	3.09%	1.05%
2003	73,832,663	19,951,521	3.07%	0.74%
2004	76,077,206	20,087,605	3.04%	0.68%
2005	78,367,470	20,216,524	3.01%	0.64%
2006	80,703,490	20,352,411	2.98%	0.67%
2007	83,103,217	20,492,545	2.97%	0.69%
2008	85,543,668	20,629,378	2.94%	0.67%
2009	88,007,636	20,756,435	2.88%	0.62%
2010	90,538,514	20,879,089	2.88%	0.59%
2011	93,149,970	21,009,048	2.88%	0.62%
2012	95,798,767	21,169,458	2.84%	0.76%
2013	98,438,751	20,585,000	2.76%	-2.76%
2014	101,115,610	20,778,000	2.72%	0.94%
2015	103,867,135	20,970,000	2.72%	0.92%
2016	106,718,162	21,209,000	2.74%	1.14%
2017	109,666,481	21,453,000	2.76%	1.15%
2018	112,664,152	21,670,000	2.73%	1.01%
2019	115,737,383	21,803,000	2.73%	0.61%
2020	118,917,671	21,919,000	2.75%	0.53%
2021	122,138,588	22,156,000	2.71%	1.08%
2022	125,384,287	22,181,000	2.66%	0.11%
2023	128,691,692	22,037,000	2.64%	-0.65%
2024	132,059,767	21,916,000	2.62%	-0.55%
2025	135,472,043	22,035,440	2.58%	0.54%
2026	138,902,180	22,148,172	2.53%	0.51%
2027	142,364,798	22,255,601	2.49%	0.49%
2028	145,841,255	22,357,682	2.44%	0.46%
2029	149,336,056	22,453,922	2.4%	0.43%
2030	152,855,352	22,546,245	2.36%	0.41%
2031	156,382,425	22,635,106	2.31%	0.39%
2032	159,923,895	22,720,118	2.26%	0.38%
2033	163,453,311	22,802,043	2.21%	0.36%
2034	166,978,790	22,879,527	2.16%	0.34%
2035	170,532,952	22,952,739	2.13%	0.32%
2036	174,097,772	23,022,027	2.09%	0.3%
2037	177,661,132	23,088,877	2.05%	0.29%
2038	181,235,892	23,152,480	2.01%	0.28%
2039	184,835,102	23,211,633	1.99%	0.26%
2040	188,450,900	23,265,986	1.96%	0.23%
2041	192,068,629	23,315,260	1.92%	0.21%
2042	195,695,295	23,359,578	1.89%	0.19%
2043	199,347,978	23,398,752	1.87%	0.17%
2044	203,014,368	23,433,096	1.84%	0.15%
2045	206,673,625	23,464,943	1.8%	0.14%
2046	210,337,847	23,492,738	1.77%	0.12%
2047	214,023,504	23,512,629	1.75%	0.08%
2048	217,710,204	23,525,953	1.72%	0.06%
2049	221,377,329	23,533,940	1.68%	0.03%
2050	225,021,865	23,538,230	1.65%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.