The latest officially reported population of Ethiopia was 132,059,767 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ethiopia's population is 138,227,398 people compared to 10,940,854 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 12.6 times bigger than Tajikistan's.
- Ethiopia is ranked the 10th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 1.8% of the world: 1.67% for Ethiopia vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Ethiopia has had an average growth rate of +2.71% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Ethiopia has increased from 78.4M people to 138M (76.4% growth), while Tajikistan has grown from 6.92M to 10.9M (58% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people compared to the peak of 20.2M people in 2100 for Tajikistan.
Ethiopia vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
138227398
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10940854
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| Population rank | 10/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.67% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
9.36 seconds
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.68 seconds
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
41.1 seconds
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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24.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +30,069 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | +9,228 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,368,075 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 57/197 |
Ethiopia and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,376,693 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 21,906,102 | 2,181,805 | 2.48% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 22,465,126 | 2,255,026 | 2.55% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 23,051,637 | 2,331,736 | 2.61% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 23,666,548 | 2,411,260 | 2.67% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 24,310,612 | 2,492,998 | 2.72% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 24,952,689 | 2,577,184 | 2.64% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 25,620,276 | 2,664,130 | 2.68% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 26,337,930 | 2,753,848 | 2.8% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 27,072,571 | 2,845,273 | 2.79% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 27,829,128 | 2,936,779 | 2.79% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 28,600,106 | 3,028,837 | 2.77% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 29,374,608 | 3,123,691 | 2.71% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 30,166,785 | 3,222,290 | 2.7% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 30,957,273 | 3,324,499 | 2.62% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 31,723,252 | 3,430,425 | 2.47% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 32,534,418 | 3,540,076 | 2.56% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 33,167,272 | 3,653,265 | 1.95% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 33,734,592 | 3,768,508 | 1.71% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 34,238,652 | 3,882,691 | 1.49% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 34,428,514 | 3,995,256 | 0.55% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 35,304,012 | 4,109,022 | 2.54% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 36,701,290 | 4,227,171 | 3.96% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 37,740,817 | 4,350,874 | 2.83% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 38,735,722 | 4,480,026 | 2.64% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 39,842,136 | 4,619,003 | 2.86% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 41,037,656 | 4,772,139 | 3% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 42,460,039 | 4,939,059 | 3.47% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 44,150,825 | 5,114,989 | 3.98% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 45,879,690 | 5,267,249 | 3.92% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 47,609,755 | 5,398,768 | 3.77% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 49,717,198 | 5,541,205 | 4.43% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 51,853,747 | 5,649,400 | 4.3% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 53,708,891 | 5,724,993 | 3.58% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 55,611,508 | 5,825,368 | 3.54% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 57,537,335 | 5,948,584 | 3.46% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 59,467,635 | 6,066,523 | 3.35% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 61,404,539 | 6,139,829 | 3.26% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 63,363,524 | 6,176,397 | 3.19% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 65,374,561 | 6,208,370 | 3.17% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 67,411,494 | 6,284,735 | 3.12% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 69,487,762 | 6,407,377 | 3.08% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 71,635,517 | 6,531,669 | 3.09% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 73,832,663 | 6,658,575 | 3.07% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 76,077,206 | 6,790,547 | 3.04% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 78,367,470 | 6,924,720 | 3.01% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 80,703,490 | 7,057,566 | 2.98% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 83,103,217 | 7,194,477 | 2.97% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 85,543,668 | 7,338,403 | 2.94% | 2% |
| 2009 | 88,007,636 | 7,490,230 | 2.88% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 90,538,514 | 7,652,141 | 2.88% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 93,149,970 | 7,824,785 | 2.88% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 95,798,767 | 8,014,084 | 2.84% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 98,438,751 | 8,216,724 | 2.76% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 101,115,610 | 8,425,552 | 2.72% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 103,867,135 | 8,643,840 | 2.72% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 106,718,162 | 8,865,631 | 2.74% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 109,666,481 | 9,085,946 | 2.76% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 112,664,152 | 9,307,333 | 2.73% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 115,737,383 | 9,529,966 | 2.73% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 118,917,671 | 9,749,310 | 2.75% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 122,138,588 | 9,966,908 | 2.71% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 125,384,287 | 10,182,222 | 2.66% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 128,691,692 | 10,389,799 | 2.64% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 132,059,767 | 10,590,927 | 2.62% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 135,472,043 | 10,786,735 | 2.58% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 138,902,180 | 10,978,598 | 2.53% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 142,364,798 | 11,168,387 | 2.49% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 145,841,255 | 11,356,920 | 2.44% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 149,336,056 | 11,545,276 | 2.4% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 152,855,352 | 11,733,066 | 2.36% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 156,382,425 | 11,920,472 | 2.31% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 159,923,895 | 12,110,150 | 2.26% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 163,453,311 | 12,302,290 | 2.21% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 166,978,790 | 12,496,888 | 2.16% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 170,532,952 | 12,695,586 | 2.13% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 174,097,772 | 12,899,096 | 2.09% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 177,661,132 | 13,104,339 | 2.05% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 181,235,892 | 13,308,237 | 2.01% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 184,835,102 | 13,511,372 | 1.99% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 188,450,900 | 13,713,948 | 1.96% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 192,068,629 | 13,915,192 | 1.92% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 195,695,295 | 14,115,137 | 1.89% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 199,347,978 | 14,311,598 | 1.87% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 203,014,368 | 14,504,865 | 1.84% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 206,673,625 | 14,694,858 | 1.8% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 210,337,847 | 14,879,388 | 1.77% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 214,023,504 | 15,059,869 | 1.75% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 217,710,204 | 15,236,594 | 1.72% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 221,377,329 | 15,408,032 | 1.68% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 225,021,865 | 15,574,643 | 1.65% | 1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ethiopia increased by 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ethiopia gained 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).
Ethiopia was ranked 16th most populous country in 2005 and is 10th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
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 |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Ethiopia and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 72.1 years |
| Average age | 23.8 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 3.99 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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