Ethiopia vs Rwanda statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 25th vs. 146th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Ethiopia and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Rwanda
1960	$1,610,511,694	$119,000,024
1961	$1,680,859,514	$122,000,016
1962	$1,747,566,307	$125,000,008
1963	$1,825,058,828	$128,000,000
1964	$1,984,129,186	$129,999,994
1965	$2,159,998,591	$148,799,980
1966	$2,324,466,416	$124,525,703
1967	$2,461,762,003	$159,560,018
1968	$2,619,948,865	$172,200,018
1969	$2,768,987,372	$188,700,037
1970	$3,045,354,455	$219,900,006
1971	$3,224,280,835	$222,952,504
1972	$3,520,252,938	$246,457,838
1973	$4,070,570,550	$290,746,157
1974	$4,577,209,966	$308,458,423
1975	$4,577,047,854	$571,863,500
1976	$4,943,806,093	$637,753,853
1977	$5,651,840,585	$746,650,613
1978	$6,014,961,435	$905,709,076
1979	$6,586,048,398	$1,109,346,131
1980	$7,012,585,454	$1,254,765,642
1981	$7,507,663,567	$1,407,062,527
1982	$7,899,988,841	$1,407,243,139
1983	$8,781,664,427	$1,479,687,587
1984	$8,298,309,581	$1,587,413,084
1985	$9,717,392,687	$1,715,626,331
1986	$10,094,328,898	$1,944,710,684
1987	$10,790,001,558	$2,157,432,668
1988	$11,181,119,718	$2,395,492,687
1989	$11,762,932,007	$2,405,022,593
1990	$12,478,943,895	$2,550,185,679
1991	$13,799,799,324	$1,911,600,237
1992	$10,754,799,037	$2,029,026,962
1993	$9,051,043,870	$1,971,525,712
1994	$7,100,806,754	$753,636,370
1995	$7,855,205,207	$1,293,535,193
1996	$8,761,215,548	$1,382,334,879
1997	$8,803,539,988	$1,851,558,197
1998	$8,013,274,132	$1,989,343,546
1999	$7,892,973,532	$2,157,108,263
2000	$8,242,349,618	$2,068,836,754
2001	$8,231,326,016	$1,966,600,715
2002	$7,850,809,498	$1,966,003,468
2003	$8,623,691,300	$2,138,237,279
2004	$10,131,187,261	$2,376,496,067
2005	$12,401,139,454	$2,933,819,766
2006	$15,280,861,835	$3,319,784,539
2007	$19,707,616,773	$4,070,507,895
2008	$27,066,912,635	$5,179,854,065
2009	$32,437,389,116	$5,674,476,969
2010	$29,933,790,334	$6,124,756,654
2011	$31,952,763,089	$6,884,913,658
2012	$43,310,721,414	$7,654,761,045
2013	$47,648,276,605	$7,819,964,024
2014	$55,612,228,234	$8,238,966,120
2015	$64,589,328,551	$8,543,760,206
2016	$74,296,766,562	$8,695,272,061
2017	$81,770,885,148	$9,252,833,894
2018	$84,269,180,857	$9,637,904,519
2019	$95,912,620,248	$10,349,300,277
2020	$107,657,732,424	$10,174,386,855
2021	$111,261,888,669	$11,078,787,095
2022	$126,772,707,851	$13,316,161,006
2023	-	$14,331,722,700
2024	-	$14,251,642,231

Ethiopia and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Rwanda
1960	$75.3	$39.4
1961	$76.7	$39.3
1962	$77.8	$39.2
1963	$79.2	$39.3
1964	$83.8	$39
1965	$88.9	$43.5
1966	$93.2	$35.4
1967	$96.1	$44
1968	$99.5	$46
1969	$102.3	$48.9
1970	$109.4	$55.2
1971	$112.7	$54.4
1972	$119.8	$58.4
1973	$134.9	$66.9
1974	$147.9	$68.9
1975	$144.3	$124.1
1976	$152	$134.4
1977	$170.4	$152.7
1978	$178.3	$179.9
1979	$192.4	$213.8
1980	$203.7	$234.4
1981	$212.7	$254.6
1982	$215.3	$246.4
1983	$232.7	$250.6
1984	$214.2	$259.9
1985	$243.9	$271.6
1986	$246	$297.7
1987	$254.1	$320
1988	$253.2	$344
1989	$256.4	$335
1990	$262.1	$346
1991	$277.6	$254
1992	$207.4	$264.1
1993	$168.5	$247
1994	$127.7	$111
1995	$136.5	$228
1996	$147.3	$206
1997	$143.4	$238.7
1998	$126.5	$246.2
1999	$120.7	$264.7
2000	$122.3	$251.9
2001	$118.5	$237.3
2002	$109.6	$234
2003	$116.8	$249
2004	$133.2	$269.5
2005	$158.2	$324
2006	$189.3	$357
2007	$237.1	$426
2008	$316	$528
2009	$369	$564
2010	$331	$594
2011	$343	$651
2012	$452	$707
2013	$484	$705
2014	$550	$725
2015	$622	$734
2016	$696	$730
2017	$746	$758
2018	$748	$772
2019	$829	$810
2020	$905	$779
2021	$911	$830
2022	$1,011	$975
2023	-	$1,027
2024	-	$1,000

