The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 5,395,790 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,940,022 people compared to 5,500,964 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 25.3 times bigger than Ireland's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 1.74% of the world: 1.68% for Ethiopia vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +1.41% in Ireland.
- Since 2006, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 80.7M people to 139M (72.2% growth), while Ireland has grown from 4.27M to 5.5M (28.7% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people compared to the peak of 6.14M people in 2053 for Ireland.
Ethiopia vs Ireland: live population counter
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| Current population |
138940022
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5500964
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.68% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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6.24 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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9.61 minutes
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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15 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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13.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +231 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +84,252 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +1.59% |
| Population growth rate rank | 25/197 | 68/197 |
Ethiopia and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 2,824,400 | 2.48% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 2,836,050 | 2.55% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 2,852,650 | 2.61% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 2,866,550 | 2.67% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 2,877,300 | 2.72% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 2,888,800 | 2.64% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 2,902,450 | 2.68% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 2,915,550 | 2.8% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 2,932,650 | 2.79% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 2,957,250 | 2.79% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 2,992,050 | 2.77% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 3,036,850 | 2.71% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 3,085,950 | 2.7% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 3,137,500 | 2.62% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 3,189,550 | 2.47% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 3,238,050 | 2.56% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 3,282,200 | 1.95% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 3,329,100 | 1.71% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 3,373,750 | 1.49% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 3,412,800 | 0.55% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 3,453,000 | 2.54% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 3,485,800 | 3.96% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 3,510,600 | 2.83% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 3,532,423 | 2.64% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 3,538,082 | 2.86% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 3,539,690 | 3% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 3,540,057 | 3.47% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 3,524,949 | 3.98% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 3,511,009 | 3.92% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 3,513,974 | 3.77% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 3,534,235 | 4.43% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 3,558,430 | 4.3% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 3,576,261 | 3.58% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 3,590,386 | 3.54% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 3,608,841 | 3.46% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 3,637,510 | 3.35% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 3,674,171 | 3.26% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 3,712,696 | 3.19% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 3,754,786 | 3.17% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 3,805,174 | 3.12% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 3,866,243 | 3.08% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 3,931,947 | 3.09% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 3,996,521 | 3.07% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 4,070,262 | 3.04% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 4,159,914 | 3.01% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 4,273,591 | 2.98% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 4,398,942 | 2.97% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 4,489,544 | 2.94% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 4,535,375 | 2.88% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 4,560,155 | 2.88% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 4,580,084 | 2.88% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 4,599,533 | 2.84% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 4,623,816 | 2.76% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 4,657,740 | 2.72% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 4,701,957 | 2.72% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 4,762,722 | 2.74% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 4,827,445 | 2.76% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 4,898,022 | 2.73% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 4,976,456 | 2.73% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 5,039,747 | 2.75% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 5,110,585 | 2.71% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 5,212,836 | 2.66% | 2% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 5,311,538 | 2.64% | 1.89% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 5,395,790 | 2.62% | 1.59% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 5,450,228 | 2.58% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 5,500,449 | 2.53% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 5,547,627 | 2.49% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 5,592,524 | 2.44% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 5,634,478 | 2.4% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 5,673,099 | 2.36% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 5,709,621 | 2.31% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 5,744,973 | 2.26% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 5,778,467 | 2.21% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 5,809,870 | 2.16% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 5,839,208 | 2.13% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 5,867,278 | 2.09% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 5,895,280 | 2.05% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 5,922,778 | 2.01% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 5,948,562 | 1.99% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 5,973,408 | 1.96% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 5,997,971 | 1.92% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 6,020,298 | 1.89% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 6,040,050 | 1.87% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 6,058,494 | 1.84% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 6,075,441 | 1.8% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 6,089,704 | 1.77% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 6,102,050 | 1.75% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 6,113,677 | 1.72% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 6,123,367 | 1.68% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 6,129,969 | 1.65% | 0.11% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Ireland gained 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Ireland's population increased by 738,242 (a 15.5% growth).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2006 and still ranked 121st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ethiopia's population will grow by 62% to 225,021,865 people with a rank change from 10th to 7th. The population of Ireland will increase by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people and rank change from 121st to 119th.
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Ireland
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| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 82.9 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 202.9 ppl/mi² |
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