Population in Ethiopia compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ethiopia and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	United States	Ethiopia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	21,376,693	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	21,906,102	183,691,481	2.48%	1.67%
1962	22,465,126	186,537,737	2.55%	1.55%
1963	23,051,637	189,241,798	2.61%	1.45%
1964	23,666,548	191,888,791	2.67%	1.4%
1965	24,310,612	194,302,963	2.72%	1.26%
1966	24,952,689	196,560,338	2.64%	1.16%
1967	25,620,276	198,712,056	2.68%	1.09%
1968	26,337,930	200,706,052	2.8%	1%
1969	27,072,571	202,676,946	2.79%	0.98%
1970	27,829,128	205,052,174	2.79%	1.17%
1971	28,600,106	207,660,677	2.77%	1.27%
1972	29,374,608	209,896,021	2.71%	1.08%
1973	30,166,785	211,908,788	2.7%	0.96%
1974	30,957,273	213,853,928	2.62%	0.92%
1975	31,723,252	215,973,199	2.47%	0.99%
1976	32,534,418	218,035,164	2.56%	0.95%
1977	33,167,272	220,239,425	1.95%	1.01%
1978	33,734,592	222,584,545	1.71%	1.06%
1979	34,238,652	225,055,487	1.49%	1.11%
1980	34,428,514	226,542,250	0.55%	0.66%
1981	35,304,012	229,465,744	2.54%	1.29%
1982	36,701,290	231,664,432	3.96%	0.96%
1983	37,740,817	233,792,014	2.83%	0.92%
1984	38,735,722	235,824,908	2.64%	0.87%
1985	39,842,136	237,923,734	2.86%	0.89%
1986	41,037,656	240,132,831	3%	0.93%
1987	42,460,039	242,288,936	3.47%	0.9%
1988	44,150,825	244,499,004	3.98%	0.91%
1989	45,879,690	246,819,222	3.92%	0.95%
1990	47,609,755	250,131,894	3.77%	1.34%
1991	49,717,198	253,492,503	4.43%	1.34%
1992	51,853,747	256,894,189	4.3%	1.34%
1993	53,708,891	260,255,352	3.58%	1.31%
1994	55,611,508	263,435,673	3.54%	1.22%
1995	57,537,335	266,557,091	3.46%	1.18%
1996	59,467,635	269,667,391	3.35%	1.17%
1997	61,404,539	272,911,760	3.26%	1.2%
1998	63,363,524	276,115,288	3.19%	1.17%
1999	65,374,561	279,294,713	3.17%	1.15%
2000	67,411,494	282,162,411	3.12%	1.03%
2001	69,487,762	284,968,955	3.08%	0.99%
2002	71,635,517	287,625,193	3.09%	0.93%
2003	73,832,663	290,107,933	3.07%	0.86%
2004	76,077,206	292,805,298	3.04%	0.93%
2005	78,367,470	295,516,599	3.01%	0.93%
2006	80,703,490	298,379,912	2.98%	0.97%
2007	83,103,217	301,231,207	2.97%	0.96%
2008	85,543,668	304,093,966	2.94%	0.95%
2009	88,007,636	306,771,529	2.88%	0.88%
2010	90,538,514	309,327,143	2.88%	0.83%
2011	93,149,970	311,583,481	2.88%	0.73%
2012	95,798,767	313,877,662	2.84%	0.74%
2013	98,438,751	316,059,947	2.76%	0.7%
2014	101,115,610	318,386,329	2.72%	0.74%
2015	103,867,135	320,738,994	2.72%	0.74%
2016	106,718,162	323,071,755	2.74%	0.73%
2017	109,666,481	325,122,128	2.76%	0.63%
2018	112,664,152	326,838,199	2.73%	0.53%
2019	115,737,383	328,329,953	2.73%	0.46%
2020	118,917,671	331,526,933	2.75%	0.97%
2021	122,138,588	331,893,745	2.71%	0.11%
2022	125,384,287	333,271,411	2.66%	0.42%
2023	128,691,692	334,914,895	2.64%	0.49%
2024	132,059,767	340,110,988	2.62%	1.55%
2025	135,472,043	341,931,772	2.58%	0.54%
2026	138,902,180	343,664,369	2.53%	0.51%
2027	142,364,798	345,331,185	2.49%	0.49%
2028	145,841,255	346,981,137	2.44%	0.48%
2029	149,336,056	348,601,982	2.4%	0.47%
2030	152,855,352	350,176,974	2.36%	0.45%
2031	156,382,425	351,725,612	2.31%	0.44%
2032	159,923,895	353,249,060	2.26%	0.43%
2033	163,453,311	354,749,644	2.21%	0.42%
2034	166,978,790	356,234,239	2.16%	0.42%
2035	170,532,952	357,694,316	2.13%	0.41%
2036	174,097,772	359,119,002	2.09%	0.4%
2037	177,661,132	360,517,853	2.05%	0.39%
2038	181,235,892	361,895,407	2.01%	0.38%
2039	184,835,102	363,229,908	1.99%	0.37%
2040	188,450,900	364,512,364	1.96%	0.35%
2041	192,068,629	365,753,139	1.92%	0.34%
2042	195,695,295	366,969,419	1.89%	0.33%
2043	199,347,978	368,146,925	1.87%	0.32%
2044	203,014,368	369,258,123	1.84%	0.3%
2045	206,673,625	370,318,770	1.8%	0.29%
2046	210,337,847	371,328,255	1.77%	0.27%
2047	214,023,504	372,299,116	1.75%	0.26%
2048	217,710,204	373,230,539	1.72%	0.25%
2049	221,377,329	374,119,803	1.68%	0.24%
2050	225,021,865	374,986,259	1.65%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.