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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Sudan	Ethiopia	Sudan
1960	21,376,693	8,364,489	-	-
1961	21,906,102	8,634,941	2.48%	3.23%
1962	22,465,126	8,919,028	2.55%	3.29%
1963	23,051,637	9,218,077	2.61%	3.35%
1964	23,666,548	9,531,109	2.67%	3.4%
1965	24,310,612	9,858,030	2.72%	3.43%
1966	24,952,689	10,197,578	2.64%	3.44%
1967	25,620,276	10,550,597	2.68%	3.46%
1968	26,337,930	10,917,999	2.8%	3.48%
1969	27,072,571	11,298,936	2.79%	3.49%
1970	27,829,128	11,695,771	2.79%	3.51%
1971	28,600,106	12,105,539	2.77%	3.5%
1972	29,374,608	12,527,856	2.71%	3.49%
1973	30,166,785	13,049,315	2.7%	4.16%
1974	30,957,273	13,580,723	2.62%	4.07%
1975	31,723,252	14,064,798	2.47%	3.56%
1976	32,534,418	14,569,716	2.56%	3.59%
1977	33,167,272	15,086,614	1.95%	3.55%
1978	33,734,592	15,695,003	1.71%	4.03%
1979	34,238,652	16,355,352	1.49%	4.21%
1980	34,428,514	17,058,905	0.55%	4.3%
1981	35,304,012	17,780,572	2.54%	4.23%
1982	36,701,290	18,486,645	3.96%	3.97%
1983	37,740,817	19,109,770	2.83%	3.37%
1984	38,735,722	19,546,528	2.64%	2.29%
1985	39,842,136	19,905,872	2.86%	1.84%
1986	41,037,656	20,288,238	3%	1.92%
1987	42,460,039	20,704,904	3.47%	2.05%
1988	44,150,825	21,138,431	3.98%	2.09%
1989	45,879,690	21,578,022	3.92%	2.08%
1990	47,609,755	22,021,481	3.77%	2.06%
1991	49,717,198	22,470,676	4.43%	2.04%
1992	51,853,747	22,927,355	4.3%	2.03%
1993	53,708,891	23,445,592	3.58%	2.26%
1994	55,611,508	24,043,948	3.54%	2.55%
1995	57,537,335	24,672,143	3.46%	2.61%
1996	59,467,635	25,231,528	3.35%	2.27%
1997	61,404,539	25,799,821	3.26%	2.25%
1998	63,363,524	26,458,999	3.19%	2.55%
1999	65,374,561	27,130,613	3.17%	2.54%
2000	67,411,494	27,816,745	3.12%	2.53%
2001	69,487,762	28,516,770	3.08%	2.52%
2002	71,635,517	29,228,727	3.09%	2.5%
2003	73,832,663	29,896,035	3.07%	2.28%
2004	76,077,206	30,556,637	3.04%	2.21%
2005	78,367,470	31,262,444	3.01%	2.31%
2006	80,703,490	31,992,435	2.98%	2.34%
2007	83,103,217	32,764,135	2.97%	2.41%
2008	85,543,668	33,623,980	2.94%	2.62%
2009	88,007,636	34,569,113	2.88%	2.81%
2010	90,538,514	35,414,399	2.88%	2.45%
2011	93,149,970	36,140,806	2.88%	2.05%
2012	95,798,767	36,923,178	2.84%	2.16%
2013	98,438,751	37,785,849	2.76%	2.34%
2014	101,115,610	38,823,318	2.72%	2.75%
2015	103,867,135	40,024,431	2.72%	3.09%
2016	106,718,162	41,259,892	2.74%	3.09%
2017	109,666,481	42,714,306	2.76%	3.53%
2018	112,664,152	44,230,596	2.73%	3.55%
2019	115,737,383	45,548,175	2.73%	2.98%
2020	118,917,671	46,789,231	2.75%	2.72%
2021	122,138,588	48,066,924	2.71%	2.73%
2022	125,384,287	49,383,346	2.66%	2.74%
2023	128,691,692	50,042,791	2.64%	1.34%
2024	132,059,767	50,448,963	2.62%	0.81%
2025	135,472,043	51,662,152	2.58%	2.4%
2026	138,902,180	53,282,718	2.53%	3.14%
2027	142,364,798	54,724,215	2.49%	2.71%
2028	145,841,255	55,993,833	2.44%	2.32%
2029	149,336,056	57,275,443	2.4%	2.29%
2030	152,855,352	58,571,624	2.36%	2.26%
2031	156,382,425	59,872,936	2.31%	2.22%
2032	159,923,895	61,179,476	2.26%	2.18%
2033	163,453,311	62,497,205	2.21%	2.15%
2034	166,978,790	63,822,356	2.16%	2.12%
2035	170,532,952	65,148,317	2.13%	2.08%
2036	174,097,772	66,470,018	2.09%	2.03%
2037	177,661,132	67,791,240	2.05%	1.99%
2038	181,235,892	69,107,712	2.01%	1.94%
2039	184,835,102	70,416,631	1.99%	1.89%
2040	188,450,900	71,730,604	1.96%	1.87%
2041	192,068,629	73,056,213	1.92%	1.85%
2042	195,695,295	74,387,562	1.89%	1.82%
2043	199,347,978	75,723,670	1.87%	1.8%
2044	203,014,368	77,066,454	1.84%	1.77%
2045	206,673,625	78,415,205	1.8%	1.75%
2046	210,337,847	79,767,271	1.77%	1.72%
2047	214,023,504	81,115,241	1.75%	1.69%
2048	217,710,204	82,463,202	1.72%	1.66%
2049	221,377,329	83,828,356	1.68%	1.66%
2050	225,021,865	85,206,384	1.65%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.