Ethiopia vs Somalia statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 25th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Ethiopia and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Somalia
1960	$1,610,511,694	$180,459,937
1961	$1,680,859,514	$191,659,914
1962	$1,747,566,307	$203,531,928
1963	$1,825,058,828	$216,145,936
1964	$1,984,129,186	$229,529,913
1965	$2,159,998,591	$243,725,898
1966	$2,324,466,416	$257,375,897
1967	$2,461,762,003	$271,781,887
1968	$2,619,948,865	$286,719,885
1969	$2,768,987,372	$306,357,285
1970	$3,045,354,455	$347,985,394
1971	$3,224,280,835	$347,039,446
1972	$3,520,252,938	$447,883,941
1973	$4,070,570,550	$483,699,611
1974	$4,577,209,966	$572,504,036
1975	$4,577,047,854	$757,015,879
1976	$4,943,806,093	$871,344,245
1977	$5,651,840,585	$498,550,725
1978	$6,014,961,435	$564,571,823
1979	$6,586,048,398	$589,566,929
1980	$7,012,585,454	$602,515,548
1981	$7,507,663,567	$699,302,473
1982	$7,899,988,841	$774,578,932
1983	$8,781,664,427	$735,408,642
1984	$8,298,309,581	$787,434,542
1985	$9,717,392,687	$875,702,247
1986	$10,094,328,898	$916,590,786
1987	$10,790,001,558	$1,018,972,664
1988	$11,181,119,718	$1,051,596,967
1989	$11,762,932,007	$1,181,360,844
1990	$12,478,943,895	$1,031,282,081
1991	$13,799,799,324	$717,974,930
1992	$10,754,799,037	$709,297,579
1993	$9,051,043,870	$1,260,132,956
1994	$7,100,806,754	$1,481,205,098
1995	$7,855,205,207	$1,534,756,135
1996	$8,761,215,548	$1,792,234,297
1997	$8,803,539,988	$2,191,749,014
1998	$8,013,274,132	$2,962,047,564
1999	$7,892,973,532	$3,045,751,528
2000	$8,242,349,618	$3,412,797,450
2001	$8,231,326,016	$2,252,847,465
2002	$7,850,809,498	$2,192,684,135
2003	$8,623,691,300	$2,836,724,352
2004	$10,131,187,261	$3,859,592,813
2005	$12,401,139,454	$4,683,246,454
2006	$15,280,861,835	$5,026,743,282
2007	$19,707,616,773	$5,430,713,729
2008	$27,066,912,635	$5,913,620,293
2009	$32,437,389,116	$2,948,594,552
2010	$29,933,790,334	$2,687,807,004
2011	$31,952,763,089	$2,906,000,097
2012	$43,310,721,414	$4,364,670,160
2013	$47,648,276,605	$5,062,881,600
2014	$55,612,228,234	$5,728,399,720
2015	$64,589,328,551	$6,152,149,100
2016	$74,296,766,562	$6,613,743,070
2017	$81,770,885,148	$7,621,501,710
2018	$84,269,180,857	$7,873,440,830
2019	$95,912,620,248	$8,655,023,960
2020	$107,657,732,424	$8,628,393,720
2021	$111,261,888,669	$9,483,997,390
2022	$126,772,707,851	$10,202,767,270
2023	-	$10,968,517,090
2024	-	$12,108,515,110

