Population of Ethiopia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	04 Mar 2024

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The current population of Ethiopia is 132,771,638 as of September 15, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Ethiopia is projected at 129,719,719 or 129.72 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Ethiopia is projected at 126,527,060 or 126.53 million people for the year 2023.

Ethiopia is the second-most populous country in Africa, and the tenth-most populous country in the world.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Ethiopia population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	17,516,675	17,709,951	386,553	2.183	0.71
1951	17,903,228	18,101,144	395,833	2.187	0.71
1952	18,299,061	18,496,797	395,472	2.138	0.71
1953	18,694,533	18,891,916	394,767	2.090	0.72
1954	19,089,300	19,292,149	405,699	2.103	0.72
1955	19,494,999	19,703,738	417,478	2.119	0.72
1956	19,912,477	20,127,942	430,929	2.141	0.72
1957	20,343,406	20,499,416	312,020	1.522	0.72
1958	20,655,426	20,816,567	322,281	1.548	0.71
1959	20,977,707	21,227,211	499,008	2.351	0.71
1960	21,476,715	21,739,710	525,989	2.420	0.72
1961	22,002,704	22,281,675	557,941	2.504	0.73
1962	22,560,645	22,852,158	583,025	2.551	0.73
1963	23,143,670	23,448,979	610,617	2.604	0.73
1964	23,754,287	24,073,696	638,818	2.654	0.74
1965	24,393,105	24,727,506	668,802	2.705	0.74
1966	25,061,907	25,377,645	631,477	2.488	0.74
1967	25,693,384	26,051,596	716,424	2.750	0.75
1968	26,409,808	26,778,653	737,690	2.755	0.76
1969	27,147,498	27,530,388	765,779	2.782	0.76
1970	27,913,277	28,308,246	789,938	2.791	0.77
1971	28,703,215	29,099,594	792,759	2.724	0.77
1972	29,495,974	29,891,328	790,708	2.645	0.78
1973	30,286,682	30,694,316	815,268	2.656	0.78
1974	31,101,950	31,488,613	773,327	2.456	0.79
1975	31,875,277	32,252,783	755,012	2.341	0.79
1976	32,630,289	33,062,216	863,854	2.613	0.80
1977	33,494,143	33,695,018	401,750	1.192	0.80
1978	33,895,893	34,259,065	726,343	2.120	0.80
1979	34,622,236	34,758,823	273,175	0.786	0.80
1980	34,895,411	34,945,469	100,117	0.286	0.79
1981	34,995,528	35,818,844	1,646,633	4.598	0.79
1982	36,642,161	37,213,393	1,142,464	3.070	0.81
1983	37,784,625	38,235,187	901,123	2.357	0.81
1984	38,685,748	39,202,890	1,034,284	2.638	0.82
1985	39,720,032	40,285,965	1,131,865	2.810	0.83
1986	40,851,897	41,455,309	1,206,824	2.911	0.84
1987	42,058,721	42,851,957	1,586,471	3.703	0.85
1988	43,645,192	44,511,537	1,732,689	3.893	0.87
1989	45,377,881	46,195,954	1,636,145	3.542	0.88
1990	47,014,026	47,878,073	1,728,095	3.610	0.90
1991	48,742,121	49,937,430	2,390,618	4.788	0.92
1992	51,132,739	52,011,554	1,757,630	3.380	0.95
1993	52,890,369	53,791,672	1,802,606	3.351	0.96
1994	54,692,975	55,620,211	1,854,471	3.334	0.98
1995	56,547,446	57,476,536	1,858,180	3.233	1.00
1996	58,405,626	59,347,649	1,884,045	3.175	1.02
1997	60,289,671	61,233,480	1,887,617	3.083	1.04
1998	62,177,288	63,136,493	1,918,411	3.039	1.05
1999	64,095,699	65,077,579	1,963,761	3.018	1.07
2000	66,059,460	67,031,867	1,944,815	2.902	1.09
2001	68,004,275	69,018,932	2,029,315	2.940	1.11
2002	70,033,590	71,073,215	2,079,249	2.926	1.13
2003	72,112,839	73,168,838	2,111,999	2.887	1.14
2004	74,224,838	75,301,026	2,152,375	2.859	1.16
2005	76,377,213	77,469,940	2,185,455	2.821	1.18
2006	78,562,668	79,691,050	2,256,764	2.832	1.20
2007	80,819,432	81,996,185	2,353,505	2.870	1.22
2008	83,172,937	84,357,105	2,368,335	2.808	1.24
2009	85,541,272	86,755,585	2,428,626	2.800	1.26
2010	87,969,898	89,237,791	2,535,785	2.842	1.28
2011	90,505,683	91,817,929	2,624,493	2.859	1.30
2012	93,130,176	94,451,280	2,642,207	2.798	1.32
2013	95,772,383	97,084,366	2,623,966	2.703	1.34
2014	98,396,349	99,746,766	2,700,835	2.708	1.36
2015	101,097,184	102,471,895	2,749,423	2.683	1.38
2016	103,846,607	105,293,228	2,893,243	2.748	1.40
2017	106,739,850	108,197,950	2,916,199	2.695	1.42
2018	109,656,049	111,129,438	2,946,778	2.652	1.45
2019	112,602,827	114,120,594	3,035,533	2.660	1.47
2020	115,638,360	117,190,911	3,105,102	2.650	1.49
2021	118,743,462	120,283,026	3,079,128	2.560	1.52

