The current population of Ethiopia is 138,227,398 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 132,059,767 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of 3.82% per year.
- Ethiopia is projected to reach 367M people in 2100.
- Ethiopia is ranked 10/197 by population and was ranked 16th in 2005.
- Ethiopia accounts for 1.67% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth in 20 years).
Ethiopia population clock
Ethiopia
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
138227398
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 10/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | N/A |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
41.1 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +30,069 | N/A |
Ethiopia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 21,376,693 | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 2.48% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 2.61% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 2.67% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 2.72% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 2.64% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 2.68% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 2.79% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 2.79% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 2.77% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 2.71% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 2.7% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 2.62% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 1.95% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 1.71% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 1.49% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 0.55% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 3.96% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 2.83% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 2.64% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 2.86% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 3% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 3.47% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 3.98% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 3.77% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 4.43% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 4.3% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 3.58% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 3.54% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 3.46% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 3.35% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 3.26% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 3.19% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 3.17% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 3.12% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 3.08% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 3.09% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 3.07% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 3.01% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 2.98% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 2.97% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 2.94% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 2.88% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 2.88% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 2.88% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 2.84% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 2.76% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 2.72% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 2.72% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 2.74% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 2.76% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 2.73% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 2.73% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 2.75% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 2.71% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 2.66% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 2.64% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 2.62% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 2.58% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 2.53% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 2.49% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 2.44% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 2.4% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 2.36% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 2.31% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 2.26% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 2.21% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 2.16% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 2.13% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 2.09% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 2.05% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 2.01% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 1.99% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 1.96% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 1.92% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 1.89% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 1.87% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 1.84% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 1.8% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 1.75% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 1.72% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 1.68% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 1.65% |
Ethiopia has a population of 138M as of 2025, compared to 104M in 2015, 78.4M in 2005, and 57.5M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.31% per year. Ethiopia is ranked 24th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Ethiopia will have 206,673,625 people (49.5% growth) with a rank change from 10th to 9th.
By the year 2100, Ethiopia's population is projected to grow by 165.7% to 367M people.
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Ethiopia population statistics
|
Ethiopia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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