The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 35,557,673 people in Malaysia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,227,398 people compared to 36,304,998 in Malaysia.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 3.81 times bigger than Malaysia's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Malaysia is the 45th.
- The countries together account for 2.11% of the world: 1.67% for Ethiopia vs 0.44% for Malaysia.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +1.5% in Malaysia.
- Since 2005, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth), while Malaysia has grown from 25.8M to 36.3M (40.5% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people compared to the peak of 46.4M people in 2072 for Malaysia.
Ethiopia vs Malaysia: live population counter
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| Current population |
138227398
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36304998
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 45/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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1.22 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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1.21 minutes
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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2.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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3.01 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | +174,770 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +1,182 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +431,375 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +1.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 91/197 |
Ethiopia and Malaysia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 7,956,197 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 8,164,443 | 2.48% | 2.62% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 8,380,172 | 2.55% | 2.64% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 8,602,160 | 2.61% | 2.65% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 8,828,406 | 2.67% | 2.63% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 9,056,408 | 2.72% | 2.58% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 9,284,688 | 2.64% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 9,507,099 | 2.68% | 2.4% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 9,725,281 | 2.8% | 2.29% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 9,947,597 | 2.79% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 10,178,802 | 2.79% | 2.32% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 10,423,453 | 2.77% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 10,676,835 | 2.71% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 10,935,621 | 2.7% | 2.42% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 11,200,906 | 2.62% | 2.43% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 11,471,914 | 2.47% | 2.42% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 11,750,097 | 2.56% | 2.42% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 12,035,713 | 1.95% | 2.43% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 12,328,157 | 1.71% | 2.43% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 12,627,862 | 1.49% | 2.43% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 12,983,363 | 0.55% | 2.82% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 13,399,203 | 2.54% | 3.2% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 13,832,798 | 3.96% | 3.24% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 14,285,907 | 2.83% | 3.28% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 14,759,009 | 2.64% | 3.31% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 15,252,258 | 2.86% | 3.34% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 15,760,419 | 3% | 3.33% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 16,276,737 | 3.47% | 3.28% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 16,796,605 | 3.98% | 3.19% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 17,314,997 | 3.92% | 3.09% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 17,833,171 | 3.77% | 2.99% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 18,342,464 | 4.43% | 2.86% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 18,834,572 | 4.3% | 2.68% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 19,322,664 | 3.58% | 2.59% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 19,820,446 | 3.54% | 2.58% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 20,330,599 | 3.46% | 2.57% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 20,850,087 | 3.35% | 2.56% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 21,375,218 | 3.26% | 2.52% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 21,906,713 | 3.19% | 2.49% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 22,435,531 | 3.17% | 2.41% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 22,967,816 | 3.12% | 2.37% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 23,526,538 | 3.08% | 2.43% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 24,102,477 | 3.09% | 2.45% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 24,679,602 | 3.07% | 2.39% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 25,256,772 | 3.04% | 2.34% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 25,836,071 | 3.01% | 2.29% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 26,417,909 | 2.98% | 2.25% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 26,998,389 | 2.97% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 27,570,059 | 2.94% | 2.12% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 28,124,778 | 2.88% | 2.01% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 28,655,776 | 2.88% | 1.89% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 29,162,039 | 2.88% | 1.77% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 29,662,831 | 2.84% | 1.72% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 30,174,265 | 2.76% | 1.72% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 30,696,137 | 2.72% | 1.73% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 31,232,798 | 2.72% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 31,789,685 | 2.74% | 1.78% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 32,355,644 | 2.76% | 1.78% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 32,910,967 | 2.73% | 1.72% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 33,440,596 | 2.73% | 1.61% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 33,889,558 | 2.75% | 1.34% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 34,282,399 | 2.71% | 1.16% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 34,695,493 | 2.66% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 35,126,298 | 2.64% | 1.24% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 35,557,673 | 2.62% | 1.23% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 35,977,838 | 2.58% | 1.18% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 36,385,119 | 2.53% | 1.13% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 36,785,089 | 2.49% | 1.1% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 37,182,773 | 2.44% | 1.08% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 37,574,292 | 2.4% | 1.05% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 37,961,722 | 2.36% | 1.03% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 38,347,786 | 2.31% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 38,728,383 | 2.26% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 39,097,871 | 2.21% | 0.95% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 39,457,849 | 2.16% | 0.92% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 39,814,834 | 2.13% | 0.9% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 40,166,904 | 2.09% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 40,512,289 | 2.05% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 40,853,318 | 2.01% | 0.84% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 41,185,892 | 1.99% | 0.81% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 41,509,646 | 1.96% | 0.79% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 41,828,594 | 1.92% | 0.77% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 42,144,474 | 1.89% | 0.76% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 42,455,952 | 1.87% | 0.74% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 42,754,140 | 1.84% | 0.7% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 43,038,205 | 1.8% | 0.66% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 43,313,754 | 1.77% | 0.64% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 43,580,459 | 1.75% | 0.62% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 43,831,577 | 1.72% | 0.58% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 44,065,538 | 1.68% | 0.53% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 44,289,765 | 1.65% | 0.51% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.
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 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 1.98M |
| Klang | 878K |
| Ipoh | 867K |
| Johor Bahru | 798K |
| George Town | 794K |
| Shah Alam | 741K |
| Subang Jaya | 708K |
| Petaling Jaya | 639K |
| Kuantan | 608K |
| Sungai Petani | 545K |
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Malaysia
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 77 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 33.2 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 31.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 52.4:47.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 1.55 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 280.3 ppl/mi² |
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