Demographics of Ethiopia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Ethiopia is projected at 117.88 million, up by 2.53% compared with 114.96 million in 2020. Ethiopia is ranked 12th in terms of population and 27th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 3.65 million births in Ethiopia in 2021. That is 10,014 per day, which is ranked 8th. The crude birth rate is 30.97 per 1000 people. There are 0.73 million deaths in Ethiopia in 2021. That is 1,993 per day, which is ranked 14th. The crude death rate is 6.16 per 1000 people.

25.59 million people are living in urban areas, which is 22.17% of Ethiopia population. Ethiopia is ranked 219th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Ethiopia in 2021 is 100.13 males per 100 females. There are 58.98 million males and 58.90 million females in Ethiopia. The percentage of female population is 49.97% compare to 50.03% male population. Ethiopia has 78.33 thousand more males than females. Ethiopia is at 130th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Ethiopia population

Year Population Growth (%)
195018,128,030-
195519,947,2911.98
196022,151,2842.26
196525,013,6342.53
197028,415,0802.76
197532,566,8552.21
198035,141,7031.9
198540,652,1463.25
199047,887,8643.49
199557,047,9063.38
200066,224,8092.92
200576,346,3102.84
201087,639,9622.82
2015100,835,4532.79
2016103,603,4612.75
2017106,399,9262.7
2018109,224,4102.65
2019112,078,7272.61
2020114,963,5832.57
2021117,876,2262.53
  • Total
  • Crude

Ethiopia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950572,419925,22231.2150.29
1955565,881962,90728.3148.27
1960555,7401,063,41625.0047.82
1965564,4941,195,42522.5147.74
1970608,0111,374,82121.2748.08
1975668,0921,560,37120.7848.57
1980762,6641,746,51321.3448.97
1985831,9061,994,64820.4548.94
1990875,0312,285,76618.1447.48
1995929,2942,637,15216.3046.24
2000932,3142,900,77414.0243.73
2005850,4763,004,75911.1339.31
2010743,0083,155,3608.4435.86
2015710,0523,396,4307.0233.63
2020724,1933,618,8496.2931.44
2021727,5163,654,9956.1630.97
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Ethiopia

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950833,89017,294,144-4.600
19551,085,99618,861,2965.465.444
19601,425,09620,726,1825.726.433
19651,897,83923,115,7875.947.587
19702,440,18125,974,8964.778.588
19753,080,70829,486,1134.239.460
19803,671,22131,593,6773.9210.410
19854,673,05036,127,2935.2811.453
19906,069,04842,017,4685.5212.621
19957,924,48349,385,3974.9113.827
20009,807,28956,730,0424.2514.740
200512,046,37364,680,7104.1215.700
201015,189,14072,513,5305.1617.319
201519,403,08780,469,9464.9019.428
202024,463,42388,295,6474.6521.695
202125,589,58289,813,7444.6022.174
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Ethiopia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 8,644,484 8,391,516 17,036,000 14.45 103.015
05-09 7,866,471 7,664,478 15,530,949 13.18 102.635
10-14 7,109,239 6,958,340 14,067,579 11.93 102.169
15-19 6,619,502 6,511,791 13,131,293 11.14 101.654
20-24 6,070,299 5,962,831 12,033,130 10.21 101.802
25-29 5,103,880 5,011,528 10,115,408 8.58 101.843
30-34 3,940,567 3,919,510 7,860,077 6.67 100.537
35-39 3,200,531 3,285,412 6,485,943 5.50 97.416
40-44 2,538,089 2,601,991 5,140,080 4.36 97.544
45-49 2,134,156 2,100,987 4,235,143 3.59 101.579
50-54 1,650,853 1,721,024 3,371,877 2.86 95.923
55-59 1,207,427 1,359,857 2,567,284 2.18 88.791
60-64 964,372 1,135,532 2,099,904 1.78 84.927
65-69 752,478 859,362 1,611,840 1.37 87.562
70-74 551,371 659,523 1,210,894 1.03 83.601
75-79 351,827 420,326 772,153 0.66 83.703
80-84 177,938 214,099 392,037 0.33 83.110
85-89 71,900 90,296 162,196 0.14 79.627
90-94 19,290 26,192 45,482 0.04 73.648
95-99 2,414 4,068 6,482 0.01 59.341
100+ 188 287 475 0.00 65.505
Total 58,977,276 58,898,950 117,876,226 100.133