The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,227,398 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 3,810 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
- The countries together account for 1.67% of the world: 1.67% for Ethiopia vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
- Since 2005, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.
Ethiopia vs Marshall Islands: live population counter
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| Current population |
138227398
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36281
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 192/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | 0.0004% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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6.85 hours
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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10.7 hours
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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1.35 days
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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4.96 hours
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | -1,765 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | -1,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | -3.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 197/197 |
Ethiopia and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 14,703 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 15,219 | 2.48% | 3.51% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 15,755 | 2.55% | 3.52% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 16,302 | 2.61% | 3.47% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 16,852 | 2.67% | 3.37% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 17,402 | 2.72% | 3.26% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 17,927 | 2.64% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 18,655 | 2.68% | 4.06% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 19,862 | 2.8% | 6.47% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 21,305 | 2.79% | 7.27% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 22,530 | 2.79% | 5.75% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 23,366 | 2.77% | 3.71% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 23,992 | 2.71% | 2.68% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 24,581 | 2.7% | 2.45% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 25,296 | 2.62% | 2.91% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 26,154 | 2.47% | 3.39% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 27,021 | 2.56% | 3.31% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 27,906 | 1.95% | 3.28% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 28,809 | 1.71% | 3.24% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 29,738 | 1.49% | 3.22% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 30,774 | 0.55% | 3.48% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 32,017 | 2.54% | 4.04% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 33,397 | 3.96% | 4.31% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 34,811 | 2.83% | 4.23% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 36,264 | 2.64% | 4.17% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 37,761 | 2.86% | 4.13% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 39,286 | 3% | 4.04% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 40,828 | 3.47% | 3.93% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 42,321 | 3.98% | 3.66% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 43,586 | 3.92% | 2.99% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 44,629 | 3.77% | 2.39% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 45,568 | 4.43% | 2.1% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 46,388 | 4.3% | 1.8% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 47,093 | 3.58% | 1.52% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 47,712 | 3.54% | 1.31% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 48,266 | 3.46% | 1.16% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 48,775 | 3.35% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 49,259 | 3.26% | 0.99% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 49,717 | 3.19% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 50,202 | 3.17% | 0.98% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 50,706 | 3.12% | 1% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 51,123 | 3.08% | 0.82% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 51,425 | 3.09% | 0.59% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 51,639 | 3.07% | 0.42% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 51,791 | 3.04% | 0.29% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 51,906 | 3.01% | 0.22% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 51,992 | 2.98% | 0.17% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 52,035 | 2.97% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 52,030 | 2.94% | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 52,019 | 2.88% | -0.02% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 52,044 | 2.88% | 0.05% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 51,907 | 2.88% | -0.26% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 51,419 | 2.84% | -0.94% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 50,681 | 2.76% | -1.44% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 49,796 | 2.72% | -1.75% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 48,800 | 2.72% | -2% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 47,709 | 2.74% | -2.24% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 46,529 | 2.76% | -2.47% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 45,285 | 2.73% | -2.67% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 44,007 | 2.73% | -2.82% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 42,706 | 2.75% | -2.96% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 41,367 | 2.71% | -3.14% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 40,077 | 2.66% | -3.12% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 38,827 | 2.64% | -3.12% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 37,548 | 2.62% | -3.29% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 36,281 | 2.58% | -3.37% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 35,078 | 2.53% | -3.32% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 33,976 | 2.49% | -3.14% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 32,977 | 2.44% | -2.94% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 32,054 | 2.4% | -2.8% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 31,191 | 2.36% | -2.69% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 30,420 | 2.31% | -2.47% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 29,740 | 2.26% | -2.23% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 29,142 | 2.21% | -2.01% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 28,608 | 2.16% | -1.83% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 28,147 | 2.13% | -1.61% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 27,751 | 2.09% | -1.41% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 27,405 | 2.05% | -1.25% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 27,092 | 2.01% | -1.14% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 26,836 | 1.99% | -0.94% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 26,598 | 1.96% | -0.89% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 26,396 | 1.92% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 26,217 | 1.89% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 26,054 | 1.87% | -0.62% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 25,913 | 1.84% | -0.54% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 25,777 | 1.8% | -0.52% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 25,653 | 1.77% | -0.48% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 25,543 | 1.75% | -0.43% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 25,429 | 1.72% | -0.45% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 25,311 | 1.68% | -0.46% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 25,195 | 1.65% | -0.46% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.
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Population differences between Ethiopia and the Marshall Islands
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 67.2 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 27.5 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 21.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 51.2:48.8 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 2.92 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 540 ppl/mi² |
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