Ethiopia vs Saudi Arabia statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 35.3M in Saudi Arabia (ranked 45/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 830,000 sq mi for Saudi Arabia (ranked 25th vs. 12th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057).

Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Saudi Arabia
1960	$1,610,511,694	$1,748,124,064
1961	$1,680,859,514	$1,920,811,284
1962	$1,747,566,307	$2,130,606,532
1963	$1,825,058,828	$2,207,393,172
1964	$1,984,129,186	$2,371,808,713
1965	$2,159,998,591	$2,647,955,558
1966	$2,324,466,416	$2,920,555,557
1967	$2,461,762,003	$3,257,022,223
1968	$2,619,948,865	$4,187,777,711
1969	$2,768,987,372	$4,485,777,644
1970	$3,045,354,455	$5,377,333,333
1971	$3,224,280,835	$7,184,806,909
1972	$3,520,252,938	$9,664,267,087
1973	$4,070,570,550	$14,947,435,499
1974	$4,577,209,966	$45,412,957,746
1975	$4,577,047,854	$46,773,208,643
1976	$4,943,806,093	$64,005,665,722
1977	$5,651,840,585	$74,188,986,586
1978	$6,014,961,435	$80,266,516,687
1979	$6,586,048,398	$111,858,444,786
1980	$7,012,585,454	$164,539,660,725
1981	$7,507,663,567	$184,291,360,139
1982	$7,899,988,841	$153,240,313,858
1983	$8,781,664,427	$129,171,635,311
1984	$8,298,309,581	$119,624,858,116
1985	$9,717,392,687	$103,897,846,494
1986	$10,094,328,898	$86,961,922,765
1987	$10,790,001,558	$85,695,861,148
1988	$11,181,119,718	$88,256,074,766
1989	$11,762,932,007	$95,344,459,279
1990	$12,478,943,895	$117,630,173,565
1991	$13,799,799,324	$132,223,230,975
1992	$10,754,799,037	$137,087,850,467
1993	$9,051,043,870	$132,967,957,276
1994	$7,100,806,754	$135,174,899,866
1995	$7,855,205,207	$143,343,124,166
1996	$8,761,215,548	$158,662,483,311
1997	$8,803,539,988	$165,963,684,913
1998	$8,013,274,132	$146,775,466,667
1999	$7,892,973,532	$161,717,066,667
2000	$8,242,349,618	$189,514,933,333
2001	$8,231,326,016	$184,137,600,000
2002	$7,850,809,498	$189,605,866,667
2003	$8,623,691,300	$215,807,733,333
2004	$10,131,187,261	$258,742,133,333
2005	$12,401,139,454	$328,459,608,764
2006	$15,280,861,835	$376,900,133,511
2007	$19,707,616,773	$415,964,509,673
2008	$27,066,912,635	$519,796,800,000
2009	$32,437,389,116	$429,097,866,667
2010	$29,933,790,334	$528,207,466,667
2011	$31,952,763,089	$680,660,800,000
2012	$43,310,721,414	$751,921,333,333
2013	$47,648,276,605	$769,755,733,333
2014	$55,612,228,234	$787,153,066,667
2015	$64,589,328,551	$693,414,400,000
2016	$74,296,766,562	$689,279,466,667
2017	$81,770,885,148	$741,266,133,333
2018	$84,269,180,857	$886,564,800,000
2019	$95,912,620,248	$888,890,133,333
2020	$107,657,732,424	$767,951,200,000
2021	$111,261,888,669	$982,661,066,667
2022	$126,772,707,851	$1,239,075,200,000
2023	-	$1,218,584,533,333
2024	-	$1,237,529,866,667

Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Saudi Arabia
1960	$75.3	$718
1961	$76.7	$760
1962	$77.8	$813
1963	$79.2	$812
1964	$83.8	$840
1965	$88.9	$904
1966	$93.2	$961
1967	$96.1	$1,032
1968	$99.5	$1,276
1969	$102.3	$1,313
1970	$109.4	$1,509
1971	$112.7	$1,929
1972	$119.8	$2,474
1973	$134.9	$3,640
1974	$147.9	$10,503
1975	$144.3	$10,266
1976	$152	$13,313
1977	$170.4	$14,595
1978	$178.3	$14,914
1979	$192.4	$19,612
1980	$203.7	$27,206
1981	$212.7	$28,703
1982	$215.3	$22,454
1983	$232.7	$17,810
1984	$214.2	$15,541
1985	$243.9	$12,745
1986	$246	$10,078
1987	$254.1	$9,386
1988	$253.2	$9,165
1989	$256.4	$9,414
1990	$262.1	$11,055
1991	$277.6	$11,847
1992	$207.4	$11,730
1993	$168.5	$10,885
1994	$127.7	$10,602
1995	$136.5	$10,786
1996	$147.3	$11,472
1997	$143.4	$11,545
1998	$126.5	$9,836
1999	$120.7	$10,452
2000	$122.3	$11,715
2001	$118.5	$10,805
2002	$109.6	$10,586
2003	$116.8	$11,487
2004	$133.2	$13,154
2005	$158.2	$15,976
2006	$189.3	$17,564
2007	$237.1	$18,596
2008	$316	$22,320
2009	$369	$17,718
2010	$331	$22,028
2011	$343	$27,127
2012	$452	$28,733
2013	$484	$27,865
2014	$550	$27,805
2015	$622	$23,256
2016	$696	$22,268
2017	$746	$23,929
2018	$748	$29,360
2019	$829	$29,567
2020	$905	$24,339
2021	$911	$31,921
2022	$1,011	$38,510
2023	-	$36,157
2024	-	$35,057

Ethiopia vs. Saudi Arabia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Saudi Arabia
1950	35.5	40
1951	35.9	40.6
1952	36.2	41.1
1953	36.6	41.6
1954	37	42.1
1955	37.3	42.6
1956	37.8	43.1
1957	32.2	43.7
1958	32.6	44.2
1959	39.2	44.8
1960	39.6	45.3
1961	40.2	45.9
1962	40.5	46.5
1963	41	47.1
1964	41.3	47.7
1965	41.4	48.4
1966	39.3	49.2
1967	41.9	50
1968	42.1	50.9
1969	42.1	51.8
1970	42.1	52.7
1971	42.2	53.7
1972	41	54.7
1973	41.1	55.8
1974	39.1	56.8
1975	38.9	57.8
1976	41.3	58.8
1977	41.4	59.7
1978	41.5	60.7
1979	42.4	61.5
1980	42.8	62.4
1981	43.1	63.3
1982	43.4	64
1983	36.3	64.7
1984	36.7	65.4
1985	37.7	66
1986	38.4	66.6
1987	45.9	67.2
1988	45.7	67.8
1989	45.6	68.4
1990	45.1	68.9
1991	46.7	69.3
1992	47.3	69.8
1993	47.7	70.2
1994	47.9	70.6
1995	48.2	70.9
1996	48.7	71.3
1997	49.2	71.6
1998	49.8	72
1999	49.5	72.3
2000	50.9	72.6
2001	51.4	73
2002	52.1	73.3
2003	52.9	73.7
2004	53.7	74
2005	54.4	74.4
2006	55.4	74.8
2007	56.6	75.1
2008	57.7	75.3
2009	58.7	75.4
2010	59.7	75.6
2011	60.6	75.8
2012	61.4	76.1
2013	62.2	76.5
2014	62.9	77.1
2015	63.6	77.8
2016	64.2	78.4
2017	64.8	78.7
2018	65.3	78.7
2019	65.7	78.3
2020	66	77.6
2021	65.3	77.1
2022	66.9	77.3
2023	67.3	78.7
2024	67.6	79
2025	67.9	79.2

Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Saudi Arabia
1960	21,376,693	2,435,403
1961	21,906,102	2,526,347
1962	22,465,126	2,620,910
1963	23,051,637	2,719,341
1964	23,666,548	2,821,968
1965	24,310,612	2,928,771
1966	24,952,689	3,039,887
1967	25,620,276	3,157,242
1968	26,337,930	3,282,711
1969	27,072,571	3,417,114
1970	27,829,128	3,562,470
1971	28,600,106	3,724,031
1972	29,374,608	3,905,722
1973	30,166,785	4,106,344
1974	30,957,273	4,323,632
1975	31,723,252	4,556,287
1976	32,534,418	4,807,933
1977	33,167,272	5,083,048
1978	33,734,592	5,381,902
1979	34,238,652	5,703,698
1980	34,428,514	6,047,997
1981	35,304,012	6,420,551
1982	36,701,290	6,824,486
1983	37,740,817	7,252,941
1984	38,735,722	7,697,307
1985	39,842,136	8,151,779
1986	41,037,656	8,628,639
1987	42,460,039	9,130,194
1988	44,150,825	9,629,165
1989	45,879,690	10,128,394
1990	47,609,755	10,640,691
1991	49,717,198	11,160,744
1992	51,853,747	11,686,676
1993	53,708,891	12,215,862
1994	55,611,508	12,750,040
1995	57,537,335	13,289,245
1996	59,467,635	13,831,009
1997	61,404,539	14,374,943
1998	63,363,524	14,922,185
1999	65,374,561	15,472,075
2000	67,411,494	16,177,722
2001	69,487,762	17,041,397
2002	71,635,517	17,910,910
2003	73,832,663	18,786,767
2004	76,077,206	19,669,480
2005	78,367,470	20,559,890
2006	80,703,490	21,459,144
2007	83,103,217	22,368,313
2008	85,543,668	23,287,877
2009	88,007,636	24,217,654
2010	90,538,514	23,978,487
2011	93,149,970	25,091,867
2012	95,798,767	26,168,861
2013	98,438,751	27,624,004
2014	101,115,610	28,309,273
2015	103,867,135	29,816,382
2016	106,718,162	30,954,198
2017	109,666,481	30,977,355
2018	112,664,152	30,196,281
2019	115,737,383	30,063,799
2020	118,917,671	31,552,510
2021	122,138,588	30,784,383
2022	125,384,287	32,175,224
2023	128,691,692	33,702,731
2024	132,059,767	35,300,280

