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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Uganda	Ethiopia	Uganda
1960	21,376,693	7,640,973	-	-
1961	21,906,102	7,862,217	2.48%	2.9%
1962	22,465,126	8,092,231	2.55%	2.93%
1963	23,051,637	8,333,663	2.61%	2.98%
1964	23,666,548	8,586,363	2.67%	3.03%
1965	24,310,612	8,849,203	2.72%	3.06%
1966	24,952,689	9,122,864	2.64%	3.09%
1967	25,620,276	9,408,924	2.68%	3.14%
1968	26,337,930	9,708,632	2.8%	3.19%
1969	27,072,571	10,014,858	2.79%	3.15%
1970	27,829,128	10,321,603	2.79%	3.06%
1971	28,600,106	10,618,206	2.77%	2.87%
1972	29,374,608	10,885,796	2.71%	2.52%
1973	30,166,785	11,144,236	2.7%	2.37%
1974	30,957,273	11,424,846	2.62%	2.52%
1975	31,723,252	11,725,240	2.47%	2.63%
1976	32,534,418	12,037,294	2.56%	2.66%
1977	33,167,272	12,359,669	1.95%	2.68%
1978	33,734,592	12,692,113	1.71%	2.69%
1979	34,238,652	13,002,163	1.49%	2.44%
1980	34,428,514	13,275,741	0.55%	2.1%
1981	35,304,012	13,556,452	2.54%	2.11%
1982	36,701,290	13,873,631	3.96%	2.34%
1983	37,740,817	14,221,881	2.83%	2.51%
1984	38,735,722	14,607,677	2.64%	2.71%
1985	39,842,136	15,023,681	2.86%	2.85%
1986	41,037,656	15,467,579	3%	2.95%
1987	42,460,039	15,954,170	3.47%	3.15%
1988	44,150,825	16,470,483	3.98%	3.24%
1989	45,879,690	17,010,698	3.92%	3.28%
1990	47,609,755	17,569,897	3.77%	3.29%
1991	49,717,198	18,155,901	4.43%	3.34%
1992	51,853,747	18,785,032	4.3%	3.47%
1993	53,708,891	19,445,161	3.58%	3.51%
1994	55,611,508	20,108,801	3.54%	3.41%
1995	57,537,335	20,665,667	3.46%	2.77%
1996	59,467,635	21,231,550	3.35%	2.74%
1997	61,404,539	21,856,046	3.26%	2.94%
1998	63,363,524	22,515,806	3.19%	3.02%
1999	65,374,561	23,257,281	3.17%	3.29%
2000	67,411,494	24,000,150	3.12%	3.19%
2001	69,487,762	24,745,676	3.08%	3.11%
2002	71,635,517	25,532,870	3.09%	3.18%
2003	73,832,663	26,352,124	3.07%	3.21%
2004	76,077,206	27,154,515	3.04%	3.04%
2005	78,367,470	27,963,289	3.01%	2.98%
2006	80,703,490	28,794,003	2.98%	2.97%
2007	83,103,217	29,653,430	2.97%	2.98%
2008	85,543,668	30,539,553	2.94%	2.99%
2009	88,007,636	31,451,151	2.88%	2.98%
2010	90,538,514	32,390,802	2.88%	2.99%
2011	93,149,970	33,354,543	2.88%	2.98%
2012	95,798,767	34,337,438	2.84%	2.95%
2013	98,438,751	35,337,042	2.76%	2.91%
2014	101,115,610	36,395,539	2.72%	3%
2015	103,867,135	37,531,446	2.72%	3.12%
2016	106,718,162	38,799,152	2.74%	3.38%
2017	109,666,481	40,177,388	2.76%	3.55%
2018	112,664,152	41,565,831	2.73%	3.46%
2019	115,737,383	42,999,637	2.73%	3.45%
2020	118,917,671	44,457,152	2.75%	3.39%
2021	122,138,588	45,910,930	2.71%	3.27%
2022	125,384,287	47,312,719	2.66%	3.05%
2023	128,691,692	48,656,601	2.64%	2.84%
2024	132,059,767	50,015,092	2.62%	2.79%
2025	135,472,043	51,384,895	2.58%	2.74%
2026	138,902,180	52,761,471	2.53%	2.68%
2027	142,364,798	54,144,274	2.49%	2.62%
2028	145,841,255	55,532,564	2.44%	2.56%
2029	149,336,056	56,922,797	2.4%	2.5%
2030	152,855,352	58,312,944	2.36%	2.44%
2031	156,382,425	59,703,537	2.31%	2.38%
2032	159,923,895	61,089,060	2.26%	2.32%
2033	163,453,311	62,464,116	2.21%	2.25%
2034	166,978,790	63,833,872	2.16%	2.19%
2035	170,532,952	65,205,570	2.13%	2.15%
2036	174,097,772	66,573,737	2.09%	2.1%
2037	177,661,132	67,942,634	2.05%	2.06%
2038	181,235,892	69,312,210	2.01%	2.02%
2039	184,835,102	70,669,875	1.99%	1.96%
2040	188,450,900	72,020,414	1.96%	1.91%
2041	192,068,629	73,372,658	1.92%	1.88%
2042	195,695,295	74,730,004	1.89%	1.85%
2043	199,347,978	76,090,991	1.87%	1.82%
2044	203,014,368	77,449,517	1.84%	1.79%
2045	206,673,625	78,797,995	1.8%	1.74%
2046	210,337,847	80,139,174	1.77%	1.7%
2047	214,023,504	81,478,503	1.75%	1.67%
2048	217,710,204	82,812,102	1.72%	1.64%
2049	221,377,329	84,130,056	1.68%	1.59%
2050	225,021,865	85,431,202	1.65%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.