Ethiopia vs Kenya statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 56.4M in Kenya (ranked 26/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 224,278 sq mi for Kenya (ranked 25th vs. 45th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206).

Ethiopia and Kenya: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Kenya economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Kenya
1960	$1,610,511,694	$791,265,459
1961	$1,680,859,514	$792,959,473
1962	$1,747,566,307	$868,111,401
1963	$1,825,058,828	$926,589,349
1964	$1,984,129,186	$998,759,334
1965	$2,159,998,591	$997,919,321
1966	$2,324,466,416	$1,164,519,674
1967	$2,461,762,003	$1,232,559,507
1968	$2,619,948,865	$1,353,295,459
1969	$2,768,987,372	$1,458,379,417
1970	$3,045,354,455	$1,603,447,359
1971	$3,224,280,835	$1,778,391,289
1972	$3,520,252,938	$2,107,279,157
1973	$4,070,570,550	$2,509,001,324
1974	$4,577,209,966	$2,969,958,812
1975	$4,577,047,854	$3,259,345,083
1976	$4,943,806,093	$3,474,542,392
1977	$5,651,840,585	$4,494,378,764
1978	$6,014,961,435	$5,303,735,111
1979	$6,586,048,398	$6,234,391,113
1980	$7,012,585,454	$7,265,315,820
1981	$7,507,663,567	$6,854,491,706
1982	$7,899,988,841	$6,431,579,357
1983	$8,781,664,427	$5,979,198,314
1984	$8,298,309,581	$6,191,437,070
1985	$9,717,392,687	$6,135,034,214
1986	$10,094,328,898	$7,239,126,568
1987	$10,790,001,558	$7,970,820,369
1988	$11,181,119,718	$8,355,380,879
1989	$11,762,932,007	$8,283,114,514
1990	$12,478,943,895	$8,572,359,038
1991	$13,799,799,324	$8,151,488,783
1992	$10,754,799,037	$8,209,120,763
1993	$9,051,043,870	$5,751,786,643
1994	$7,100,806,754	$7,148,148,564
1995	$7,855,205,207	$9,046,320,255
1996	$8,761,215,548	$12,045,865,396
1997	$8,803,539,988	$13,115,764,358
1998	$8,013,274,132	$14,093,998,844
1999	$7,892,973,532	$12,896,010,459
2000	$8,242,349,618	$12,705,350,098
2001	$8,231,326,016	$12,986,007,426
2002	$7,850,809,498	$13,147,736,899
2003	$8,623,691,300	$14,904,517,650
2004	$10,131,187,261	$16,095,337,094
2005	$12,401,139,454	$18,737,895,513
2006	$15,280,861,835	$25,825,512,284
2007	$19,707,616,773	$31,958,195,182
2008	$27,066,912,635	$35,895,153,328
2009	$32,437,389,116	$42,347,217,913
2010	$29,933,790,334	$45,405,615,064
2011	$31,952,763,089	$46,869,473,151
2012	$43,310,721,414	$56,396,704,672
2013	$47,648,276,605	$61,671,440,408
2014	$55,612,228,234	$68,285,796,514
2015	$64,589,328,551	$70,120,446,897
2016	$74,296,766,562	$74,815,144,164
2017	$81,770,885,148	$82,036,510,877
2018	$84,269,180,857	$92,202,979,985
2019	$95,912,620,248	$100,378,436,207
2020	$107,657,732,424	$100,657,505,751
2021	$111,261,888,669	$109,703,658,905
2022	$126,772,707,851	$114,448,978,153
2023	-	$108,038,588,971
2024	-	$124,498,691,699

Ethiopia and Kenya economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Kenya
1960	$75.3	$102.8
1961	$76.7	$99.3
1962	$77.8	$104.6
1963	$79.2	$107.4
1964	$83.8	$111.3
1965	$88.9	$106.9
1966	$93.2	$119.8
1967	$96.1	$121.9
1968	$99.5	$128.7
1969	$102.3	$133.3
1970	$109.4	$141
1971	$112.7	$150.9
1972	$119.8	$172.6
1973	$134.9	$198.6
1974	$147.9	$227.2
1975	$144.3	$241.2
1976	$152	$248.9
1977	$170.4	$311
1978	$178.3	$355
1979	$192.4	$403
1980	$203.7	$454
1981	$212.7	$413
1982	$215.3	$374
1983	$232.7	$335
1984	$214.2	$334
1985	$243.9	$320
1986	$246	$364
1987	$254.1	$387
1988	$253.2	$391
1989	$256.4	$374
1990	$262.1	$374
1991	$277.6	$345
1992	$207.4	$337
1993	$168.5	$229
1994	$127.7	$276.4
1995	$136.5	$340
1996	$147.3	$441
1997	$143.4	$467
1998	$126.5	$488
1999	$120.7	$434
2000	$122.3	$415
2001	$118.5	$411
2002	$109.6	$403
2003	$116.8	$443
2004	$133.2	$464
2005	$158.2	$523
2006	$189.3	$700
2007	$237.1	$840
2008	$316	$916
2009	$369	$1,048
2010	$331	$1,092
2011	$343	$1,096
2012	$452	$1,285
2013	$484	$1,371
2014	$550	$1,483
2015	$622	$1,489
2016	$696	$1,554
2017	$746	$1,667
2018	$748	$1,836
2019	$829	$1,960
2020	$905	$1,928
2021	$911	$2,061
2022	$1,011	$2,110
2023	-	$1,952
2024	-	$2,206

