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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ethiopia	Zambia	Ethiopia	Zambia
1960	21,376,693	3,153,729	-	-
1961	21,906,102	3,254,086	2.48%	3.18%
1962	22,465,126	3,358,099	2.55%	3.2%
1963	23,051,637	3,465,907	2.61%	3.21%
1964	23,666,548	3,577,017	2.67%	3.21%
1965	24,310,612	3,692,086	2.72%	3.22%
1966	24,952,689	3,812,003	2.64%	3.25%
1967	25,620,276	3,936,343	2.68%	3.26%
1968	26,337,930	4,065,593	2.8%	3.28%
1969	27,072,571	4,197,116	2.79%	3.24%
1970	27,829,128	4,321,718	2.79%	2.97%
1971	28,600,106	4,442,525	2.77%	2.8%
1972	29,374,608	4,569,309	2.71%	2.85%
1973	30,166,785	4,702,693	2.7%	2.92%
1974	30,957,273	4,842,746	2.62%	2.98%
1975	31,723,252	4,990,086	2.47%	3.04%
1976	32,534,418	5,143,842	2.56%	3.08%
1977	33,167,272	5,302,480	1.95%	3.08%
1978	33,734,592	5,465,374	1.71%	3.07%
1979	34,238,652	5,631,728	1.49%	3.04%
1980	34,428,514	5,802,833	0.55%	3.04%
1981	35,304,012	5,983,289	2.54%	3.11%
1982	36,701,290	6,178,637	3.96%	3.26%
1983	37,740,817	6,381,038	2.83%	3.28%
1984	38,735,722	6,580,490	2.64%	3.13%
1985	39,842,136	6,780,953	2.86%	3.05%
1986	41,037,656	6,986,471	3%	3.03%
1987	42,460,039	7,191,282	3.47%	2.93%
1988	44,150,825	7,391,440	3.98%	2.78%
1989	45,879,690	7,589,216	3.92%	2.68%
1990	47,609,755	7,786,169	3.77%	2.6%
1991	49,717,198	7,981,650	4.43%	2.51%
1992	51,853,747	8,176,680	4.3%	2.44%
1993	53,708,891	8,373,921	3.58%	2.41%
1994	55,611,508	8,576,269	3.54%	2.42%
1995	57,537,335	8,785,763	3.46%	2.44%
1996	59,467,635	9,004,053	3.35%	2.48%
1997	61,404,539	9,237,063	3.26%	2.59%
1998	63,363,524	9,482,408	3.19%	2.66%
1999	65,374,561	9,740,005	3.17%	2.72%
2000	67,411,494	10,017,631	3.12%	2.85%
2001	69,487,762	10,325,185	3.08%	3.07%
2002	71,635,517	10,647,949	3.09%	3.13%
2003	73,832,663	10,983,595	3.07%	3.15%
2004	76,077,206	11,338,198	3.04%	3.23%
2005	78,367,470	11,718,819	3.01%	3.36%
2006	80,703,490	12,129,553	2.98%	3.5%
2007	83,103,217	12,565,085	2.97%	3.59%
2008	85,543,668	13,021,324	2.94%	3.63%
2009	88,007,636	13,490,389	2.88%	3.6%
2010	90,538,514	13,965,594	2.88%	3.52%
2011	93,149,970	14,437,796	2.88%	3.38%
2012	95,798,767	14,913,629	2.84%	3.3%
2013	98,438,751	15,398,997	2.76%	3.25%
2014	101,115,610	15,895,315	2.72%	3.22%
2015	103,867,135	16,399,089	2.72%	3.17%
2016	106,718,162	16,914,423	2.74%	3.14%
2017	109,666,481	17,441,320	2.76%	3.12%
2018	112,664,152	17,973,569	2.73%	3.05%
2019	115,737,383	18,513,839	2.73%	3.01%
2020	118,917,671	19,059,395	2.75%	2.95%
2021	122,138,588	19,603,607	2.71%	2.86%
2022	125,384,287	20,152,938	2.66%	2.8%
2023	128,691,692	20,723,965	2.64%	2.83%
2024	132,059,767	21,314,956	2.62%	2.85%
2025	135,472,043	21,913,869	2.58%	2.81%
2026	138,902,180	22,521,905	2.53%	2.77%
2027	142,364,798	23,138,716	2.49%	2.74%
2028	145,841,255	23,761,368	2.44%	2.69%
2029	149,336,056	24,389,681	2.4%	2.64%
2030	152,855,352	25,024,887	2.36%	2.6%
2031	156,382,425	25,666,496	2.31%	2.56%
2032	159,923,895	26,311,946	2.26%	2.51%
2033	163,453,311	26,960,073	2.21%	2.46%
2034	166,978,790	27,611,621	2.16%	2.42%
2035	170,532,952	28,266,887	2.13%	2.37%
2036	174,097,772	28,925,103	2.09%	2.33%
2037	177,661,132	29,583,482	2.05%	2.28%
2038	181,235,892	30,240,549	2.01%	2.22%
2039	184,835,102	30,895,586	1.99%	2.17%
2040	188,450,900	31,550,394	1.96%	2.12%
2041	192,068,629	32,204,340	1.92%	2.07%
2042	195,695,295	32,856,596	1.89%	2.03%
2043	199,347,978	33,510,500	1.87%	1.99%
2044	203,014,368	34,165,920	1.84%	1.96%
2045	206,673,625	34,821,101	1.8%	1.92%
2046	210,337,847	35,475,795	1.77%	1.88%
2047	214,023,504	36,129,270	1.75%	1.84%
2048	217,710,204	36,782,260	1.72%	1.81%
2049	221,377,329	37,434,667	1.68%	1.77%
2050	225,021,865	38,083,369	1.65%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.