Ethiopia's population rose from 59.5M in 1996 to 135M in 2025.
Ethiopia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Ethiopia's population growth fell from 3.3 % in 1996 to 2.6 % in 2025.
Ethiopia's population density rose from 55.6 in 1994 to 114.0 in 2023.
Ethiopia's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.3 % in 1996 to 49.9 % in 2025.
Ethiopia's urbanisation rose from 14.1 % in 1996 to 24.1 % in 2025.
Ethiopia's urban population rose from 8.39M in 1996 to 32.7M in 2025.
Ethiopia's rural population rose from 51.1M in 1996 to 103M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.0 %27th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %24th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.4 %165th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.4 %176th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs186th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts30th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts185th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts184th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.6 pts33rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts184th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −20.0 %30th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.2 pts177th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +3.0 %8th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs170th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs166th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs176th of 217