Ethiopia vs. Kenya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Kenya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Kenya
1950	35.5	36.9
1951	35.9	38
1952	36.2	38.6
1953	36.6	39.8
1954	37	41
1955	37.3	42.3
1956	37.8	43.5
1957	32.2	45.3
1958	32.6	46.5
1959	39.2	47.5
1960	39.6	48.5
1961	40.2	49.3
1962	40.5	50.1
1963	41	50.8
1964	41.3	51.3
1965	41.4	51.9
1966	39.3	52.4
1967	41.9	52.8
1968	42.1	53.3
1969	42.1	53.7
1970	42.1	54.1
1971	42.2	54.5
1972	41	55
1973	41.1	55.5
1974	39.1	56
1975	38.9	56.6
1976	41.3	57.2
1977	41.4	57.7
1978	41.5	58.2
1979	42.4	58.7
1980	42.8	59.2
1981	43.1	59.6
1982	43.4	59.9
1983	36.3	60.3
1984	36.7	60.6
1985	37.7	60.9
1986	38.4	60.8
1987	45.9	60.7
1988	45.7	60.3
1989	45.6	60
1990	45.1	58.3
1991	46.7	57.8
1992	47.3	57.1
1993	47.7	56.7
1994	47.9	56.1
1995	48.2	55.9
1996	48.7	55.6
1997	49.2	55.5
1998	49.8	55.6
1999	49.5	55.9
2000	50.9	56.1
2001	51.4	56.5
2002	52.1	56.8
2003	52.9	57.4
2004	53.7	57.9
2005	54.4	58.5
2006	55.4	59.1
2007	56.6	59.4
2008	57.7	60
2009	58.7	60.5
2010	59.7	60.9
2011	60.6	61.3
2012	61.4	61.5
2013	62.2	61.7
2014	62.9	62
2015	63.6	62.3
2016	64.2	62.5
2017	64.8	62.7
2018	65.3	62.8
2019	65.7	62.9
2020	66	61.6
2021	65.3	61.2
2022	66.9	63.5
2023	67.3	63.6
2024	67.6	63.8
2025	67.9	64

Ethiopia and Kenya population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Kenya

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Kenya
1960	21,376,693	7,695,307
1961	21,906,102	7,987,770
1962	22,465,126	8,299,308
1963	23,051,637	8,627,971
1964	23,666,548	8,973,535
1965	24,310,612	9,338,078
1966	24,952,689	9,717,816
1967	25,620,276	10,111,057
1968	26,337,930	10,518,823
1969	27,072,571	10,939,695
1970	27,829,128	11,368,791
1971	28,600,106	11,788,904
1972	29,374,608	12,206,060
1973	30,166,785	12,634,835
1974	30,957,273	13,070,078
1975	31,723,252	13,511,671
1976	32,534,418	13,957,623
1977	33,167,272	14,428,819
1978	33,734,592	14,934,126
1979	34,238,652	15,460,666
1980	34,428,514	16,018,459
1981	35,304,012	16,601,507
1982	36,701,290	17,206,175
1983	37,740,817	17,846,374
1984	38,735,722	18,514,906
1985	39,842,136	19,201,768
1986	41,037,656	19,901,646
1987	42,460,039	20,616,096
1988	44,150,825	21,356,219
1989	45,879,690	22,118,434
1990	47,609,755	22,892,651
1991	49,717,198	23,646,514
1992	51,853,747	24,382,460
1993	53,708,891	25,117,188
1994	55,611,508	25,857,130
1995	57,537,335	26,601,751
1996	59,467,635	27,344,211
1997	61,404,539	28,101,768
1998	63,363,524	28,888,057
1999	65,374,561	29,733,408
2000	67,411,494	30,642,890
2001	69,487,762	31,619,170
2002	71,635,517	32,629,808
2003	73,832,663	33,652,223
2004	76,077,206	34,713,455
2005	78,367,470	35,796,484
2006	80,703,490	36,904,008
2007	83,103,217	38,036,349
2008	85,543,668	39,206,351
2009	88,007,636	40,408,891
2010	90,538,514	41,598,567
2011	93,149,970	42,758,461
2012	95,798,767	43,888,303
2013	98,438,751	44,986,791
2014	101,115,610	46,051,440
2015	103,867,135	47,088,526
2016	106,718,162	48,139,687
2017	109,666,481	49,197,766
2018	112,664,152	50,207,107
2019	115,737,383	51,202,827
2020	118,917,671	52,217,334
2021	122,138,588	53,219,166
2022	125,384,287	54,252,461
2023	128,691,692	55,339,003
2024	132,059,767	56,432,944

