Ethiopia vs Zambia statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 25th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Ethiopia and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Zambia
1960	$1,610,511,694	$698,739,721
1961	$1,680,859,514	$682,359,727
1962	$1,747,566,307	$679,279,729
1963	$1,825,058,828	$704,339,719
1964	$1,984,129,186	$822,639,671
1965	$2,159,998,591	$1,061,199,576
1966	$2,324,466,416	$1,238,999,505
1967	$2,461,762,003	$1,340,639,464
1968	$2,619,948,865	$1,573,739,371
1969	$2,768,987,372	$1,926,399,230
1970	$3,045,354,455	$1,788,779,285
1971	$3,224,280,835	$1,653,259,341
1972	$3,520,252,938	$1,872,416,680
1973	$4,070,570,550	$2,434,255,237
1974	$4,577,209,966	$2,910,981,262
1975	$4,577,047,854	$2,442,672,141
1976	$4,943,806,093	$2,742,859,263
1977	$5,651,840,585	$2,515,296,940
1978	$6,014,961,435	$2,811,032,473
1979	$6,586,048,398	$3,353,445,378
1980	$7,012,585,454	$3,884,530,854
1981	$7,507,663,567	$4,008,126,497
1982	$7,899,988,841	$3,871,117,093
1983	$8,781,664,427	$3,321,048,451
1984	$8,298,309,581	$2,719,518,933
1985	$9,717,392,687	$2,252,454,500
1986	$10,094,328,898	$1,664,413,508
1987	$10,790,001,558	$2,265,250,972
1988	$11,181,119,718	$3,728,878,149
1989	$11,762,932,007	$3,994,673,161
1990	$12,478,943,895	$3,288,381,797
1991	$13,799,799,324	$3,376,806,697
1992	$10,754,799,037	$3,182,810,841
1993	$9,051,043,870	$3,273,505,344
1994	$7,100,806,754	$3,656,806,166
1995	$7,855,205,207	$3,806,983,413
1996	$8,761,215,548	$3,597,220,962
1997	$8,803,539,988	$4,303,288,480
1998	$8,013,274,132	$3,537,741,942
1999	$7,892,973,532	$3,404,284,891
2000	$8,242,349,618	$3,600,632,111
2001	$8,231,326,016	$4,094,441,301
2002	$7,850,809,498	$4,193,850,445
2003	$8,623,691,300	$4,901,869,764
2004	$10,131,187,261	$6,221,110,219
2005	$12,401,139,454	$8,331,870,169
2006	$15,280,861,835	$12,756,858,899
2007	$19,707,616,773	$14,056,957,976
2008	$27,066,912,635	$17,910,858,638
2009	$32,437,389,116	$15,328,342,304
2010	$29,933,790,334	$20,265,559,484
2011	$31,952,763,089	$23,459,515,276
2012	$43,310,721,414	$25,503,060,420
2013	$47,648,276,605	$28,037,239,463
2014	$55,612,228,234	$27,141,023,558
2015	$64,589,328,551	$21,251,216,799
2016	$74,296,766,562	$20,958,412,538
2017	$81,770,885,148	$25,873,601,261
2018	$84,269,180,857	$26,311,507,274
2019	$95,912,620,248	$23,308,667,781
2020	$107,657,732,424	$18,137,764,931
2021	$111,261,888,669	$22,096,416,932
2022	$126,772,707,851	$29,163,782,140
2023	-	$27,577,956,471
2024	-	$26,325,775,287

Ethiopia and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Zambia
1960	$75.3	$221.6
1961	$76.7	$209.7
1962	$77.8	$202.3
1963	$79.2	$203.2
1964	$83.8	$230
1965	$88.9	$287.4
1966	$93.2	$325
1967	$96.1	$341
1968	$99.5	$387
1969	$102.3	$459
1970	$109.4	$414
1971	$112.7	$372
1972	$119.8	$410
1973	$134.9	$518
1974	$147.9	$601
1975	$144.3	$490
1976	$152	$533
1977	$170.4	$474
1978	$178.3	$514
1979	$192.4	$595
1980	$203.7	$669
1981	$212.7	$670
1982	$215.3	$627
1983	$232.7	$520
1984	$214.2	$413
1985	$243.9	$332
1986	$246	$238.2
1987	$254.1	$315
1988	$253.2	$504
1989	$256.4	$526
1990	$262.1	$422
1991	$277.6	$423
1992	$207.4	$389
1993	$168.5	$391
1994	$127.7	$426
1995	$136.5	$433
1996	$147.3	$400
1997	$143.4	$466
1998	$126.5	$373
1999	$120.7	$350
2000	$122.3	$359
2001	$118.5	$397
2002	$109.6	$394
2003	$116.8	$446
2004	$133.2	$549
2005	$158.2	$711
2006	$189.3	$1,052
2007	$237.1	$1,119
2008	$316	$1,376
2009	$369	$1,136
2010	$331	$1,451
2011	$343	$1,625
2012	$452	$1,710
2013	$484	$1,821
2014	$550	$1,707
2015	$622	$1,296
2016	$696	$1,239
2017	$746	$1,483
2018	$748	$1,464
2019	$829	$1,259
2020	$905	$952
2021	$911	$1,127
2022	$1,011	$1,447
2023	-	$1,331
2024	-	$1,235

