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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Vietnam	Ethiopia	Vietnam
1960	21,376,693	32,531,933	-	-
1961	21,906,102	33,409,059	2.48%	2.7%
1962	22,465,126	34,288,560	2.55%	2.63%
1963	23,051,637	35,249,101	2.61%	2.8%
1964	23,666,548	36,201,563	2.67%	2.7%
1965	24,310,612	37,129,656	2.72%	2.56%
1966	24,952,689	38,024,836	2.64%	2.41%
1967	25,620,276	38,895,080	2.68%	2.29%
1968	26,337,930	39,734,609	2.8%	2.16%
1969	27,072,571	40,582,096	2.79%	2.13%
1970	27,829,128	41,475,230	2.79%	2.2%
1971	28,600,106	42,449,276	2.77%	2.35%
1972	29,374,608	43,429,168	2.71%	2.31%
1973	30,166,785	44,409,861	2.7%	2.26%
1974	30,957,273	45,413,537	2.62%	2.26%
1975	31,723,252	46,482,903	2.47%	2.35%
1976	32,534,418	47,684,931	2.56%	2.59%
1977	33,167,272	48,954,872	1.95%	2.66%
1978	33,734,592	50,249,552	1.71%	2.64%
1979	34,238,652	51,378,211	1.49%	2.25%
1980	34,428,514	52,490,101	0.55%	2.16%
1981	35,304,012	53,738,141	2.54%	2.38%
1982	36,701,290	55,011,289	3.96%	2.37%
1983	37,740,817	56,337,921	2.83%	2.41%
1984	38,735,722	57,706,067	2.64%	2.43%
1985	39,842,136	59,060,622	2.86%	2.35%
1986	41,037,656	60,347,048	3%	2.18%
1987	42,460,039	61,584,651	3.47%	2.05%
1988	44,150,825	62,843,228	3.98%	2.04%
1989	45,879,690	64,147,348	3.92%	2.08%
1990	47,609,755	65,504,552	3.77%	2.12%
1991	49,717,198	66,891,775	4.43%	2.12%
1992	51,853,747	68,260,337	4.3%	2.05%
1993	53,708,891	69,586,384	3.58%	1.94%
1994	55,611,508	70,854,391	3.54%	1.82%
1995	57,537,335	72,049,940	3.46%	1.69%
1996	59,467,635	73,156,447	3.35%	1.54%
1997	61,404,539	74,226,889	3.26%	1.46%
1998	63,363,524	75,299,660	3.19%	1.45%
1999	65,374,561	76,287,452	3.17%	1.31%
2000	67,411,494	77,154,011	3.12%	1.14%
2001	69,487,762	77,969,361	3.08%	1.06%
2002	71,635,517	78,772,224	3.09%	1.03%
2003	73,832,663	79,563,777	3.07%	1%
2004	76,077,206	80,338,971	3.04%	0.97%
2005	78,367,470	81,088,313	3.01%	0.93%
2006	80,703,490	82,167,897	2.98%	1.33%
2007	83,103,217	83,633,375	2.97%	1.78%
2008	85,543,668	85,175,788	2.94%	1.84%
2009	88,007,636	86,460,018	2.88%	1.51%
2010	90,538,514	87,455,152	2.88%	1.15%
2011	93,149,970	88,468,314	2.88%	1.16%
2012	95,798,767	89,510,356	2.84%	1.18%
2013	98,438,751	90,573,104	2.76%	1.19%
2014	101,115,610	91,679,578	2.72%	1.22%
2015	103,867,135	92,823,254	2.72%	1.25%
2016	106,718,162	94,000,117	2.74%	1.27%
2017	109,666,481	95,176,977	2.76%	1.25%
2018	112,664,152	96,237,319	2.73%	1.11%
2019	115,737,383	97,173,776	2.73%	0.97%
2020	118,917,671	98,079,191	2.75%	0.93%
2021	122,138,588	98,935,098	2.71%	0.87%
2022	125,384,287	99,680,655	2.66%	0.75%
2023	128,691,692	100,352,192	2.64%	0.67%
2024	132,059,767	100,987,686	2.62%	0.63%
2025	135,472,043	101,598,531	2.58%	0.6%
2026	138,902,180	102,177,434	2.53%	0.57%
2027	142,364,798	102,727,392	2.49%	0.54%
2028	145,841,255	103,255,746	2.44%	0.51%
2029	149,336,056	103,761,151	2.4%	0.49%
2030	152,855,352	104,254,900	2.36%	0.48%
2031	156,382,425	104,737,913	2.31%	0.46%
2032	159,923,895	105,204,401	2.26%	0.45%
2033	163,453,311	105,656,307	2.21%	0.43%
2034	166,978,790	106,097,515	2.16%	0.42%
2035	170,532,952	106,530,671	2.13%	0.41%
2036	174,097,772	106,945,842	2.09%	0.39%
2037	177,661,132	107,346,046	2.05%	0.37%
2038	181,235,892	107,732,019	2.01%	0.36%
2039	184,835,102	108,097,653	1.99%	0.34%
2040	188,450,900	108,437,634	1.96%	0.31%
2041	192,068,629	108,752,199	1.92%	0.29%
2042	195,695,295	109,040,314	1.89%	0.26%
2043	199,347,978	109,292,559	1.87%	0.23%
2044	203,014,368	109,506,274	1.84%	0.2%
2045	206,673,625	109,685,396	1.8%	0.16%
2046	210,337,847	109,827,664	1.77%	0.13%
2047	214,023,504	109,930,243	1.75%	0.09%
2048	217,710,204	109,994,024	1.72%	0.06%
2049	221,377,329	110,018,017	1.68%	0.02%
2050	225,021,865	110,008,910	1.65%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.