Ethiopia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	121,822,590	123,379,924	3,114,669	2.525	1.55
2023	124,937,259	126,527,060	3,179,602	2.513	1.57
2024	128,116,861	129,719,719	3,205,715	2.471	1.60
2025	131,322,576	132,938,555	3,231,958	2.431	1.62
2026	134,554,534	136,180,141	3,251,214	2.388	1.65
2027	137,805,748	139,439,745	3,267,993	2.344	1.67
2028	141,073,741	142,715,864	3,284,246	2.301	1.70
2029	144,357,987	146,003,944	3,291,914	2.255	1.72
2030	147,649,901	149,296,378	3,292,954	2.206	1.75
2031	150,942,855	152,585,021	3,284,332	2.153	1.77
2032	154,227,187	155,874,633	3,294,892	2.114	1.80
2033	157,522,079	159,160,258	3,276,359	2.059	1.82
2034	160,798,438	162,438,815	3,280,754	2.020	1.84
2035	164,079,192	165,715,492	3,272,600	1.975	1.87
2036	167,351,792	168,986,410	3,269,236	1.935	1.89
2037	170,621,028	172,252,603	3,263,151	1.894	1.91
2038	173,884,179	175,514,171	3,259,984	1.857	1.94
2039	177,144,163	178,779,627	3,270,928	1.830	1.96
2040	180,415,091	182,052,579	3,274,976	1.799	1.98
2041	183,690,067	185,332,694	3,285,254	1.773	2.00
2042	186,975,321	188,613,575	3,276,508	1.737	2.03
2043	190,251,829	191,902,756	3,301,855	1.721	2.05
2044	193,553,684	195,196,696	3,286,025	1.683	2.07
2045	196,839,709	198,485,649	3,291,879	1.659	2.10
2046	200,131,588	201,764,870	3,266,564	1.619	2.12
2047	203,398,152	205,033,875	3,271,447	1.596	2.14
2048	206,669,599	208,297,232	3,255,266	1.563	2.17
2049	209,924,865	211,557,468	3,265,206	1.543	2.19
2050	213,190,071	214,812,309	3,244,476	1.510	2.21
2051	216,434,547	218,046,158	3,223,221	1.478	2.24
2052	219,657,768	221,266,154	3,216,772	1.454	2.26
2053	222,874,540	224,472,476	3,195,873	1.424	2.28
2054	226,070,413	227,653,408	3,165,991	1.391	2.31
2055	229,236,404	230,800,275	3,127,743	1.355	2.33
2056	232,364,147	233,903,339	3,078,383	1.316	2.35
2057	235,442,530	236,967,888	3,050,716	1.287	2.38
2058	238,493,246	240,002,932	3,019,373	1.258	2.40
2059	241,512,619	242,990,753	2,956,267	1.217	2.42
2060	244,468,886	245,919,533	2,901,295	1.180	2.44
2061	247,370,181	248,807,500	2,874,639	1.155	2.46
2062	250,244,820	251,667,028	2,844,417	1.130	2.49
2063	253,089,237	254,483,187	2,787,900	1.096	2.51
2064	255,877,137	257,248,326	2,742,377	1.066	2.53
2065	258,619,514	259,964,973	2,690,919	1.035	2.55
2066	261,310,433	262,635,700	2,650,535	1.009	2.57
2067	263,960,968	265,259,311	2,596,686	0.979	2.59
2068	266,557,654	267,826,274	2,537,240	0.947	2.61
2069	269,094,894	270,350,005	2,510,222	0.929	2.63
2070	271,605,116	272,841,874	2,473,516	0.907	2.65
2071	274,078,632	275,289,974	2,422,684	0.880	2.67
2072	276,501,316	277,682,631	2,362,629	0.851	2.69
2073	278,863,945	280,013,831	2,299,772	0.821	2.71
2074	281,163,717	282,290,972	2,254,510	0.799	2.73
2075	283,418,227	284,525,709	2,214,965	0.778	2.74
2076	285,633,192	286,715,684	2,164,985	0.755	2.76
2077	287,798,177	288,852,130	2,107,906	0.730	2.78
2078	289,906,083	290,936,911	2,061,656	0.709	2.80
2079	291,967,739	292,975,227	2,014,976	0.688	2.81
2080	293,982,715	294,960,455	1,955,481	0.663	2.83
2081	295,938,196	296,891,621	1,906,849	0.642	2.85
2082	297,845,045	298,777,308	1,864,526	0.624	2.87
2083	299,709,571	300,615,316	1,811,490	0.603	2.88
2084	301,521,061	302,399,144	1,756,165	0.581	2.90
2085	303,277,226	304,126,907	1,699,362	0.559	2.92
2086	304,976,588	305,803,942	1,654,708	0.541	2.93
2087	306,631,296	307,425,854	1,589,116	0.517	2.95
2088	308,220,412	308,989,182	1,537,539	0.498	2.96
2089	309,757,951	310,500,448	1,484,994	0.478	2.98
2090	311,242,945	311,958,144	1,430,397	0.459	2.99
2091	312,673,342	313,363,634	1,380,584	0.441	3.01
2092	314,053,926	314,729,463	1,351,073	0.429	3.02
2093	315,404,999	316,049,671	1,289,344	0.408	3.04
2094	316,694,343	317,313,085	1,237,485	0.390	3.05
2095	317,931,828	318,519,616	1,175,576	0.369	3.06
2096	319,107,404	319,666,491	1,118,173	0.350	3.08
2097	320,225,577	320,760,088	1,069,022	0.333	3.09
2098	321,294,599	321,805,378	1,021,559	0.317	3.10
2099	322,316,158	322,799,552	966,788	0.300	3.12
2100	323,282,946	323,741,600	917,307	0.283	3.13