Demographics of Ethiopia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Sep 2024

As of 2024, the population of Ethiopia is projected at 132.06 million, compared to 128.69 million in 2023. It is the second-most populous country in Africa and the tenth-most populous country in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 2.58 percent, the 21st highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 66.17 million males and 65.89 million females in Ethiopia. The percentage of the male population is 50.1%, compared to 49.9% of the female population. Ethiopia has 275k more males than females. The sex ratio in Ethiopia in 2024 will be 100.417 males per 100 females. Ethiopia is in the 165th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Ethiopia population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	8,762,996	8,907,416	17,670,412	1.74	98.379
1955	9,571,678	9,848,092	19,419,770	2.01	97.193
1960	10,491,324	10,885,369	21,376,693	2.40	96.380
1965	11,911,358	12,399,254	24,310,612	2.71	96.065
1970	13,622,111	14,207,017	27,829,128	2.77	95.883
1975	15,518,758	16,204,495	31,723,252	2.39	95.768
1980	16,829,297	17,599,217	34,428,514	0.30	95.625
1985	19,508,029	20,334,107	39,842,136	2.90	95.937
1990	23,479,140	24,130,614	47,609,755	3.73	97.300
1995	28,583,540	28,953,794	57,537,335	3.34	98.721
2000	33,640,493	33,771,001	67,411,494	3.02	99.614
2005	39,258,804	39,108,666	78,367,470	2.95	100.384
2010	45,420,162	45,118,351	90,538,514	2.85	100.669
2015	52,115,090	51,752,044	103,867,135	2.67	100.702
2020	59,626,569	59,291,103	118,917,671	2.72	100.566
2021	61,227,789	60,910,800	122,138,588	2.62	100.520
2022	62,841,232	62,543,054	125,384,287	2.62	100.477
2023	64,486,162	64,205,530	128,691,692	2.58	100.437
2024	66,167,291	65,892,477	132,059,767	2.58	100.417

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	35.512	16.950	6.433
1955	37.320	17.311	6.457
1960	39.615	17.541	6.514
1965	41.413	17.541	6.630
1970	42.115	17.018	6.782
1975	38.941	16.177	7.079
1980	42.815	15.705	7.287
1985	37.747	15.790	7.338
1990	45.117	15.772	7.196
1995	48.156	15.543	6.998
2000	50.880	15.070	6.654
2005	54.364	15.112	6.194
2010	59.709	15.788	5.282
2015	63.592	17.009	4.529
2020	65.969	18.129	4.274
2021	65.330	18.329	4.177
2022	66.897	18.528	4.082
2023	67.315	18.733	3.989
2024	67.603	18.933	3.909

Total
Crude

Ethiopia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	497,143	799,118	28.134	45.223
1955	501,891	902,036	25.844	46.449
1960	511,624	1,023,316	23.934	47.871
1965	555,501	1,197,864	22.850	49.273
1970	623,174	1,384,000	22.393	49.732
1975	804,722	1,606,135	25.367	50.630
1980	763,307	1,770,840	22.171	51.435
1985	1,057,270	2,054,312	26.536	51.561
1990	938,365	2,418,073	19.710	50.789
1995	988,259	2,819,308	17.176	49.000
2000	989,649	3,073,321	14.681	45.590
2005	946,201	3,299,599	12.074	42.104
2010	813,001	3,311,116	8.980	36.571
2015	748,486	3,461,995	7.206	33.331
2020	761,475	3,961,198	6.403	33.310
2021	810,764	4,015,397	6.638	32.876
2022	763,984	4,064,120	6.093	32.413
2023	767,018	4,105,685	5.960	31.903
2024	776,409	4,155,828	5.879	31.469

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Ethiopia

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	833,890	17,294,144	4.600
1955	1,085,996	18,861,296	5.444
1960	1,425,096	20,726,182	6.433
1965	1,897,839	23,115,787	7.587
1970	2,440,181	25,974,896	8.588
1975	3,080,708	29,486,113	9.460
1980	3,671,221	31,593,677	10.410
1985	4,673,050	36,127,293	11.453
1990	6,069,048	42,017,468	12.621
1995	7,924,483	49,385,397	13.827
2000	9,807,289	56,730,042	14.740
2005	12,046,373	64,680,710	15.700
2010	15,189,140	72,513,530	17.319
2015	19,403,087	80,469,946	19.428
2020	24,463,423	88,295,647	21.695
2021	25,589,582	89,813,744	22.174
2022	26,755,042	91,310,183	22.661
2023	27,959,894	92,781,430	23.157
2024	29,204,015	94,223,602	23.661

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Ethiopia population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	9,911,325	9,479,472	19,390,797	14.68	104.556
05-09	8,643,760	8,330,532	16,974,292	12.85	103.760
10-14	7,731,642	7,485,703	15,217,345	11.52	103.285
15-19	7,413,397	7,221,408	14,634,805	11.08	102.659
20-24	6,635,707	6,542,471	13,178,178	9.98	101.425
25-29	5,708,551	5,649,183	11,357,734	8.60	101.051
30-34	4,727,022	4,691,608	9,418,630	7.13	100.755
35-39	3,681,604	3,672,369	7,353,972	5.57	100.251
40-44	2,849,452	2,869,972	5,719,423	4.33	99.285
45-49	2,362,248	2,447,729	4,809,977	3.64	96.508
50-54	1,882,373	2,052,170	3,934,543	2.98	91.726
55-59	1,540,028	1,732,147	3,272,175	2.48	88.909
60-64	1,181,621	1,350,764	2,532,385	1.92	87.478
65-69	805,852	943,664	1,749,517	1.32	85.396
70-74	528,370	644,704	1,173,074	0.89	81.955
75-79	339,175	442,625	781,799	0.59	76.628
80-84	159,234	226,753	385,988	0.29	70.224
85-89	54,118	85,624	139,742	0.11	63.204
90-94	10,730	20,701	31,431	0.02	51.833
95-99	1,032	2,708	3,740	0.00	38.109
100+	49	169	217	0.00	28.994
Total	66,167,290	65,892,476	132,059,764		100.417