Ethiopia vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Zambia
1950	35.5	46.8
1951	35.9	47.2
1952	36.2	47.6
1953	36.6	48
1954	37	48.4
1955	37.3	48.8
1956	37.8	49.1
1957	32.2	49.5
1958	32.6	49.9
1959	39.2	50.3
1960	39.6	50.6
1961	40.2	51
1962	40.5	51.3
1963	41	51.6
1964	41.3	51.2
1965	41.4	52.1
1966	39.3	52.3
1967	41.9	52.5
1968	42.1	52.7
1969	42.1	53
1970	42.1	53.4
1971	42.2	53.9
1972	41	54.4
1973	41.1	54.9
1974	39.1	55.4
1975	38.9	55.7
1976	41.3	56.1
1977	41.4	56.3
1978	41.5	56.3
1979	42.4	56
1980	42.8	55.5
1981	43.1	55
1982	43.4	54.4
1983	36.3	53.7
1984	36.7	52.9
1985	37.7	52
1986	38.4	51.1
1987	45.9	50.4
1988	45.7	49.7
1989	45.6	48.9
1990	45.1	48.2
1991	46.7	47.4
1992	47.3	47
1993	47.7	46.7
1994	47.9	46.3
1995	48.2	46.1
1996	48.7	45.8
1997	49.2	45.7
1998	49.8	45.7
1999	49.5	45.9
2000	50.9	46.6
2001	51.4	47.4
2002	52.1	48.5
2003	52.9	49.6
2004	53.7	50.5
2005	54.4	51.6
2006	55.4	52.7
2007	56.6	53.7
2008	57.7	54.8
2009	58.7	55.9
2010	59.7	56.9
2011	60.6	57.8
2012	61.4	58.7
2013	62.2	59.4
2014	62.9	60.1
2015	63.6	60.7
2016	64.2	61.1
2017	64.8	61.6
2018	65.3	62.1
2019	65.7	62.9
2020	66	63.4
2021	65.3	62.4
2022	66.9	65.3
2023	67.3	66.3
2024	67.6	66.5
2025	67.9	66.7

Ethiopia and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Zambia
1960	21,376,693	3,153,729
1961	21,906,102	3,254,086
1962	22,465,126	3,358,099
1963	23,051,637	3,465,907
1964	23,666,548	3,577,017
1965	24,310,612	3,692,086
1966	24,952,689	3,812,003
1967	25,620,276	3,936,343
1968	26,337,930	4,065,593
1969	27,072,571	4,197,116
1970	27,829,128	4,321,718
1971	28,600,106	4,442,525
1972	29,374,608	4,569,309
1973	30,166,785	4,702,693
1974	30,957,273	4,842,746
1975	31,723,252	4,990,086
1976	32,534,418	5,143,842
1977	33,167,272	5,302,480
1978	33,734,592	5,465,374
1979	34,238,652	5,631,728
1980	34,428,514	5,802,833
1981	35,304,012	5,983,289
1982	36,701,290	6,178,637
1983	37,740,817	6,381,038
1984	38,735,722	6,580,490
1985	39,842,136	6,780,953
1986	41,037,656	6,986,471
1987	42,460,039	7,191,282
1988	44,150,825	7,391,440
1989	45,879,690	7,589,216
1990	47,609,755	7,786,169
1991	49,717,198	7,981,650
1992	51,853,747	8,176,680
1993	53,708,891	8,373,921
1994	55,611,508	8,576,269
1995	57,537,335	8,785,763
1996	59,467,635	9,004,053
1997	61,404,539	9,237,063
1998	63,363,524	9,482,408
1999	65,374,561	9,740,005
2000	67,411,494	10,017,631
2001	69,487,762	10,325,185
2002	71,635,517	10,647,949
2003	73,832,663	10,983,595
2004	76,077,206	11,338,198
2005	78,367,470	11,718,819
2006	80,703,490	12,129,553
2007	83,103,217	12,565,085
2008	85,543,668	13,021,324
2009	88,007,636	13,490,389
2010	90,538,514	13,965,594
2011	93,149,970	14,437,796
2012	95,798,767	14,913,629
2013	98,438,751	15,398,997
2014	101,115,610	15,895,315
2015	103,867,135	16,399,089
2016	106,718,162	16,914,423
2017	109,666,481	17,441,320
2018	112,664,152	17,973,569
2019	115,737,383	18,513,839
2020	118,917,671	19,059,395
2021	122,138,588	19,603,607
2022	125,384,287	20,152,938
2023	128,691,692	20,723,965
2024	132,059,767	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Zambia

