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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Tanzania	Ethiopia	Tanzania
1960	21,376,693	9,901,419	-	-
1961	21,906,102	10,187,886	2.48%	2.89%
1962	22,465,126	10,487,756	2.55%	2.94%
1963	23,051,637	10,799,528	2.61%	2.97%
1964	23,666,548	11,127,826	2.67%	3.04%
1965	24,310,612	11,470,728	2.72%	3.08%
1966	24,952,689	11,827,459	2.64%	3.11%
1967	25,620,276	12,200,109	2.68%	3.15%
1968	26,337,930	12,602,076	2.8%	3.29%
1969	27,072,571	13,036,700	2.79%	3.45%
1970	27,829,128	13,492,677	2.79%	3.5%
1971	28,600,106	13,971,451	2.77%	3.55%
1972	29,374,608	14,479,308	2.71%	3.63%
1973	30,166,785	15,010,101	2.7%	3.67%
1974	30,957,273	15,561,630	2.62%	3.67%
1975	31,723,252	16,138,361	2.47%	3.71%
1976	32,534,418	16,736,211	2.56%	3.7%
1977	33,167,272	17,352,929	1.95%	3.68%
1978	33,734,592	17,976,566	1.71%	3.59%
1979	34,238,652	18,592,038	1.49%	3.42%
1980	34,428,514	19,189,769	0.55%	3.21%
1981	35,304,012	19,784,703	2.54%	3.1%
1982	36,701,290	20,398,571	3.96%	3.1%
1983	37,740,817	21,079,874	2.83%	3.34%
1984	38,735,722	21,779,066	2.64%	3.32%
1985	39,842,136	22,501,693	2.86%	3.32%
1986	41,037,656	23,258,959	3%	3.37%
1987	42,460,039	24,030,378	3.47%	3.32%
1988	44,150,825	24,769,686	3.98%	3.08%
1989	45,879,690	25,438,759	3.92%	2.7%
1990	47,609,755	26,110,207	3.77%	2.64%
1991	49,717,198	26,780,436	4.43%	2.57%
1992	51,853,747	27,457,588	4.3%	2.53%
1993	53,708,891	28,332,692	3.58%	3.19%
1994	55,611,508	29,442,356	3.54%	3.92%
1995	57,537,335	30,383,497	3.46%	3.2%
1996	59,467,635	30,945,762	3.35%	1.85%
1997	61,404,539	31,578,089	3.26%	2.04%
1998	63,363,524	32,420,458	3.19%	2.67%
1999	65,374,561	33,300,330	3.17%	2.71%
2000	67,411,494	34,260,139	3.12%	2.88%
2001	69,487,762	35,198,299	3.08%	2.74%
2002	71,635,517	36,121,304	3.09%	2.62%
2003	73,832,663	37,089,555	3.07%	2.68%
2004	76,077,206	38,109,668	3.04%	2.75%
2005	78,367,470	39,182,076	3.01%	2.81%
2006	80,703,490	40,294,902	2.98%	2.84%
2007	83,103,217	41,435,512	2.97%	2.83%
2008	85,543,668	42,570,728	2.94%	2.74%
2009	88,007,636	43,633,982	2.88%	2.5%
2010	90,538,514	44,758,488	2.88%	2.58%
2011	93,149,970	46,029,367	2.88%	2.84%
2012	95,798,767	47,374,260	2.84%	2.92%
2013	98,438,751	48,824,128	2.76%	3.06%
2014	101,115,610	50,351,512	2.72%	3.13%
2015	103,867,135	52,020,962	2.72%	3.32%
2016	106,718,162	53,824,013	2.74%	3.47%
2017	109,666,481	55,652,890	2.76%	3.4%
2018	112,664,152	57,437,145	2.73%	3.21%
2019	115,737,383	59,174,891	2.73%	3.03%
2020	118,917,671	60,972,798	2.75%	3.04%
2021	122,138,588	62,830,412	2.71%	3.05%
2022	125,384,287	64,711,821	2.66%	2.99%
2023	128,691,692	66,617,606	2.64%	2.95%
2024	132,059,767	68,560,157	2.62%	2.92%
2025	135,472,043	70,545,858	2.58%	2.9%
2026	138,902,180	72,563,773	2.53%	2.86%
2027	142,364,798	74,604,804	2.49%	2.81%
2028	145,841,255	76,670,483	2.44%	2.77%
2029	149,336,056	78,773,192	2.4%	2.74%
2030	152,855,352	80,913,118	2.36%	2.72%
2031	156,382,425	83,087,927	2.31%	2.69%
2032	159,923,895	85,293,126	2.26%	2.65%
2033	163,453,311	87,520,491	2.21%	2.61%
2034	166,978,790	89,788,673	2.16%	2.59%
2035	170,532,952	92,091,418	2.13%	2.56%
2036	174,097,772	94,420,808	2.09%	2.53%
2037	177,661,132	96,775,766	2.05%	2.49%
2038	181,235,892	99,156,465	2.01%	2.46%
2039	184,835,102	101,567,525	1.99%	2.43%
2040	188,450,900	103,999,350	1.96%	2.39%
2041	192,068,629	106,448,475	1.92%	2.35%
2042	195,695,295	108,926,272	1.89%	2.33%
2043	199,347,978	111,433,788	1.87%	2.3%
2044	203,014,368	113,966,263	1.84%	2.27%
2045	206,673,625	116,525,463	1.8%	2.25%
2046	210,337,847	119,109,670	1.77%	2.22%
2047	214,023,504	121,721,018	1.75%	2.19%
2048	217,710,204	124,351,294	1.72%	2.16%
2049	221,377,329	126,981,394	1.68%	2.12%
2050	225,021,865	129,621,083	1.65%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.