Population of Ethiopia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	23 Mar 2026

Ethiopia Population (LIVE)

137,996,532

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As of March 27, 2026, the population of Ethiopia is estimated at 137,988,543, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of Ethiopia is projected at 138,902,185, or 138.90 million, compared to 135,472,051, or 135.47 million, on July 1, 2025.

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	17,670,412	307,474	1.740	0.71
1951	17,824,149	17,989,061	329,825	1.834	0.71
1952	18,153,974	18,326,173	344,397	1.879	0.71
1953	18,498,371	18,674,776	352,811	1.889	0.71
1954	18,851,182	19,038,035	373,706	1.963	0.71
1955	19,224,888	19,419,770	389,765	2.007	0.71
1956	19,614,653	19,818,885	408,464	2.061	0.71
1957	20,023,117	20,173,739	301,244	1.493	0.71
1958	20,324,361	20,480,285	311,848	1.523	0.70
1959	20,636,209	20,878,105	483,791	2.317	0.70
1960	21,120,000	21,376,693	513,385	2.402	0.71
1961	21,633,385	21,906,102	545,434	2.490	0.71
1962	22,178,819	22,465,126	572,615	2.549	0.72
1963	22,751,434	23,051,637	600,405	2.605	0.72
1964	23,351,839	23,666,548	629,418	2.660	0.72
1965	23,981,257	24,310,612	658,710	2.710	0.73
1966	24,639,967	24,952,689	625,443	2.507	0.73
1967	25,265,410	25,620,276	709,732	2.770	0.74
1968	25,975,142	26,337,930	725,576	2.755	0.74
1969	26,700,718	27,072,571	743,705	2.747	0.75
1970	27,444,423	27,829,128	769,410	2.765	0.75
1971	28,213,833	28,600,106	772,546	2.701	0.76
1972	28,986,379	29,374,608	776,459	2.643	0.76
1973	29,762,838	30,166,785	807,894	2.678	0.77
1974	30,570,732	30,957,273	773,082	2.497	0.77
1975	31,343,814	31,723,252	758,877	2.392	0.78
1976	32,102,691	32,534,418	863,455	2.654	0.79
1977	32,966,146	33,167,272	402,252	1.213	0.79
1978	33,368,398	33,734,592	732,389	2.171	0.79
1979	34,100,787	34,238,652	275,730	0.805	0.78
1980	34,376,517	34,428,514	103,995	0.302	0.77
1981	34,480,512	35,304,012	1,647,000	4.666	0.78
1982	36,127,512	36,701,290	1,147,556	3.127	0.80
1983	37,275,068	37,740,817	931,498	2.468	0.80
1984	38,206,566	38,735,722	1,058,312	2.732	0.81
1985	39,264,878	39,842,136	1,154,516	2.898	0.82
1986	40,419,394	41,037,656	1,236,523	3.013	0.83
1987	41,655,917	42,460,039	1,608,245	3.788	0.84
1988	43,264,162	44,150,825	1,773,327	4.017	0.86
1989	45,037,489	45,879,690	1,684,403	3.672	0.88
1990	46,721,892	47,609,755	1,775,725	3.730	0.89
1991	48,497,617	49,717,198	2,439,162	4.907	0.92
1992	50,936,779	51,853,747	1,833,937	3.537	0.94
1993	52,770,716	53,708,891	1,876,351	3.494	0.96
1994	54,647,067	55,611,508	1,928,882	3.469	0.98
1995	56,575,949	57,537,335	1,922,772	3.342	1.00
1996	58,498,721	59,467,635	1,937,829	3.259	1.02
1997	60,436,550	61,404,539	1,935,977	3.153	1.04
1998	62,372,527	63,363,524	1,981,994	3.128	1.05
1999	64,354,521	65,374,561	2,040,080	3.121	1.07
2000	66,394,601	67,411,494	2,033,786	3.017	1.09
2001	68,428,387	69,487,762	2,118,750	3.049	1.11
2002	70,547,137	71,635,517	2,176,760	3.039	1.13
2003	72,723,897	73,832,663	2,217,532	3.004	1.15
2004	74,941,429	76,077,206	2,271,554	2.986	1.17
2005	77,212,983	78,367,470	2,308,975	2.947	1.19
2006	79,521,958	80,703,490	2,363,064	2.928	1.21
2007	81,885,022	83,103,217	2,436,391	2.932	1.23
2008	84,321,413	85,543,668	2,444,510	2.858	1.25
2009	86,765,923	88,007,636	2,483,427	2.822	1.27
2010	89,249,350	90,538,514	2,578,327	2.848	1.29
2011	91,827,677	93,149,970	2,644,586	2.839	1.31
2012	94,472,263	95,798,767	2,653,008	2.770	1.33
2013	97,125,271	98,438,751	2,626,960	2.669	1.35
2014	99,752,231	101,115,610	2,726,757	2.697	1.37
2015	102,478,988	103,867,135	2,776,293	2.673	1.39
2016	105,255,281	106,718,162	2,925,762	2.742	1.41
2017	108,181,043	109,666,481	2,970,876	2.709	1.43
2018	111,151,919	112,664,152	3,024,467	2.685	1.46
2019	114,176,386	115,737,383	3,121,993	2.698	1.48
2020	117,298,379	118,917,671	3,238,585	2.724	1.51
2021	120,536,964	122,138,588	3,203,249	2.623	1.54
2022	123,740,213	125,384,287	3,288,147	2.623	1.56
2023	127,028,360	128,691,692	3,326,664	2.585	1.59

