The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 218,019 people in Samoa in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,227,398 people compared to 220,288 in Samoa.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 627 times bigger than Samoa's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Samoa is the 177th.
- The countries together account for 1.67% of the world: 1.67% for Ethiopia vs 0.003% for Samoa.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +0.87% in Samoa.
- Since 2005, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth), while Samoa has grown from 187K to 220K (17.8% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people compared to the peak of 384K people in 2100 for Samoa.
Ethiopia vs Samoa: live population counter
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| Current population |
138227398
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220288
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 177/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | 0.003% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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6.46 hours
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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1.59 hours
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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6.57 hours
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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3.18 hours
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | -2,754 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +1,356 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 126/197 |
Ethiopia and Samoa: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 112,490 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 115,496 | 2.48% | 2.67% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 118,597 | 2.55% | 2.68% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 121,764 | 2.61% | 2.67% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 124,894 | 2.67% | 2.57% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 127,978 | 2.72% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 131,073 | 2.64% | 2.42% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 133,764 | 2.68% | 2.05% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 136,020 | 2.8% | 1.69% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 138,233 | 2.79% | 1.63% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 140,400 | 2.79% | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 142,503 | 2.77% | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 144,538 | 2.71% | 1.43% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 146,516 | 2.7% | 1.37% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 149,431 | 2.62% | 1.99% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 153,344 | 2.47% | 2.62% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 157,113 | 2.56% | 2.46% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 159,753 | 1.95% | 1.68% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 161,375 | 1.71% | 1.02% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 162,882 | 1.49% | 0.93% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 164,322 | 0.55% | 0.88% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 165,678 | 2.54% | 0.83% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 166,484 | 3.96% | 0.49% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 166,714 | 2.83% | 0.14% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 166,796 | 2.64% | 0.05% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 166,849 | 2.86% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 167,061 | 3% | 0.13% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 167,661 | 3.47% | 0.36% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 168,346 | 3.98% | 0.41% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 168,768 | 3.92% | 0.25% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 169,042 | 3.77% | 0.16% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 169,368 | 4.43% | 0.19% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 170,331 | 4.3% | 0.57% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 171,774 | 3.58% | 0.85% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 173,159 | 3.54% | 0.81% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 174,571 | 3.46% | 0.82% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 176,071 | 3.35% | 0.86% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 177,547 | 3.26% | 0.84% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 178,905 | 3.19% | 0.76% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 180,275 | 3.17% | 0.77% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 181,685 | 3.12% | 0.78% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 183,166 | 3.08% | 0.82% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 184,471 | 3.09% | 0.71% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 185,430 | 3.07% | 0.52% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 186,249 | 3.04% | 0.44% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 186,978 | 3.01% | 0.39% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 187,709 | 2.98% | 0.39% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 188,753 | 2.97% | 0.56% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 190,107 | 2.94% | 0.72% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 191,513 | 2.88% | 0.74% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 193,023 | 2.88% | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 194,713 | 2.88% | 0.88% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 196,498 | 2.84% | 0.92% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 198,268 | 2.76% | 0.9% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 200,037 | 2.72% | 0.89% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 201,782 | 2.72% | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 203,499 | 2.74% | 0.85% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 205,415 | 2.76% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 207,582 | 2.73% | 1.05% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 209,780 | 2.73% | 1.06% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 211,944 | 2.75% | 1.03% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 213,779 | 2.71% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 215,261 | 2.66% | 0.69% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 216,663 | 2.64% | 0.65% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 218,019 | 2.62% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 219,302 | 2.58% | 0.59% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 220,530 | 2.53% | 0.56% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 221,772 | 2.49% | 0.56% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 223,104 | 2.44% | 0.6% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 224,504 | 2.4% | 0.63% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 225,968 | 2.36% | 0.65% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 227,581 | 2.31% | 0.71% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 229,298 | 2.26% | 0.75% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 231,110 | 2.21% | 0.79% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 233,061 | 2.16% | 0.84% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 235,172 | 2.13% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 237,415 | 2.09% | 0.95% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 239,730 | 2.05% | 0.98% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 242,155 | 2.01% | 1.01% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 244,653 | 1.99% | 1.03% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 247,196 | 1.96% | 1.04% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 249,796 | 1.92% | 1.05% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 252,427 | 1.89% | 1.05% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 255,023 | 1.87% | 1.03% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 257,609 | 1.84% | 1.01% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 260,250 | 1.8% | 1.03% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 262,849 | 1.77% | 1% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 265,365 | 1.75% | 0.96% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 267,836 | 1.72% | 0.93% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 270,291 | 1.68% | 0.92% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 272,711 | 1.65% | 0.9% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Samoa
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 71.9 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 26.9 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 20.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 3.83 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 203.1 ppl/mi² |
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