Ethiopia vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Rwanda

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Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Rwanda
1950	35.5	43.2
1951	35.9	43.5
1952	36.2	43.8
1953	36.6	44.1
1954	37	44.4
1955	37.3	44.8
1956	37.8	45.2
1957	32.2	45.6
1958	32.6	46.1
1959	39.2	46.5
1960	39.6	47
1961	40.2	47.5
1962	40.5	47.8
1963	41	44
1964	41.3	48.1
1965	41.4	48.2
1966	39.3	48.1
1967	41.9	48
1968	42.1	47.7
1969	42.1	47.4
1970	42.1	47.1
1971	42.2	46.8
1972	41	46.3
1973	41.1	45.9
1974	39.1	45.6
1975	38.9	45.3
1976	41.3	45.3
1977	41.4	45.6
1978	41.5	46.2
1979	42.4	47.1
1980	42.8	48.1
1981	43.1	49.2
1982	43.4	50.2
1983	36.3	50.9
1984	36.7	51.4
1985	37.7	51.7
1986	38.4	51.7
1987	45.9	51.5
1988	45.7	50.9
1989	45.6	49.5
1990	45.1	47.8
1991	46.7	46.2
1992	47.3	44.4
1993	47.7	42.9
1994	47.9	12.2
1995	48.2	41.5
1996	48.7	42.5
1997	49.2	42
1998	49.8	43.1
1999	49.5	45.7
2000	50.9	47.8
2001	51.4	49.5
2002	52.1	51.3
2003	52.9	53.5
2004	53.7	55.5
2005	54.4	57
2006	55.4	58.3
2007	56.6	59.5
2008	57.7	60.6
2009	58.7	61.8
2010	59.7	62.8
2011	60.6	63.5
2012	61.4	64.2
2013	62.2	64.7
2014	62.9	65.1
2015	63.6	65.4
2016	64.2	65.7
2017	64.8	66.1
2018	65.3	66.4
2019	65.7	66.7
2020	66	67
2021	65.3	66.8
2022	66.9	67.5
2023	67.3	67.8
2024	67.6	68
2025	67.9	68.2

