Ethiopia vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 25th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 60/197 ($150B) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 171/197 ($1,134), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

Ethiopia and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Zimbabwe
1960	$1,610,511,694	$1,053,528,036
1961	$1,680,859,514	$1,097,206,526
1962	$1,747,566,307	$1,118,172,226
1963	$1,825,058,828	$1,160,103,724
1964	$1,984,129,186	$1,217,759,447
1965	$2,159,998,591	$1,312,105,394
1966	$2,324,466,416	$1,282,403,936
1967	$2,461,762,003	$1,397,715,282
1968	$2,619,948,865	$1,480,355,355
1969	$2,768,987,372	$1,748,891,294
1970	$3,045,354,455	$1,885,168,339
1971	$3,224,280,835	$2,179,828,710
1972	$3,520,252,938	$2,679,096,597
1973	$4,070,570,550	$3,311,043,292
1974	$4,577,209,966	$3,984,194,614
1975	$4,577,047,854	$4,373,532,601
1976	$4,943,806,093	$4,320,576,877
1977	$5,651,840,585	$4,366,610,469
1978	$6,014,961,435	$4,353,822,343
1979	$6,586,048,398	$5,180,102,910
1980	$7,012,585,454	$6,682,278,300
1981	$7,507,663,567	$8,015,464,252
1982	$7,899,988,841	$8,544,060,905
1983	$8,781,664,427	$7,768,031,182
1984	$8,298,309,581	$6,355,369,172
1985	$9,717,392,687	$5,640,137,575
1986	$10,094,328,898	$6,220,698,247
1987	$10,790,001,558	$6,744,657,033
1988	$11,181,119,718	$7,818,774,177
1989	$11,762,932,007	$8,290,553,535
1990	$12,478,943,895	$8,788,301,546
1991	$13,799,799,324	$8,646,000,000
1992	$10,754,799,037	$6,755,000,000
1993	$9,051,043,870	$6,567,250,000
1994	$7,100,806,754	$6,894,250,000
1995	$7,855,205,207	$7,115,000,000
1996	$8,761,215,548	$8,557,500,000
1997	$8,803,539,988	$8,534,000,000
1998	$8,013,274,132	$6,405,250,000
1999	$7,892,973,532	$6,861,500,000
2000	$8,242,349,618	$6,693,250,000
2001	$8,231,326,016	$6,780,750,000
2002	$7,850,809,498	$6,345,250,000
2003	$8,623,691,300	$5,730,500,000
2004	$10,131,187,261	$5,808,500,000
2005	$12,401,139,454	$5,758,250,000
2006	$15,280,861,835	$5,446,750,000
2007	$19,707,616,773	$5,294,750,000
2008	$27,066,912,635	$4,418,000,000
2009	$32,437,389,116	$9,670,750,000
2010	$29,933,790,334	$12,047,750,000
2011	$31,952,763,089	$14,109,000,000
2012	$43,310,721,414	$17,123,500,000
2013	$47,648,276,605	$19,100,750,000
2014	$55,612,228,234	$19,505,500,000
2015	$62,103,418,182	$19,973,250,000
2016	$68,475,871,210	$20,559,250,000
2017	$76,366,081,767	$51,035,657,371
2018	$83,337,901,072	$34,141,666,667
2019	$91,834,517,113	$33,357,695,635
2020	$98,676,811,061	$31,980,334,561
2021	$109,070,960,372	$41,287,673,690
2022	$123,140,304,666	$40,757,561,709
2023	$135,874,093,202	$35,871,779,681
2024	$149,740,297,953	$41,539,411,516

Ethiopia and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Zimbabwe
1960	$75.3	$276.6
1961	$76.7	$279.2
1962	$77.8	$275.7
1963	$79.2	$277.1
1964	$83.8	$281.9
1965	$88.9	$294.3
1966	$93.2	$278.7
1967	$96.1	$294.4
1968	$99.5	$302
1969	$102.3	$346
1970	$109.4	$361
1971	$112.7	$406
1972	$119.8	$483
1973	$134.9	$579
1974	$147.9	$674
1975	$144.3	$717
1976	$152	$687
1977	$170.4	$677
1978	$178.3	$665
1979	$192.4	$779
1980	$203.7	$949
1981	$212.7	$1,069
1982	$215.3	$1,096
1983	$232.7	$959
1984	$214.2	$757
1985	$243.9	$649
1986	$246	$693
1987	$254.1	$726
1988	$253.2	$816
1989	$256.4	$840
1990	$262.1	$867
1991	$277.6	$831
1992	$207.4	$631
1993	$168.5	$605
1994	$127.7	$634
1995	$136.5	$648
1996	$147.3	$767
1997	$143.4	$751
1998	$126.5	$552
1999	$120.7	$582
2000	$122.3	$563
2001	$118.5	$566
2002	$109.6	$525
2003	$116.8	$468
2004	$133.2	$470
2005	$158.2	$461
2006	$189.3	$431
2007	$237.1	$414
2008	$316	$341
2009	$369	$736
2010	$331	$902
2011	$343	$1,038
2012	$452	$1,239
2013	$484	$1,363
2014	$550	$1,373
2015	$598	$1,387
2016	$642	$1,408
2017	$696	$3,445
2018	$740	$2,271
2019	$793	$2,184
2020	$830	$2,060
2021	$893	$2,614
2022	$982	$2,536
2023	$1,056	$2,195
2024	$1,134	$2,497