Ethiopia and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Somalia
1960	$75.3	$62.7
1961	$76.7	$64.9
1962	$77.8	$67.2
1963	$79.2	$69.5
1964	$83.8	$71.9
1965	$88.9	$74.4
1966	$93.2	$76.5
1967	$96.1	$78.7
1968	$99.5	$80.8
1969	$102.3	$84.1
1970	$109.4	$93.1
1971	$112.7	$90.4
1972	$119.8	$113.7
1973	$134.9	$119.6
1974	$147.9	$137.9
1975	$144.3	$177.8
1976	$152	$199.6
1977	$170.4	$111.2
1978	$178.3	$117.3
1979	$192.4	$108.2
1980	$203.7	$101.5
1981	$212.7	$116.9
1982	$215.3	$129
1983	$232.7	$118.6
1984	$214.2	$122.5
1985	$243.9	$130.8
1986	$246	$131.4
1987	$254.1	$141
1988	$253.2	$145.3
1989	$256.4	$166
1990	$262.1	$145.6
1991	$277.6	$105.4
1992	$207.4	$109.2
1993	$168.5	$188.6
1994	$127.7	$210.8
1995	$136.5	$210.7
1996	$147.3	$237.2
1997	$143.4	$280.1
1998	$126.5	$363
1999	$120.7	$359
2000	$122.3	$386
2001	$118.5	$244.9
2002	$109.6	$229.6
2003	$116.8	$286.3
2004	$133.2	$375
2005	$158.2	$440
2006	$189.3	$458
2007	$237.1	$480
2008	$316	$507
2009	$369	$246.5
2010	$331	$219.2
2011	$343	$235.3
2012	$452	$350
2013	$484	$393
2014	$550	$429
2015	$622	$446
2016	$696	$461
2017	$746	$511
2018	$748	$510
2019	$829	$540
2020	$905	$518
2021	$911	$549
2022	$1,011	$573
2023	-	$597
2024	-	$637

Ethiopia vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Somalia
1950	35.5	41.5
1951	35.9	41.7
1952	36.2	41.9
1953	36.6	42.1
1954	37	42.3
1955	37.3	42.5
1956	37.8	42.7
1957	32.2	42.9
1958	32.6	43.1
1959	39.2	43.3
1960	39.6	43.5
1961	40.2	43.7
1962	40.5	44
1963	41	44.2
1964	41.3	44.4
1965	41.4	44.6
1966	39.3	44.8
1967	41.9	45.1
1968	42.1	45.3
1969	42.1	45.5
1970	42.1	45.6
1971	42.2	45.8
1972	41	46
1973	41.1	46.2
1974	39.1	44.3
1975	38.9	44.5
1976	41.3	44.7
1977	41.4	47
1978	41.5	47
1979	42.4	47.4
1980	42.8	47.6
1981	43.1	47.8
1982	43.4	48
1983	36.3	48.2
1984	36.7	48.4
1985	37.7	48.3
1986	38.4	48.4
1987	45.9	49
1988	45.7	43.9
1989	45.6	46.6
1990	45.1	46.9
1991	46.7	25.4
1992	47.3	25
1993	47.7	50.6
1994	47.9	50.3
1995	48.2	50.6
1996	48.7	50.5
1997	49.2	50.3
1998	49.8	50.8
1999	49.5	50.6
2000	50.9	50.7
2001	51.4	50.8
2002	52.1	50.8
2003	52.9	50.7
2004	53.7	50.7
2005	54.4	50.9
2006	55.4	50.9
2007	56.6	50.9
2008	57.7	51.5
2009	58.7	52.1
2010	59.7	48.9
2011	60.6	32.5
2012	61.4	49.1
2013	62.2	54
2014	62.9	54.4
2015	63.6	55.1
2016	64.2	55.3
2017	64.8	52.2
2018	65.3	54.8
2019	65.7	57.2
2020	66	57.1
2021	65.3	55.7
2022	66.9	53.9
2023	67.3	58.8
2024	67.6	59
2025	67.9	59.1