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.51	7.63
1961	6.53	7.63
1962	6.56	7.64
1963	6.59	7.65
1964	6.61	7.67
1965	6.63	7.66
1966	6.66	7.66
1967	6.68	7.66
1968	6.7	7.63
1969	6.72	7.6
1970	6.78	7.58
1971	6.84	7.56
1972	6.9	7.54
1973	6.96	7.48
1974	7.02	7.43
1975	7.08	7.37
1976	7.13	7.33
1977	7.19	7.3
1978	7.23	7.26
1979	7.25	7.23
1980	7.29	7.15
1981	7.31	7.07
1982	7.34	6.98
1983	7.35	6.88
1984	7.36	6.78
1985	7.34	6.65
1986	7.32	6.52
1987	7.29	6.34
1988	7.26	6.15
1989	7.23	5.98
1990	7.2	5.8
1991	7.16	5.64
1992	7.13	5.49
1993	7.09	5.33
1994	7.05	5.16
1995	7	4.99
1996	6.93	4.81
1997	6.87	4.66
1998	6.79	4.52
1999	6.72	4.35
2000	6.65	4.21
2001	6.58	3.96
2002	6.5	3.71
2003	6.4	3.47
2004	6.3	3.26
2005	6.19	3.16
2006	6.05	3.18
2007	5.89	3.19
2008	5.7	3.07
2009	5.49	2.95
2010	5.28	2.81
2011	5.08	2.8
2012	4.89	2.78
2013	4.71	2.67
2014	4.61	2.68
2015	4.53	2.63
2016	4.47	2.65
2017	4.4	2.67
2018	4.37	2.67
2019	4.35	2.49
2020	4.27	2.27
2021	4.18	2.17
2022	4.08	2.14
2023	3.99	2.28

Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Saudi Arabia
1960	18.6	18.6
1961	18.6	18.5
1962	18.6	18.4
1963	18.6	18.2
1964	18.6	18
1965	18.6	17.9
1966	18.5	17.7
1967	18.5	17.6
1968	18.4	17.5
1969	18.3	17.4
1970	18.1	17.4
1971	17.9	17.4
1972	17.7	17.4
1973	17.6	17.5
1974	17.5	17.6
1975	17.3	17.7
1976	17.2	17.8
1977	17.1	17.9
1978	17	18
1979	16.9	18.1
1980	16.8	18.2
1981	16.8	18.3
1982	16.7	18.4
1983	16.7	18.5
1984	16.8	18.6
1985	16.9	18.7
1986	16.9	18.7
1987	16.9	18.8
1988	16.9	18.9
1989	16.9	19
1990	16.9	19
1991	16.9	19.2
1992	16.9	19.3
1993	16.8	19.4
1994	16.7	19.6
1995	16.6	19.7
1996	16.5	19.9
1997	16.4	20.2
1998	16.3	20.4
1999	16.2	20.7
2000	16.2	20.8
2001	16.1	20.7
2002	16.1	20.8
2003	16.1	21.1
2004	16.2	21.4
2005	16.2	21.9
2006	16.3	22.3
2007	16.4	22.8
2008	16.5	23.4
2009	16.7	23.9
2010	16.9	24.5
2011	17.1	25.2
2012	17.4	25.9
2013	17.6	26.6
2014	17.9	27.2
2015	18.1	27.9
2016	18.3	28.6
2017	18.6	29
2018	18.8	29.3
2019	19	29.3
2020	19.2	29.4
2021	19.4	29.5
2022	19.6	29.7
2023	19.7	30.2
2024	19.9	30.5

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