Ethiopia vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Zimbabwe
1950	35.5	49.4
1951	35.9	49.8
1952	36.2	50.2
1953	36.6	50.6
1954	37	51
1955	37.3	51.4
1956	37.8	51.8
1957	32.2	52.2
1958	32.6	52.6
1959	39.2	53
1960	39.6	53.5
1961	40.2	54
1962	40.5	54.5
1963	41	54.9
1964	41.3	55.4
1965	41.4	55.9
1966	39.3	56.4
1967	41.9	56.8
1968	42.1	57.1
1969	42.1	57.5
1970	42.1	57.8
1971	42.2	58
1972	41	58.2
1973	41.1	58.1
1974	39.1	58.2
1975	38.9	58.2
1976	41.3	57.6
1977	41.4	57
1978	41.5	54.7
1979	42.4	54.9
1980	42.8	59.1
1981	43.1	59.4
1982	43.4	59.9
1983	36.3	60
1984	36.7	60.6
1985	37.7	60.9
1986	38.4	61
1987	45.9	60.7
1988	45.7	60.2
1989	45.6	59.4
1990	45.1	58.3
1991	46.7	57
1992	47.3	55.6
1993	47.7	54
1994	47.9	52.5
1995	48.2	51.1
1996	48.7	49
1997	49.2	48.5
1998	49.8	47.6
1999	49.5	46.4
2000	50.9	46
2001	51.4	44.5
2002	52.1	45.9
2003	52.9	45.4
2004	53.7	46
2005	54.4	46.6
2006	55.4	47.1
2007	56.6	47.6
2008	57.7	48.5
2009	58.7	49.7
2010	59.7	51.9
2011	60.6	53.9
2012	61.4	55.4
2013	62.2	56.8
2014	62.9	58.1
2015	63.6	59
2016	64.2	59.8
2017	64.8	60.3
2018	65.3	60.9
2019	65.7	61.1
2020	66	61.5
2021	65.3	60.1
2022	66.9	62.4
2023	67.3	62.8
2024	67.6	63.1
2025	67.9	63.3
2026	68.1	63.6