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Zambia
1960	6.51	6.95
1961	6.53	6.98
1962	6.56	7.01
1963	6.59	7.06
1964	6.61	7.09
1965	6.63	7.12
1966	6.66	7.14
1967	6.68	7.15
1968	6.7	7.18
1969	6.72	7.18
1970	6.78	7.22
1971	6.84	7.26
1972	6.9	7.3
1973	6.96	7.34
1974	7.02	7.36
1975	7.08	7.42
1976	7.13	7.39
1977	7.19	7.35
1978	7.23	7.29
1979	7.25	7.22
1980	7.29	7.14
1981	7.31	7.07
1982	7.34	7.04
1983	7.35	7.01
1984	7.36	6.97
1985	7.34	6.93
1986	7.32	6.87
1987	7.29	6.8
1988	7.26	6.7
1989	7.23	6.64
1990	7.2	6.57
1991	7.16	6.46
1992	7.13	6.35
1993	7.09	6.3
1994	7.05	6.26
1995	7	6.23
1996	6.93	6.18
1997	6.87	6.12
1998	6.79	6.07
1999	6.72	6
2000	6.65	5.92
2001	6.58	5.85
2002	6.5	5.77
2003	6.4	5.71
2004	6.3	5.7
2005	6.19	5.7
2006	6.05	5.68
2007	5.89	5.61
2008	5.7	5.53
2009	5.49	5.45
2010	5.28	5.36
2011	5.08	5.26
2012	4.89	5.14
2013	4.71	5.01
2014	4.61	4.89
2015	4.53	4.78
2016	4.47	4.67
2017	4.4	4.57
2018	4.37	4.49
2019	4.35	4.42
2020	4.27	4.32
2021	4.18	4.25
2022	4.08	4.18
2023	3.99	4.1

Ethiopia and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Zambia
1960	18.6	17
1961	18.6	16.9
1962	18.6	16.8
1963	18.6	16.7
1964	18.6	16.6
1965	18.6	16.6
1966	18.5	16.5
1967	18.5	16.5
1968	18.4	16.4
1969	18.3	16.4
1970	18.1	16.2
1971	17.9	16.1
1972	17.7	15.9
1973	17.6	15.8
1974	17.5	15.7
1975	17.3	15.5
1976	17.2	15.4
1977	17.1	15.4
1978	17	15.3
1979	16.9	15.3
1980	16.8	15.2
1981	16.8	15.3
1982	16.7	15.3
1983	16.7	15.4
1984	16.8	15.4
1985	16.9	15.5
1986	16.9	15.5
1987	16.9	15.6
1988	16.9	15.6
1989	16.9	15.7
1990	16.9	15.7
1991	16.9	15.7
1992	16.9	15.8
1993	16.8	15.8
1994	16.7	15.8
1995	16.6	15.8
1996	16.5	15.8
1997	16.4	15.8
1998	16.3	15.8
1999	16.2	15.8
2000	16.2	15.9
2001	16.1	15.9
2002	16.1	16
2003	16.1	16.1
2004	16.2	16.2
2005	16.2	16.3
2006	16.3	16.3
2007	16.4	16.4
2008	16.5	16.5
2009	16.7	16.6
2010	16.9	16.7
2011	17.1	16.8
2012	17.4	16.9
2013	17.6	17
2014	17.9	17.1
2015	18.1	17.2
2016	18.3	17.4
2017	18.6	17.5
2018	18.8	17.7
2019	19	17.9
2020	19.2	18
2021	19.4	18.2
2022	19.6	18.4
2023	19.7	18.6
2024	19.9	18.8

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