The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 18,406,359 people in Guatemala in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,227,398 people compared to 18,912,872 in Guatemala.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 7.31 times bigger than Guatemala's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Guatemala is the 70th.
- The countries together account for 1.9% of the world: 1.67% for Ethiopia vs 0.23% for Guatemala.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +1.64% in Guatemala.
- Since 2005, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth), while Guatemala has grown from 13.1M to 18.9M (44.5% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people compared to the peak of 27.2M people in 2077 for Guatemala.
Ethiopia vs Guatemala: live population counter
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| Current population |
138227398
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18912872
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 70/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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1.87 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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6.01 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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1.13 hours
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | -7,725 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +771 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +281,521 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +1.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 71/197 |
Ethiopia and Guatemala: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 4,063,655 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 4,186,201 | 2.48% | 3.02% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 4,312,044 | 2.55% | 3.01% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 4,440,264 | 2.61% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 4,571,109 | 2.67% | 2.95% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 4,704,965 | 2.72% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 4,840,958 | 2.64% | 2.89% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 4,978,862 | 2.68% | 2.85% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 5,118,111 | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 5,257,081 | 2.79% | 2.72% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 5,396,966 | 2.79% | 2.66% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 5,538,355 | 2.77% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 5,682,833 | 2.71% | 2.61% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 5,831,631 | 2.7% | 2.62% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 5,981,197 | 2.62% | 2.56% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 6,128,731 | 2.47% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 6,262,404 | 2.56% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 6,401,515 | 1.95% | 2.22% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 6,561,534 | 1.71% | 2.5% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 6,727,797 | 1.49% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 6,900,212 | 0.55% | 2.56% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 7,075,648 | 2.54% | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 7,240,241 | 3.96% | 2.33% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 7,419,642 | 2.83% | 2.48% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 7,630,682 | 2.64% | 2.84% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 7,849,693 | 2.86% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 8,070,818 | 3% | 2.82% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 8,296,485 | 3.47% | 2.8% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 8,532,099 | 3.98% | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 8,775,546 | 3.92% | 2.85% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 9,024,773 | 3.77% | 2.84% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 9,272,584 | 4.43% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 9,522,266 | 4.3% | 2.69% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 9,779,761 | 3.58% | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 10,043,718 | 3.54% | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 10,312,996 | 3.46% | 2.68% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 10,583,526 | 3.35% | 2.62% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 10,857,754 | 3.26% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 11,139,145 | 3.19% | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 11,422,965 | 3.17% | 2.55% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 11,697,592 | 3.12% | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 11,969,422 | 3.08% | 2.32% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 12,246,915 | 3.09% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 12,525,842 | 3.07% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 12,807,402 | 3.04% | 2.25% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 13,087,629 | 3.01% | 2.19% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 13,367,459 | 2.98% | 2.14% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 13,652,040 | 2.97% | 2.13% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 13,935,174 | 2.94% | 2.07% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 14,215,611 | 2.88% | 2.01% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 14,500,112 | 2.88% | 2% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 14,792,126 | 2.88% | 2.01% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 15,089,647 | 2.84% | 2.01% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 15,387,337 | 2.76% | 1.97% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 15,681,725 | 2.72% | 1.91% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 15,971,743 | 2.72% | 1.85% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 16,268,760 | 2.74% | 1.86% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 16,567,357 | 2.76% | 1.84% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 16,845,685 | 2.73% | 1.68% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 17,103,803 | 2.73% | 1.53% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 17,357,325 | 2.75% | 1.48% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 17,598,650 | 2.71% | 1.39% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 17,847,877 | 2.66% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 18,124,838 | 2.64% | 1.55% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 18,406,359 | 2.62% | 1.55% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 18,687,873 | 2.58% | 1.53% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 18,967,974 | 2.53% | 1.5% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 19,246,005 | 2.49% | 1.47% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 19,521,501 | 2.44% | 1.43% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 19,795,168 | 2.4% | 1.4% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 20,067,252 | 2.36% | 1.37% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 20,337,369 | 2.31% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 20,605,385 | 2.26% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 20,871,083 | 2.21% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 21,134,167 | 2.16% | 1.26% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 21,394,231 | 2.13% | 1.23% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 21,650,331 | 2.09% | 1.2% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 21,901,955 | 2.05% | 1.16% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 22,149,197 | 2.01% | 1.13% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 22,391,079 | 1.99% | 1.09% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 22,626,859 | 1.96% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 22,856,760 | 1.92% | 1.02% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 23,080,838 | 1.89% | 0.98% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 23,299,226 | 1.87% | 0.95% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 23,512,005 | 1.84% | 0.91% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 23,719,080 | 1.8% | 0.88% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 23,920,450 | 1.77% | 0.85% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 24,115,734 | 1.75% | 0.82% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 24,305,641 | 1.72% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 24,491,000 | 1.68% | 0.76% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 24,670,850 | 1.65% | 0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2005 and ranked 70th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ethiopia's population will grow by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people with a rank change from 10th to 7th. The population of Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Addis Ababa | 5.7M |
| Gondar | 324K |
| Mekelle | 324K |
| Awasa | 300K |
| Dire Dawa | 277K |
| Bahir Dar | 243K |
| Dessie | 188K |
| Jimma | 178K |
| Harar | 157K |
| Jijiga | 126K |
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| City | Population |
| Guatemala | 1.21M |
| Mixco | 528K |
| Coban | 229K |
| Quetzaltenango | 208K |
| Jalapa | 193K |
| San Miguel Petapa | 151K |
| Momostenango | 140K |
| Mazatenango | 83.8K |
| Flores | 44.7K |
| Panajachel | 16.1K |
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Guatemala
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 72.9 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 27.3 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 24 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 2.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 445 ppl/mi² |
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