Ethiopia and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Zimbabwe
1960	21,376,693	3,809,389
1961	21,906,102	3,930,401
1962	22,465,126	4,055,959
1963	23,051,637	4,185,877
1964	23,666,548	4,320,006
1965	24,310,612	4,458,462
1966	24,952,689	4,601,217
1967	25,620,276	4,748,307
1968	26,337,930	4,900,440
1969	27,072,571	5,058,181
1970	27,829,128	5,215,918
1971	28,600,106	5,374,712
1972	29,374,608	5,542,445
1973	30,166,785	5,720,404
1974	30,957,273	5,908,328
1975	31,723,252	6,098,658
1976	32,534,418	6,287,105
1977	33,167,272	6,449,512
1978	33,734,592	6,543,575
1979	34,238,652	6,647,556
1980	34,428,514	7,041,303
1981	35,304,012	7,498,635
1982	36,701,290	7,796,496
1983	37,740,817	8,098,404
1984	38,735,722	8,391,488
1985	39,842,136	8,686,813
1986	41,037,656	8,982,578
1987	42,460,039	9,284,644
1988	44,150,825	9,583,094
1989	45,879,690	9,864,798
1990	47,609,755	10,137,281
1991	49,717,198	10,404,816
1992	51,853,747	10,702,700
1993	53,708,891	10,860,288
1994	55,611,508	10,873,148
1995	57,537,335	10,974,599
1996	59,467,635	11,158,360
1997	61,404,539	11,369,827
1998	63,363,524	11,594,297
1999	65,374,561	11,783,458
2000	67,411,494	11,892,055
2001	69,487,762	11,971,901
2002	71,635,517	12,087,653
2003	73,832,663	12,232,323
2004	76,077,206	12,365,896
2005	78,367,470	12,483,432
2006	80,703,490	12,636,445
2007	83,103,217	12,804,058
2008	85,543,668	12,959,149
2009	88,007,636	13,142,790
2010	90,538,514	13,356,548
2011	93,149,970	13,595,424
2012	95,798,767	13,817,887
2013	98,438,751	14,013,808
2014	101,115,610	14,207,359
2015	103,867,135	14,399,013
2016	106,718,162	14,600,294
2017	109,666,481	14,812,482
2018	112,664,152	15,034,452
2019	115,737,383	15,271,368
2020	118,917,671	15,526,888
2021	122,138,588	15,797,210
2022	125,384,287	16,069,056
2023	128,691,692	16,340,822
2024	132,059,767	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Zimbabwe
1960	6.51	7.2
1961	6.53	7.21
1962	6.56	7.23
1963	6.59	7.23
1964	6.61	7.23
1965	6.63	7.23
1966	6.66	7.2
1967	6.68	7.16
1968	6.7	7.11
1969	6.72	7.04
1970	6.78	6.98
1971	6.84	6.94
1972	6.9	6.94
1973	6.96	6.94
1974	7.02	6.88
1975	7.08	6.83
1976	7.13	6.77
1977	7.19	6.71
1978	7.23	6.66
1979	7.25	6.59
1980	7.29	6.52
1981	7.31	6.45
1982	7.34	6.33
1983	7.35	6.2
1984	7.36	6.04
1985	7.34	5.87
1986	7.32	5.69
1987	7.29	5.5
1988	7.26	5.28
1989	7.23	5.07
1990	7.2	4.88
1991	7.16	4.72
1992	7.13	4.57
1993	7.09	4.39
1994	7.05	4.28
1995	7	4.15
1996	6.93	4.11
1997	6.87	4.08
1998	6.79	4.07
1999	6.72	4.06
2000	6.65	4.01
2001	6.58	3.98
2002	6.5	3.93
2003	6.4	3.86
2004	6.3	3.78
2005	6.19	3.69
2006	6.05	3.64
2007	5.89	3.68
2008	5.7	3.78
2009	5.49	3.95
2010	5.28	4.04
2011	5.08	4.13
2012	4.89	4.13
2013	4.71	4.11
2014	4.61	4.01
2015	4.53	3.91
2016	4.47	3.83
2017	4.4	3.77
2018	4.37	3.74
2019	4.35	3.75
2020	4.27	3.75
2021	4.18	3.77
2022	4.08	3.77
2023	3.99	3.72

Ethiopia and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Zimbabwe
1960	18.6	16.4
1961	18.6	16.2
1962	18.6	16
1963	18.6	15.8
1964	18.6	15.7
1965	18.6	15.7
1966	18.5	15.7
1967	18.5	15.7
1968	18.4	15.7
1969	18.3	15.7
1970	18.1	15.7
1971	17.9	15.8
1972	17.7	15.8
1973	17.6	15.8
1974	17.5	15.9
1975	17.3	15.9
1976	17.2	15.8
1977	17.1	15.8
1978	17	15.7
1979	16.9	15.6
1980	16.8	15.6
1981	16.8	15.7
1982	16.7	15.8
1983	16.7	15.8
1984	16.8	15.8
1985	16.9	15.9
1986	16.9	15.9
1987	16.9	15.9
1988	16.9	15.9
1989	16.9	16.1
1990	16.9	16.3
1991	16.9	16.5
1992	16.9	16.4
1993	16.8	16.3
1994	16.7	16.4
1995	16.6	16.6
1996	16.5	16.9
1997	16.4	17.2
1998	16.3	17.5
1999	16.2	17.7
2000	16.2	17.8
2001	16.1	18
2002	16.1	18.1
2003	16.1	18.2
2004	16.2	18.3
2005	16.2	18.3
2006	16.3	18.5
2007	16.4	18.5
2008	16.5	18.5
2009	16.7	18.4
2010	16.9	18.3
2011	17.1	18.2
2012	17.4	18.1
2013	17.6	18
2014	17.9	18
2015	18.1	18
2016	18.3	18
2017	18.6	18.1
2018	18.8	18.2
2019	19	18.3
2020	19.2	18.5
2021	19.4	18.6
2022	19.6	18.7
2023	19.7	18.9
2024	19.9	19

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