Demographics of Ethiopia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date14 Apr 2024

There are 65.14 million males and 64.58 million females in Ethiopia. The percentage of the male population is 50.21%, compared to 49.79% of the female population. Ethiopia has 556k more males than females. The sex ratio in Ethiopia in 2024 will be 100.860 males per 100 females. Ethiopia is in the 169th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Ethiopia population

Year Population Growth (%)
195017,709,9512.18
195519,703,7382.12
196021,739,7102.42
196524,727,5062.71
197028,308,2462.79
197532,252,7832.34
198034,945,4690.29
198540,285,9652.81
199047,878,0733.61
199557,476,5363.23
200067,031,8672.90
200577,469,9402.82
201089,237,7912.84
2015102,471,8952.68
2020117,190,9112.65
2021120,283,0262.56
2022123,379,9242.52
2023126,527,0602.51
2024129,719,7192.47
  • Total
  • Crude

Ethiopia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950493,657874,71127.87749.395
1955506,602934,48525.70147.409
1960507,6701,031,96123.34947.462
1965540,9381,193,39421.87848.267
1970617,6731,399,01921.81849.418
1975803,1471,600,73324.88149.589
1980760,7361,764,38221.48749.835
19851,077,4832,051,87626.79151.019
1990957,4172,389,49020.05550.052
1995970,2532,736,87416.89247.648
2000989,7142,984,41514.75844.501
2005947,5643,177,44112.22640.997
2010802,9493,258,5139.00136.528
2015738,6263,425,2597.20833.428
2020775,3343,841,5656.61632.780
2021815,2123,895,7346.77632.383
2022801,7773,928,4456.49731.835
2023773,2043,964,8066.11031.330
2024764,4913,982,2055.89330.695
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Ethiopia

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950833,89017,294,1444.600
19551,085,99618,861,2965.444
19601,425,09620,726,1826.433
19651,897,83923,115,7877.587
19702,440,18125,974,8968.588
19753,080,70829,486,1139.460
19803,671,22131,593,67710.410
19854,673,05036,127,29311.453
19906,069,04842,017,46812.621
19957,924,48349,385,39713.827
20009,807,28956,730,04214.740
200512,046,37364,680,71015.700
201015,189,14072,513,53017.319
201519,403,08780,469,94619.428
202024,463,42388,295,64721.695
202125,589,58289,813,74422.174
202226,755,04291,310,18322.661
202327,959,89492,781,43023.157
202429,204,01594,223,60223.661
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  • Gender ratio

Ethiopia population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 9,608,335 9,187,734 18,796,070 14.49 104.578
05-09 8,510,947 8,189,850 16,700,797 12.87 103.921
10-14 7,663,413 7,405,340 15,068,753 11.62 103.485
15-19 7,196,029 6,990,794 14,186,824 10.94 102.936
20-24 6,432,309 6,311,203 12,743,512 9.82 101.919
25-29 5,575,015 5,497,257 11,072,272 8.54 101.414
30-34 4,702,100 4,649,730 9,351,829 7.21 101.126
35-39 3,805,405 3,773,247 7,578,652 5.84 100.852
40-44 2,918,300 2,939,553 5,857,854 4.52 99.277
45-49 2,343,227 2,437,304 4,780,531 3.69 96.140
50-54 1,866,312 1,993,646 3,859,958 2.98 93.613
55-59 1,504,013 1,643,584 3,147,597 2.43 91.508
60-64 1,146,650 1,279,622 2,426,272 1.87 89.608
65-69 787,596 907,760 1,695,357 1.31 86.763
70-74 535,063 645,586 1,180,649 0.91 82.880
75-79 329,661 418,392 748,053 0.58 78.792
80-84 153,236 212,194 365,429 0.28 72.215
85-89 49,370 77,572 126,942 0.10 63.644
90-94 9,664 18,878 28,542 0.02 51.192
95-99 991 2,601 3,591 0.00 38.101
100+ 54 181 236 0.00 29.834
Total 65,137,690 64,582,028 129,719,720 100.860