The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 831,087 people in Guyana in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,227,398 people compared to 839,919 in Guyana.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 164.6 times bigger than Guyana's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Guyana is the 162nd.
- The countries together account for 1.68% of the world: 1.67% for Ethiopia vs 0.01% for Guyana.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +0.94% in Guyana.
- Since 2005, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth), while Guyana has grown from 761K to 840K (10.4% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people compared to the peak of 960K people in 2067 for Guyana.
Ethiopia vs Guyana: live population counter
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| Current population |
138227398
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839919
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 162/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | 0.01% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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1.85 hours
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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31.4 minutes
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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1.45 hours
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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1.62 hours
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | -5,407 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +4,734 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +0.57% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 129/197 |
Ethiopia and Guyana: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 569,143 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 582,568 | 2.48% | 2.36% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 595,461 | 2.55% | 2.21% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 608,537 | 2.61% | 2.2% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 621,764 | 2.67% | 2.17% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 635,128 | 2.72% | 2.15% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 648,646 | 2.64% | 2.13% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 662,311 | 2.68% | 2.11% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 676,160 | 2.8% | 2.09% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 690,223 | 2.79% | 2.08% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 702,705 | 2.79% | 1.81% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 712,662 | 2.77% | 1.42% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 721,617 | 2.71% | 1.26% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 730,138 | 2.7% | 1.18% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 738,057 | 2.62% | 1.08% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 745,393 | 2.47% | 0.99% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 752,253 | 2.56% | 0.92% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 758,654 | 1.95% | 0.85% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 764,586 | 1.71% | 0.78% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 770,062 | 1.49% | 0.72% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 774,367 | 0.55% | 0.56% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 776,453 | 2.54% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 776,712 | 3.96% | 0.03% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 775,891 | 2.83% | -0.11% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 774,111 | 2.64% | -0.23% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 771,477 | 2.86% | -0.34% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 768,098 | 3% | -0.44% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 764,120 | 3.47% | -0.52% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 759,663 | 3.98% | -0.58% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 754,865 | 3.92% | -0.63% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 749,894 | 3.77% | -0.66% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 747,861 | 4.43% | -0.27% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 749,911 | 4.3% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 752,965 | 3.58% | 0.41% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 755,822 | 3.54% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 758,388 | 3.46% | 0.34% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 760,526 | 3.35% | 0.28% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 762,245 | 3.26% | 0.23% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 763,586 | 3.19% | 0.18% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 764,483 | 3.17% | 0.12% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 764,832 | 3.12% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 764,477 | 3.08% | -0.05% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 763,652 | 3.09% | -0.11% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 763,101 | 3.07% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 762,418 | 3.04% | -0.09% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 760,914 | 3.01% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 758,966 | 2.98% | -0.26% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 756,861 | 2.97% | -0.28% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 754,606 | 2.94% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 752,094 | 2.88% | -0.33% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 749,256 | 2.88% | -0.38% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 746,153 | 2.88% | -0.41% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 746,288 | 2.84% | 0.02% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 750,021 | 2.76% | 0.5% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 754,229 | 2.72% | 0.56% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 758,781 | 2.72% | 0.6% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 763,548 | 2.74% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 768,479 | 2.76% | 0.65% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 791,556 | 2.73% | 3% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 807,665 | 2.73% | 2.04% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 807,481 | 2.75% | -0.02% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 815,482 | 2.71% | 0.99% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 821,637 | 2.66% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 826,353 | 2.64% | 0.57% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 831,087 | 2.62% | 0.57% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 835,986 | 2.58% | 0.59% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 840,883 | 2.53% | 0.59% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 846,019 | 2.49% | 0.61% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 851,161 | 2.44% | 0.61% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 856,040 | 2.4% | 0.57% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 861,037 | 2.36% | 0.58% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 866,080 | 2.31% | 0.59% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 871,237 | 2.26% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 876,346 | 2.21% | 0.59% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 881,223 | 2.16% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 885,935 | 2.13% | 0.53% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 890,320 | 2.09% | 0.49% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 894,649 | 2.05% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 899,021 | 2.01% | 0.49% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 903,316 | 1.99% | 0.48% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 907,506 | 1.96% | 0.46% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 911,723 | 1.92% | 0.46% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 915,811 | 1.89% | 0.45% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 919,575 | 1.87% | 0.41% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 923,121 | 1.84% | 0.39% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 926,355 | 1.8% | 0.35% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 929,478 | 1.77% | 0.34% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 932,483 | 1.75% | 0.32% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 935,329 | 1.72% | 0.31% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 938,062 | 1.68% | 0.29% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 940,601 | 1.65% | 0.27% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.
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 |
| Georgetown | 235K |
| Linden | 28.7K |
| New Amsterdam | 17.3K |
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Guyana
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 70.4 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 26.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 2.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 10.2 ppl/mi² |
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