Ethiopia and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Rwanda
1960	21,376,693	3,022,294
1961	21,906,102	3,106,779
1962	22,465,126	3,186,025
1963	23,051,637	3,258,890
1964	23,666,548	3,334,834
1965	24,310,612	3,423,210
1966	24,952,689	3,521,626
1967	25,620,276	3,629,577
1968	26,337,930	3,744,010
1969	27,072,571	3,861,271
1970	27,829,128	3,980,669
1971	28,600,106	4,100,044
1972	29,374,608	4,220,335
1973	30,166,785	4,345,047
1974	30,957,273	4,474,228
1975	31,723,252	4,607,728
1976	32,534,418	4,745,954
1977	33,167,272	4,888,240
1978	33,734,592	5,035,171
1979	34,238,652	5,189,541
1980	34,428,514	5,353,259
1981	35,304,012	5,527,230
1982	36,701,290	5,711,549
1983	37,740,817	5,905,311
1984	38,735,722	6,107,627
1985	39,842,136	6,317,228
1986	41,037,656	6,531,881
1987	42,460,039	6,749,493
1988	44,150,825	6,968,071
1989	45,879,690	7,184,706
1990	47,609,755	7,375,307
1991	49,717,198	7,526,966
1992	51,853,747	7,683,266
1993	53,708,891	7,981,132
1994	55,611,508	6,792,352
1995	57,537,335	5,674,118
1996	59,467,635	6,708,764
1997	61,404,539	7,755,238
1998	63,363,524	8,081,681
1999	65,374,561	8,147,912
2000	67,411,494	8,213,931
2001	69,487,762	8,287,094
2002	71,635,517	8,400,180
2003	73,832,663	8,586,875
2004	76,077,206	8,816,844
2005	78,367,470	9,054,528
2006	80,703,490	9,299,246
2007	83,103,217	9,549,933
2008	85,543,668	9,804,269
2009	88,007,636	10,060,432
2010	90,538,514	10,317,553
2011	93,149,970	10,573,733
2012	95,798,767	10,829,901
2013	98,438,751	11,093,340
2014	101,115,610	11,364,757
2015	103,867,135	11,640,022
2016	106,718,162	11,919,183
2017	109,666,481	12,202,060
2018	112,664,152	12,487,996
2019	115,737,383	12,776,103
2020	118,917,671	13,065,837
2021	122,138,588	13,355,260
2022	125,384,287	13,651,030
2023	128,691,692	13,954,471
2024	132,059,767	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Rwanda
1960	6.51	8.28
1961	6.53	8.28
1962	6.56	8.27
1963	6.59	8.27
1964	6.61	8.27
1965	6.63	8.25
1966	6.66	8.23
1967	6.68	8.21
1968	6.7	8.19
1969	6.72	8.18
1970	6.78	8.15
1971	6.84	8.09
1972	6.9	8.09
1973	6.96	8.09
1974	7.02	8.1
1975	7.08	8.1
1976	7.13	8.12
1977	7.19	8.14
1978	7.23	8.16
1979	7.25	8.13
1980	7.29	8.12
1981	7.31	8.1
1982	7.34	8.06
1983	7.35	8
1984	7.36	7.91
1985	7.34	7.79
1986	7.32	7.61
1987	7.29	7.43
1988	7.26	7.23
1989	7.23	7.03
1990	7.2	6.8
1991	7.16	6.62
1992	7.13	6.54
1993	7.09	6.48
1994	7.05	6.42
1995	7	6.35
1996	6.93	6.29
1997	6.87	6.24
1998	6.79	6.17
1999	6.72	6.06
2000	6.65	5.97
2001	6.58	5.89
2002	6.5	5.82
2003	6.4	5.74
2004	6.3	5.64
2005	6.19	5.5
2006	6.05	5.34
2007	5.89	5.14
2008	5.7	4.92
2009	5.49	4.71
2010	5.28	4.52
2011	5.08	4.33
2012	4.89	4.2
2013	4.71	4.14
2014	4.61	4.12
2015	4.53	4.11
2016	4.47	4.11
2017	4.4	4.08
2018	4.37	4.05
2019	4.35	3.99
2020	4.27	3.91
2021	4.18	3.84
2022	4.08	3.78
2023	3.99	3.7

Ethiopia and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Rwanda
1960	18.6	15.5
1961	18.6	15.1
1962	18.6	14.9
1963	18.6	14.8
1964	18.6	14.7
1965	18.6	14.8
1966	18.5	14.9
1967	18.5	15.1
1968	18.4	15.3
1969	18.3	15.5
1970	18.1	15.7
1971	17.9	15.9
1972	17.7	16
1973	17.6	16.2
1974	17.5	16.3
1975	17.3	16.4
1976	17.2	16.5
1977	17.1	16.6
1978	17	16.6
1979	16.9	16.5
1980	16.8	16.5
1981	16.8	16.4
1982	16.7	16.2
1983	16.7	16.1
1984	16.8	16
1985	16.9	15.8
1986	16.9	15.7
1987	16.9	15.6
1988	16.9	15.6
1989	16.9	15.5
1990	16.9	15.5
1991	16.9	15.5
1992	16.9	15.6
1993	16.8	15.7
1994	16.7	15
1995	16.6	14.3
1996	16.5	14.6
1997	16.4	14.8
1998	16.3	15.3
1999	16.2	15.8
2000	16.2	16.3
2001	16.1	16.8
2002	16.1	17.1
2003	16.1	17.4
2004	16.2	17.6
2005	16.2	17.8
2006	16.3	18
2007	16.4	18.1
2008	16.5	18.3
2009	16.7	18.4
2010	16.9	18.5
2011	17.1	18.7
2012	17.4	18.8
2013	17.6	19
2014	17.9	19.1
2015	18.1	19.3
2016	18.3	19.4
2017	18.6	19.6
2018	18.8	19.7
2019	19	19.8
2020	19.2	19.9
2021	19.4	20
2022	19.6	20.3
2023	19.7	20.5
2024	19.9	20.8

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