The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 17,695 people in Palau in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,940,022 people compared to 17,618 in Palau.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 7,886 times bigger than Palau's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Palau is the 194th.
- The countries together account for 1.68% of the world: 1.68% for Ethiopia vs 0.0002% for Palau.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +0.02% in Palau.
- Since 2006, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 80.7M people to 139M (72.2% growth), while Palau has declined from 19.6K to 17.6K (10.1% decline).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people, while Palau's population already peaked in 2004 at 19.8K people and is projected to decrease to 11.1K people by 2100.
Ethiopia vs Palau: live population counter
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| Current population |
138940022
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17618
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 194/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.68% | 0.0002% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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1.63 weeks
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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1.89 days
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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1.8 days
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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3.72 weeks
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | -14 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | -32 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | -0.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 25/197 | 176/197 |
Ethiopia and Palau: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 9,328 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 9,555 | 2.48% | 2.43% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 9,793 | 2.55% | 2.49% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 10,037 | 2.61% | 2.49% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 10,292 | 2.67% | 2.54% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 10,547 | 2.72% | 2.48% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 10,805 | 2.64% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 10,988 | 2.68% | 1.69% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 11,080 | 2.8% | 0.84% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 11,159 | 2.79% | 0.71% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 11,368 | 2.79% | 1.87% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 11,759 | 2.77% | 3.44% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 12,194 | 2.71% | 3.7% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 12,552 | 2.7% | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 12,687 | 2.62% | 1.08% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 12,655 | 2.47% | -0.25% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 12,598 | 2.56% | -0.45% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 12,525 | 1.95% | -0.58% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 12,440 | 1.71% | -0.68% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 12,337 | 1.49% | -0.83% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 12,271 | 0.55% | -0.53% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 12,402 | 2.54% | 1.07% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 12,694 | 3.96% | 2.35% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 13,006 | 2.83% | 2.46% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 13,337 | 2.64% | 2.54% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 13,688 | 2.86% | 2.63% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 14,024 | 3% | 2.45% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 14,334 | 3.47% | 2.21% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 14,645 | 3.98% | 2.17% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 14,945 | 3.92% | 2.05% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 15,259 | 3.77% | 2.1% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 15,614 | 4.43% | 2.33% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 15,989 | 4.3% | 2.4% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 16,372 | 3.58% | 2.4% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 16,770 | 3.54% | 2.43% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 17,195 | 3.46% | 2.53% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 17,654 | 3.35% | 2.67% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 18,108 | 3.26% | 2.57% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 18,524 | 3.19% | 2.3% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 18,901 | 3.17% | 2.04% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 19,178 | 3.12% | 1.47% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 19,352 | 3.08% | 0.91% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 19,503 | 3.09% | 0.78% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 19,659 | 3.07% | 0.8% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 19,820 | 3.04% | 0.82% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 19,819 | 3.01% | -0.005% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 19,593 | 2.98% | -1.14% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 19,302 | 2.97% | -1.49% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 19,009 | 2.94% | -1.52% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 18,709 | 2.88% | -1.58% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 18,396 | 2.88% | -1.67% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 18,078 | 2.88% | -1.73% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 17,765 | 2.84% | -1.73% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 17,648 | 2.76% | -0.66% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 17,715 | 2.72% | 0.38% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 17,770 | 2.72% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 17,797 | 2.74% | 0.15% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 17,812 | 2.76% | 0.08% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 17,814 | 2.73% | 0.01% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 17,798 | 2.73% | -0.09% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 17,792 | 2.75% | -0.03% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 17,783 | 2.71% | -0.05% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 17,759 | 2.66% | -0.13% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 17,727 | 2.64% | -0.18% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 17,695 | 2.62% | -0.18% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 17,663 | 2.58% | -0.18% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 17,618 | 2.53% | -0.25% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 17,564 | 2.49% | -0.31% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 17,504 | 2.44% | -0.34% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 17,436 | 2.4% | -0.39% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 17,376 | 2.36% | -0.34% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 17,299 | 2.31% | -0.44% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 17,228 | 2.26% | -0.41% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 17,163 | 2.21% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 17,092 | 2.16% | -0.41% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 17,012 | 2.13% | -0.47% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 16,940 | 2.09% | -0.43% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 16,858 | 2.05% | -0.48% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 16,779 | 2.01% | -0.47% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 16,689 | 1.99% | -0.54% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 16,604 | 1.96% | -0.51% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 16,510 | 1.92% | -0.57% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 16,403 | 1.89% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 16,302 | 1.87% | -0.61% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 16,202 | 1.84% | -0.62% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 16,097 | 1.8% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 15,977 | 1.77% | -0.74% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 15,863 | 1.75% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 15,749 | 1.72% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 15,632 | 1.68% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 15,515 | 1.65% | -0.75% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ethiopia increased by 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ethiopia gained 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2006 and is 10th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Palau
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| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 69.6 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 38.4 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 39.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 53.9:46.1 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 99.6 ppl/mi² |
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