The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 9,034,102 people in Switzerland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,227,398 people compared to 9,112,950 in Switzerland.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 15.2 times bigger than Switzerland's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Switzerland is the 100th.
- The countries together account for 1.78% of the world: 1.67% for Ethiopia vs 0.11% for Switzerland.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +1.01% in Switzerland.
- Since 2005, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth), while Switzerland has grown from 7.44M to 9.11M (22.5% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people compared to the peak of 9.46M people in 2052 for Switzerland.
Ethiopia vs Switzerland: live population counter
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| Current population |
138227398
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9112950
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 100/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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3.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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6.57 minutes
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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7.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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13.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | +40,099 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +400 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +146,009 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +1.64% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 70/197 |
Ethiopia and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 5,327,827 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 5,434,294 | 2.48% | 2% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 5,573,815 | 2.55% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 5,694,247 | 2.61% | 2.16% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 5,789,228 | 2.67% | 1.67% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 5,856,472 | 2.72% | 1.16% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 5,918,002 | 2.64% | 1.05% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 5,991,785 | 2.68% | 1.25% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 6,067,714 | 2.8% | 1.27% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 6,136,387 | 2.79% | 1.13% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 6,180,877 | 2.79% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 6,213,399 | 2.77% | 0.53% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 6,260,956 | 2.71% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 6,307,347 | 2.7% | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 6,341,405 | 2.62% | 0.54% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 6,338,632 | 2.47% | -0.04% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 6,302,504 | 2.56% | -0.57% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 6,281,174 | 1.95% | -0.34% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 6,281,738 | 1.71% | 0.009% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 6,294,365 | 1.49% | 0.2% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 6,319,408 | 0.55% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 6,354,074 | 2.54% | 0.55% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 6,391,309 | 3.96% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 6,418,773 | 2.83% | 0.43% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 6,441,865 | 2.64% | 0.36% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 6,470,365 | 2.86% | 0.44% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 6,504,124 | 3% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 6,545,106 | 3.47% | 0.63% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 6,593,386 | 3.98% | 0.74% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 6,646,912 | 3.92% | 0.81% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 6,715,519 | 3.77% | 1.03% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 6,799,978 | 4.43% | 1.26% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 6,875,364 | 4.3% | 1.11% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 6,938,265 | 3.58% | 0.91% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 6,993,795 | 3.54% | 0.8% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 7,040,687 | 3.46% | 0.67% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 7,071,850 | 3.35% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 7,088,906 | 3.26% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 7,110,001 | 3.19% | 0.3% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 7,143,991 | 3.17% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 7,184,250 | 3.12% | 0.56% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 7,229,854 | 3.08% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 7,284,753 | 3.09% | 0.76% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 7,339,001 | 3.07% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 7,389,625 | 3.04% | 0.69% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 7,437,115 | 3.01% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 7,483,934 | 2.98% | 0.63% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 7,551,117 | 2.97% | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 7,647,675 | 2.94% | 1.28% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 7,743,831 | 2.88% | 1.26% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 7,824,909 | 2.88% | 1.05% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 7,912,398 | 2.88% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 7,996,861 | 2.84% | 1.07% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 8,089,346 | 2.76% | 1.16% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 8,188,649 | 2.72% | 1.23% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 8,282,396 | 2.72% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 8,373,338 | 2.74% | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 8,451,840 | 2.76% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 8,514,329 | 2.73% | 0.74% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 8,575,280 | 2.73% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 8,638,167 | 2.75% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 8,704,546 | 2.71% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 8,777,088 | 2.66% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 8,888,093 | 2.64% | 1.26% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 9,034,102 | 2.62% | 1.64% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 9,080,106 | 2.58% | 0.51% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 9,120,994 | 2.53% | 0.45% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 9,157,559 | 2.49% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 9,190,572 | 2.44% | 0.36% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 9,219,373 | 2.4% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 9,245,030 | 2.36% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 9,269,063 | 2.31% | 0.26% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 9,289,991 | 2.26% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 9,307,909 | 2.21% | 0.19% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 9,324,938 | 2.16% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 9,340,145 | 2.13% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 9,352,822 | 2.09% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 9,364,126 | 2.05% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 9,373,988 | 2.01% | 0.11% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 9,382,808 | 1.99% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 9,392,748 | 1.96% | 0.11% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 9,401,829 | 1.92% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 9,410,286 | 1.89% | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 9,418,963 | 1.87% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 9,426,166 | 1.84% | 0.08% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 9,432,561 | 1.8% | 0.07% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 9,438,518 | 1.77% | 0.06% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 9,445,091 | 1.75% | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 9,452,109 | 1.72% | 0.07% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 9,457,335 | 1.68% | 0.06% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 9,459,997 | 1.65% | 0.03% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.
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 |
| Zurich | 449K |
| Geneva | 207K |
| Basel | 176K |
| Bern | 146K |
| Lausanne | 144K |
| Winterthur | 119K |
| Biel/Bienne | 55.9K |
| Thun | 43.9K |
| Bellinzona | 43.8K |
| Koniz | 43K |
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Switzerland
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 84.2 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 43.2 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 43.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 592 ppl/mi² |
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