The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 7,381,023 people in Libya in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,227,398 people compared to 7,523,849 in Libya.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 18.4 times bigger than Libya's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Libya is the 105th.
- The countries together account for 1.76% of the world: 1.67% for Ethiopia vs 0.09% for Libya.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +1.44% in Libya.
- Since 2005, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth), while Libya has grown from 5.86M to 7.52M (28.4% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people compared to the peak of 9.97M people in 2086 for Libya.
Ethiopia vs Libya: live population counter
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| Current population |
138227398
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7523849
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 105/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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6.97 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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4.23 minutes
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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10.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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2.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | +3,448 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +206 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +75,364 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +1.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 101/197 |
Ethiopia and Libya: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 1,492,890 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 1,555,699 | 2.48% | 4.21% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 1,621,960 | 2.55% | 4.26% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 1,690,457 | 2.61% | 4.22% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 1,753,691 | 2.67% | 3.74% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 1,804,015 | 2.72% | 2.87% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 1,849,063 | 2.64% | 2.5% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 1,898,199 | 2.68% | 2.66% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 1,952,781 | 2.8% | 2.88% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 2,014,293 | 2.79% | 3.15% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 2,082,589 | 2.79% | 3.39% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 2,153,534 | 2.77% | 3.41% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 2,226,091 | 2.71% | 3.37% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 2,314,193 | 2.7% | 3.96% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 2,432,211 | 2.62% | 5.1% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 2,571,556 | 2.47% | 5.73% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 2,721,237 | 2.56% | 5.82% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 2,881,533 | 1.95% | 5.89% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 3,052,526 | 1.71% | 5.93% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 3,233,846 | 1.49% | 5.94% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 3,424,378 | 0.55% | 5.89% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 3,621,486 | 2.54% | 5.76% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 3,724,765 | 3.96% | 2.85% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 3,718,961 | 2.83% | -0.16% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 3,773,633 | 2.64% | 1.47% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 3,898,745 | 2.86% | 3.32% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 4,017,403 | 3% | 3.04% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 4,129,739 | 3.47% | 2.8% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 4,237,755 | 3.98% | 2.62% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 4,342,920 | 3.92% | 2.48% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 4,445,239 | 3.77% | 2.36% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 4,544,400 | 4.43% | 2.23% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 4,640,352 | 4.3% | 2.11% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 4,733,045 | 3.58% | 2% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 4,822,037 | 3.54% | 1.88% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 4,906,843 | 3.46% | 1.76% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 4,987,393 | 3.35% | 1.64% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 5,064,639 | 3.26% | 1.55% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 5,140,704 | 3.19% | 1.5% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 5,218,038 | 3.17% | 1.5% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 5,305,021 | 3.12% | 1.67% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 5,403,639 | 3.08% | 1.86% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 5,508,410 | 3.09% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 5,619,398 | 3.07% | 2.01% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 5,736,693 | 3.04% | 2.09% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 5,858,798 | 3.01% | 2.13% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 5,980,211 | 2.98% | 2.07% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 6,104,380 | 2.97% | 2.08% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 6,235,430 | 2.94% | 2.15% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 6,366,686 | 2.88% | 2.11% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 6,497,839 | 2.88% | 2.06% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 6,343,203 | 2.88% | -2.38% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 6,179,328 | 2.84% | -2.58% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 6,304,628 | 2.76% | 2.03% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 6,427,252 | 2.72% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 6,531,819 | 2.72% | 1.63% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 6,632,126 | 2.74% | 1.54% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 6,738,770 | 2.76% | 1.61% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 6,849,055 | 2.73% | 1.64% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 6,951,033 | 2.73% | 1.49% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 7,045,399 | 2.75% | 1.36% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 7,135,175 | 2.71% | 1.27% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 7,223,805 | 2.66% | 1.24% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 7,305,659 | 2.64% | 1.13% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 7,381,023 | 2.62% | 1.03% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 7,458,547 | 2.58% | 1.05% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 7,539,842 | 2.53% | 1.09% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 7,627,487 | 2.49% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 7,716,839 | 2.44% | 1.17% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 7,802,209 | 2.4% | 1.11% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 7,885,801 | 2.36% | 1.07% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 7,969,103 | 2.31% | 1.06% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 8,048,491 | 2.26% | 1% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 8,126,634 | 2.21% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 8,206,611 | 2.16% | 0.98% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 8,283,950 | 2.13% | 0.94% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 8,357,480 | 2.09% | 0.89% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 8,431,722 | 2.05% | 0.89% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 8,506,595 | 2.01% | 0.89% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 8,579,849 | 1.99% | 0.86% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 8,651,409 | 1.96% | 0.83% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 8,719,609 | 1.92% | 0.79% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 8,786,619 | 1.89% | 0.77% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 8,854,384 | 1.87% | 0.77% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 8,920,015 | 1.84% | 0.74% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 8,983,943 | 1.8% | 0.72% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 9,043,667 | 1.77% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 9,098,399 | 1.75% | 0.61% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 9,154,058 | 1.72% | 0.61% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 9,208,602 | 1.68% | 0.6% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 9,260,603 | 1.65% | 0.56% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th 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 Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Libya
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 73.2 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 30.7 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 28.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 2.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 10.9 ppl/mi² |
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