Ethiopia and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Somalia
1960	21,376,693	2,876,331
1961	21,906,102	2,952,054
1962	22,465,126	3,030,091
1963	23,051,637	3,110,361
1964	23,666,548	3,192,796
1965	24,310,612	3,277,874
1966	24,952,689	3,365,106
1967	25,620,276	3,454,537
1968	26,337,930	3,546,590
1969	27,072,571	3,641,015
1970	27,829,128	3,738,448
1971	28,600,106	3,837,691
1972	29,374,608	3,939,436
1973	30,166,785	4,045,592
1974	30,957,273	4,151,842
1975	31,723,252	4,257,535
1976	32,534,418	4,365,812
1977	33,167,272	4,484,050
1978	33,734,592	4,814,892
1979	34,238,652	5,449,117
1980	34,428,514	5,936,154
1981	35,304,012	5,982,849
1982	36,701,290	6,003,840
1983	37,740,817	6,198,430
1984	38,735,722	6,428,389
1985	39,842,136	6,693,289
1986	41,037,656	6,974,788
1987	42,460,039	7,228,302
1988	44,150,825	7,235,360
1989	45,879,690	7,114,817
1990	47,609,755	7,082,811
1991	49,717,198	6,813,760
1992	51,853,747	6,495,107
1993	53,708,891	6,681,399
1994	55,611,508	7,026,797
1995	57,537,335	7,285,007
1996	59,467,635	7,554,474
1997	61,404,539	7,824,525
1998	63,363,524	8,155,417
1999	65,374,561	8,492,059
2000	67,411,494	8,838,713
2001	69,487,762	9,198,493
2002	71,635,517	9,550,063
2003	73,832,663	9,909,157
2004	76,077,206	10,280,998
2005	78,367,470	10,644,228
2006	80,703,490	10,975,502
2007	83,103,217	11,322,582
2008	85,543,668	11,663,084
2009	88,007,636	11,961,201
2010	90,538,514	12,261,756
2011	93,149,970	12,348,830
2012	95,798,767	12,461,160
2013	98,438,751	12,869,594
2014	101,115,610	13,339,491
2015	103,867,135	13,806,963
2016	106,718,162	14,348,740
2017	109,666,481	14,916,629
2018	112,664,152	15,452,487
2019	115,737,383	16,030,971
2020	118,917,671	16,651,191
2021	122,138,588	17,271,431
2022	125,384,287	17,801,897
2023	128,691,692	18,358,615
2024	132,059,767	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Somalia

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Somalia
1960	6.51	7.25
1961	6.53	7.25
1962	6.56	7.26
1963	6.59	7.26
1964	6.61	7.26
1965	6.63	7.26
1966	6.66	7.26
1967	6.68	7.25
1968	6.7	7.23
1969	6.72	7.21
1970	6.78	7.18
1971	6.84	7.15
1972	6.9	7.12
1973	6.96	7.09
1974	7.02	7.06
1975	7.08	7.03
1976	7.13	7.02
1977	7.19	7
1978	7.23	7.13
1979	7.25	7.16
1980	7.29	7.18
1981	7.31	7.23
1982	7.34	7.25
1983	7.35	7.28
1984	7.36	7.3
1985	7.34	7.33
1986	7.32	7.35
1987	7.29	7.37
1988	7.26	7.4
1989	7.23	7.42
1990	7.2	7.44
1991	7.16	7.47
1992	7.13	7.5
1993	7.09	7.53
1994	7.05	7.54
1995	7	7.58
1996	6.93	7.62
1997	6.87	7.66
1998	6.79	7.66
1999	6.72	7.66
2000	6.65	7.65
2001	6.58	7.64
2002	6.5	7.63
2003	6.4	7.6
2004	6.3	7.57
2005	6.19	7.53
2006	6.05	7.49
2007	5.89	7.46
2008	5.7	7.42
2009	5.49	7.38
2010	5.28	7.32
2011	5.08	7.27
2012	4.89	7.21
2013	4.71	7.14
2014	4.61	7.06
2015	4.53	6.98
2016	4.47	6.88
2017	4.4	6.77
2018	4.37	6.66
2019	4.35	6.56
2020	4.27	6.45
2021	4.18	6.35
2022	4.08	6.26
2023	3.99	6.13

Ethiopia and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Somalia

Table

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

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