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Kenya

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Kenya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Kenya
1960	6.51	7.65
1961	6.53	7.72
1962	6.56	7.77
1963	6.59	7.82
1964	6.61	7.87
1965	6.63	7.92
1966	6.66	7.96
1967	6.68	7.95
1968	6.7	7.95
1969	6.72	7.95
1970	6.78	7.94
1971	6.84	7.92
1972	6.9	7.89
1973	6.96	7.86
1974	7.02	7.82
1975	7.08	7.8
1976	7.13	7.77
1977	7.19	7.73
1978	7.23	7.67
1979	7.25	7.6
1980	7.29	7.53
1981	7.31	7.45
1982	7.34	7.35
1983	7.35	7.22
1984	7.36	7.08
1985	7.34	6.96
1986	7.32	6.84
1987	7.29	6.69
1988	7.26	6.52
1989	7.23	6.33
1990	7.2	6.14
1991	7.16	5.94
1992	7.13	5.74
1993	7.09	5.57
1994	7.05	5.44
1995	7	5.37
1996	6.93	5.31
1997	6.87	5.27
1998	6.79	5.24
1999	6.72	5.18
2000	6.65	5.14
2001	6.58	5.09
2002	6.5	5.03
2003	6.4	4.94
2004	6.3	4.86
2005	6.19	4.8
2006	6.05	4.75
2007	5.89	4.72
2008	5.7	4.66
2009	5.49	4.57
2010	5.28	4.45
2011	5.08	4.28
2012	4.89	4.12
2013	4.71	3.96
2014	4.61	3.84
2015	4.53	3.77
2016	4.47	3.69
2017	4.4	3.61
2018	4.37	3.54
2019	4.35	3.43
2020	4.27	3.36
2021	4.18	3.31
2022	4.08	3.26
2023	3.99	3.21

Ethiopia and Kenya demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Kenya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Kenya
1960	18.6	15.7
1961	18.6	15.5
1962	18.6	15.3
1963	18.6	15.2
1964	18.6	15.1
1965	18.6	14.9
1966	18.5	14.8
1967	18.5	14.6
1968	18.4	14.5
1969	18.3	14.5
1970	18.1	14.4
1971	17.9	14.4
1972	17.7	14.3
1973	17.6	14.3
1974	17.5	14.3
1975	17.3	14.3
1976	17.2	14.3
1977	17.1	14.3
1978	17	14.3
1979	16.9	14.4
1980	16.8	14.5
1981	16.8	14.5
1982	16.7	14.6
1983	16.7	14.7
1984	16.8	14.8
1985	16.9	14.9
1986	16.9	15
1987	16.9	15
1988	16.9	15.1
1989	16.9	15.2
1990	16.9	15.3
1991	16.9	15.5
1992	16.9	15.6
1993	16.8	15.7
1994	16.7	15.9
1995	16.6	16
1996	16.5	16.1
1997	16.4	16.2
1998	16.3	16.4
1999	16.2	16.5
2000	16.2	16.7
2001	16.1	16.8
2002	16.1	17
2003	16.1	17.1
2004	16.2	17.3
2005	16.2	17.4
2006	16.3	17.5
2007	16.4	17.6
2008	16.5	17.7
2009	16.7	17.8
2010	16.9	17.9
2011	17.1	18.1
2012	17.4	18.2
2013	17.6	18.4
2014	17.9	18.5
2015	18.1	18.7
2016	18.3	18.9
2017	18.6	19.1
2018	18.8	19.3
2019	19	19.6
2020	19.2	19.8
2021	19.4	20
2022	19.6	20.3
2023	19.7	20.6
2024	19.9	20.8

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