Ethiopia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	130,355,024	132,059,767	3,409,487	2.582	1.62
2025	133,764,511	135,472,051	3,415,079	2.521	1.65
2026	137,179,590	138,902,185	3,445,190	2.480	1.67
2027	140,624,780	142,364,797	3,480,034	2.445	1.70
2028	144,104,814	145,841,261	3,472,895	2.381	1.73
2029	147,577,709	149,336,062	3,516,705	2.355	1.76
2030	151,094,414	152,855,357	3,521,886	2.304	1.78
2031	154,616,300	156,382,428	3,532,256	2.259	1.81
2032	158,148,556	159,923,899	3,550,686	2.220	1.84
2033	161,699,242	163,453,315	3,508,147	2.146	1.87
2034	165,207,389	166,978,793	3,542,809	2.122	1.89
2035	168,750,198	170,532,954	3,565,512	2.091	1.92
2036	172,315,710	174,097,775	3,564,130	2.047	1.95
2037	175,879,840	177,661,138	3,562,596	2.005	1.97
2038	179,442,436	181,235,897	3,586,921	1.979	2.00
2039	183,029,357	184,835,111	3,611,507	1.954	2.03
2040	186,640,864	188,450,902	3,620,076	1.921	2.05
2041	190,260,940	192,068,630	3,615,379	1.882	2.08
2042	193,876,319	195,695,304	3,637,971	1.859	2.11
2043	197,514,290	199,347,986	3,667,392	1.840	2.13
2044	201,181,682	203,014,371	3,665,378	1.806	2.16
2045	204,847,060	206,673,639	3,653,159	1.768	2.19
2046	208,500,219	210,337,848	3,675,258	1.747	2.22
2047	212,175,477	214,023,508	3,696,062	1.727	2.24
2048	215,871,539	217,710,205	3,677,332	1.689	2.27
2049	219,548,871	221,377,337	3,656,932	1.652	2.30
2050	223,205,803	225,021,875	3,632,143	1.614	2.33
2051	226,837,946	228,687,201	3,698,509	1.617	2.36
2052	230,536,455	232,351,187	3,629,464	1.562	2.38
2053	234,165,919	235,962,631	3,593,424	1.523	2.41
2054	237,759,343	239,552,288	3,585,890	1.497	2.44
2055	241,345,233	243,110,908	3,531,349	1.453	2.47
2056	244,876,582	246,680,484	3,607,804	1.463	2.50
2057	248,484,386	250,236,662	3,504,552	1.401	2.53
2058	251,988,938	253,710,523	3,443,170	1.357	2.55
2059	255,432,108	257,197,861	3,531,506	1.373	2.58
2060	258,963,614	260,708,340	3,489,453	1.338	2.61
2061	262,453,067	264,199,561	3,492,987	1.322	2.64
2062	265,946,054	267,645,242	3,398,377	1.270	2.67
2063	269,344,431	271,030,544	3,372,226	1.244	2.69
2064	272,716,657	274,384,529	3,335,743	1.216	2.72
2065	276,052,400	277,696,131	3,287,461	1.184	2.75
2066	279,339,861	280,962,142	3,244,562	1.155	2.78
2067	282,584,423	284,228,959	3,289,073	1.157	2.80
2068	285,873,496	287,470,102	3,193,213	1.111	2.83
2069	289,066,709	290,649,757	3,166,096	1.089	2.86
2070	292,232,805	293,790,938	3,116,265	1.061	2.88
2071	295,349,070	296,898,927	3,099,715	1.044	2.91
2072	298,448,785	299,991,562	3,085,553	1.029	2.94
2073	301,534,338	303,031,540	2,994,404	0.988	2.96
2074	304,528,742	306,045,180	3,032,875	0.991	2.99
2075	307,561,617	309,057,820	2,992,406	0.968	3.02
2076	310,554,023	312,022,570	2,937,094	0.941	3.04
2077	313,491,117	314,937,464	2,892,694	0.919	3.07
2078	316,383,811	317,795,949	2,824,277	0.889	3.09
2079	319,208,088	320,556,434	2,696,692	0.841	3.12
2080	321,904,780	323,238,508	2,667,456	0.825	3.14
2081	324,572,236	325,898,295	2,652,118	0.814	3.17
2082	327,224,354	328,548,346	2,647,984	0.806	3.19
2083	329,872,338	331,139,302	2,533,927	0.765	3.22
2084	332,406,265	333,649,599	2,486,667	0.745	3.24
2085	334,892,932	336,129,183	2,472,502	0.736	3.27
2086	337,365,434	338,594,905	2,458,941	0.726	3.29
2087	339,824,375	340,987,035	2,325,319	0.682	3.32
2088	342,149,694	343,252,759	2,206,130	0.643	3.34
2089	344,355,824	345,446,107	2,180,567	0.631	3.36
2090	346,536,391	347,651,463	2,230,143	0.641	3.38
2091	348,766,534	349,838,449	2,143,830	0.613	3.41
2092	350,910,364	351,932,640	2,044,552	0.581	3.43
2093	352,954,916	353,977,284	2,044,735	0.578	3.45
2094	354,999,651	356,019,002	2,038,701	0.573	3.48
2095	357,038,352	357,996,250	1,915,796	0.535	3.50
2096	358,954,148	359,956,948	2,005,600	0.557	3.52
2097	360,959,748	361,920,507	1,921,517	0.531	3.54
2098	362,881,265	363,782,121	1,801,711	0.495	3.56
2099	364,682,976	365,542,014	1,718,076	0.470	3.59
2100	366,401,052	367,289,596	1,777,089	0.484	3.61