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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Syria	Ethiopia	Syria
1960	21,376,693	4,673,500	-	-
1961	21,906,102	4,815,466	2.48%	3.04%
1962	22,465,126	4,959,340	2.55%	2.99%
1963	23,051,637	5,110,467	2.61%	3.05%
1964	23,666,548	5,269,087	2.67%	3.1%
1965	24,310,612	5,435,267	2.72%	3.15%
1966	24,952,689	5,609,047	2.64%	3.2%
1967	25,620,276	5,790,198	2.68%	3.23%
1968	26,337,930	5,978,742	2.8%	3.26%
1969	27,072,571	6,175,166	2.79%	3.29%
1970	27,829,128	6,380,609	2.79%	3.33%
1971	28,600,106	6,598,094	2.77%	3.41%
1972	29,374,608	6,826,024	2.71%	3.45%
1973	30,166,785	7,060,321	2.7%	3.43%
1974	30,957,273	7,302,160	2.62%	3.43%
1975	31,723,252	7,554,364	2.47%	3.45%
1976	32,534,418	7,817,320	2.56%	3.48%
1977	33,167,272	8,090,501	1.95%	3.49%
1978	33,734,592	8,372,759	1.71%	3.49%
1979	34,238,652	8,661,909	1.49%	3.45%
1980	34,428,514	8,957,663	0.55%	3.41%
1981	35,304,012	9,260,189	2.54%	3.38%
1982	36,701,290	9,572,511	3.96%	3.37%
1983	37,740,817	9,904,809	2.83%	3.47%
1984	38,735,722	10,258,398	2.64%	3.57%
1985	39,842,136	10,625,672	2.86%	3.58%
1986	41,037,656	11,002,844	3%	3.55%
1987	42,460,039	11,388,923	3.47%	3.51%
1988	44,150,825	11,782,264	3.98%	3.45%
1989	45,879,690	12,179,060	3.92%	3.37%
1990	47,609,755	12,579,208	3.77%	3.29%
1991	49,717,198	12,980,821	4.43%	3.19%
1992	51,853,747	13,385,571	4.3%	3.12%
1993	53,708,891	13,795,686	3.58%	3.06%
1994	55,611,508	14,208,583	3.54%	2.99%
1995	57,537,335	14,616,801	3.46%	2.87%
1996	59,467,635	15,018,104	3.35%	2.75%
1997	61,404,539	15,417,542	3.26%	2.66%
1998	63,363,524	15,820,413	3.19%	2.61%
1999	65,374,561	16,228,061	3.17%	2.58%
2000	67,411,494	16,637,888	3.12%	2.53%
2001	69,487,762	17,051,338	3.08%	2.48%
2002	71,635,517	17,468,332	3.09%	2.45%
2003	73,832,663	17,889,296	3.07%	2.41%
2004	76,077,206	18,336,875	3.04%	2.5%
2005	78,367,470	18,814,091	3.01%	2.6%
2006	80,703,490	19,637,022	2.98%	4.37%
2007	83,103,217	20,884,125	2.97%	6.35%
2008	85,543,668	21,636,564	2.94%	3.6%
2009	88,007,636	21,976,969	2.88%	1.57%
2010	90,538,514	22,482,421	2.88%	2.3%
2011	93,149,970	22,878,098	2.88%	1.76%
2012	95,798,767	22,759,763	2.84%	-0.52%
2013	98,438,751	21,666,917	2.76%	-4.8%
2014	101,115,610	20,273,659	2.72%	-6.43%
2015	103,867,135	19,424,618	2.72%	-4.19%
2016	106,718,162	19,193,834	2.74%	-1.19%
2017	109,666,481	19,224,668	2.76%	0.16%
2018	112,664,152	19,577,845	2.73%	1.84%
2019	115,737,383	20,353,534	2.73%	3.96%
2020	118,917,671	21,049,429	2.75%	3.42%
2021	122,138,588	21,628,839	2.71%	2.75%
2022	125,384,287	22,462,173	2.66%	3.85%
2023	128,691,692	23,594,623	2.64%	5.04%
2024	132,059,767	24,672,760	2.62%	4.57%
2025	135,472,043	25,620,422	2.58%	3.84%
2026	138,902,180	26,472,499	2.53%	3.33%
2027	142,364,798	27,261,544	2.49%	2.98%
2028	145,841,255	28,006,558	2.44%	2.73%
2029	149,336,056	28,719,309	2.4%	2.54%
2030	152,855,352	29,395,545	2.36%	2.35%
2031	156,382,425	30,029,824	2.31%	2.16%
2032	159,923,895	30,633,661	2.26%	2.01%
2033	163,453,311	31,212,478	2.21%	1.89%
2034	166,978,790	31,768,138	2.16%	1.78%
2035	170,532,952	32,294,792	2.13%	1.66%
2036	174,097,772	32,788,153	2.09%	1.53%
2037	177,661,132	33,258,407	2.05%	1.43%
2038	181,235,892	33,710,718	2.01%	1.36%
2039	184,835,102	34,131,238	1.99%	1.25%
2040	188,450,900	34,533,185	1.96%	1.18%
2041	192,068,629	34,916,936	1.92%	1.11%
2042	195,695,295	35,279,863	1.89%	1.04%
2043	199,347,978	35,623,325	1.87%	0.97%
2044	203,014,368	35,944,394	1.84%	0.9%
2045	206,673,625	36,265,295	1.8%	0.89%
2046	210,337,847	36,583,260	1.77%	0.88%
2047	214,023,504	36,878,640	1.75%	0.81%
2048	217,710,204	37,171,029	1.72%	0.79%
2049	221,377,329	37,477,690	1.68%	0.83%
2050	225,021,865	37,793,378	1.65%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.