Population of Ethiopia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Ethiopia is 124,446,066 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Ethiopia is projected at 117,876,227 or 117.876 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Ethiopia is projected at 114,963,588 or 114.964 million people for the year 2020. Ethiopia ranks number 12th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Ethiopia is ranked 2nd among 58 countries in Africa.

Ethiopia's population will be increased year by year. The Ethiopia population is projected to reach 144.94 million in 2030 and increase further to 205.41 million in 2050 and 294.39 million by 2100. Ethiopia accounts for 1.5 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.7% in 1965 and is projected to increase by 2.7% by 2100.

Ethiopia was at 25th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 8th in 2100.

Ethiopia population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	114,963,588	2,884,858	2.57	1.5
2021	117,876,227	2,912,639	2.53	1.5
2022	120,812,698	2,936,471	2.49	1.5
2023	123,771,390	2,958,692	2.45	1.5
2024	126,750,872	2,979,482	2.41	1.6
2025	129,749,455	2,998,583	2.37	1.6
2026	132,765,527	3,016,072	2.32	1.6
2027	135,796,649	3,031,122	2.28	1.6
2028	138,839,365	3,042,716	2.24	1.7
2029	141,889,684	3,050,319	2.20	1.7
2030	144,944,299	3,054,615	2.15	1.7
2031	148,001,186	3,056,887	2.11	1.7
2032	151,059,250	3,058,064	2.07	1.7
2033	154,117,381	3,058,131	2.02	1.8
2034	157,174,824	3,057,443	1.98	1.8
2035	160,230,922	3,056,098	1.94	1.8
2036	163,283,948	3,053,026	1.91	1.8
2037	166,332,878	3,048,930	1.87	1.8
2038	169,378,596	3,045,718	1.83	1.9
2039	172,422,732	3,044,136	1.80	1.9
2040	175,465,979	3,043,247	1.76	1.9
2041	178,507,807	3,041,828	1.73	1.9
2042	181,546,162	3,038,355	1.70	1.9
2043	184,578,312	3,032,150	1.67	2.0
2044	187,600,772	3,022,460	1.64	2.0
2045	190,610,533	3,009,761	1.60	2.0
2046	193,605,493	2,994,960	1.57	2.0
2047	196,584,360	2,978,867	1.54	2.1
2048	199,545,702	2,961,342	1.51	2.1
2049	202,488,312	2,942,610	1.47	2.1
2050	205,410,675	2,922,363	1.44	2.1
2051	208,311,249	2,900,574	1.41	2.1
2052	211,187,732	2,876,483	1.38	2.1
2053	214,036,897	2,849,165	1.35	2.2
2054	216,855,054	2,818,157	1.32	2.2
2055	219,639,098	2,784,044	1.28	2.2
2056	222,386,795	2,747,697	1.25	2.2
2057	225,096,918	2,710,123	1.22	2.2
2058	227,768,557	2,671,639	1.19	2.3
2059	230,401,280	2,632,723	1.16	2.3
2060	232,994,399	2,593,119	1.13	2.3
2061	235,546,497	2,552,098	1.10	2.3
2062	238,055,882	2,509,385	1.07	2.3
2063	240,521,350	2,465,468	1.04	2.3
2064	242,941,695	2,420,345	1.01	2.4
2065	245,315,667	2,373,972	0.98	2.4
2066	247,642,433	2,326,766	0.95	2.4
2067	249,920,677	2,278,244	0.92	2.4
2068	252,148,149	2,227,472	0.89	2.4
2069	254,322,263	2,174,114	0.86	2.4
2070	256,441,033	2,118,770	0.83	2.5
2071	258,503,140	2,062,107	0.80	2.5
2072	260,508,382	2,005,242	0.78	2.5
2073	262,457,303	1,948,921	0.75	2.5
2074	264,351,068	1,893,765	0.72	2.5
2075	266,190,460	1,839,392	0.70	2.5
2076	267,975,385	1,784,925	0.67	2.5
2077	269,705,167	1,729,782	0.65	2.5
2078	271,379,325	1,674,158	0.62	2.6
2079	272,997,218	1,617,893	0.60	2.6
2080	274,558,372	1,561,154	0.57	2.6
2081	276,062,940	1,504,568	0.55	2.6
2082	277,511,045	1,448,105	0.52	2.6
2083	278,902,259	1,391,214	0.50	2.6
2084	280,236,081	1,333,822	0.48	2.6
2085	281,512,345	1,276,264	0.46	2.6
2086	282,731,084	1,218,739	0.43	2.6
2087	283,893,095	1,162,011	0.41	2.6
2088	284,999,899	1,106,804	0.39	2.6
2089	286,053,498	1,053,599	0.37	2.6
2090	287,055,560	1,002,062	0.35	2.7
2091	288,007,161	951,601	0.33	2.7
2092	288,908,852	901,691	0.31	2.7
2093	289,760,927	852,075	0.29	2.7
2094	290,563,637	802,710	0.28	2.7
2095	291,317,470	753,833	0.26	2.7
2096	292,023,199	705,729	0.24	2.7
2097	292,681,950	658,751	0.23	2.7
2098	293,295,206	613,256	0.21	2.7
2099	293,864,789	569,583	0.19	2.7
2100	294,392,896	528,107	0.18	2.7

Ethiopia population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	18,128,034	-	-	0.7
1951	18,466,969	338,935	1.87	0.7
1952	18,819,698	352,729	1.91	0.7
1953	19,184,296	364,598	1.94	0.7
1954	19,560,014	375,718	1.96	0.7
1955	19,947,292	387,278	1.98	0.7
1956	20,347,812	400,520	2.01	0.7
1957	20,764,450	416,638	2.05	0.7
1958	21,201,036	436,586	2.10	0.7
1959	21,661,996	460,960	2.17	0.7
1960	22,151,278	489,282	2.26	0.7
1961	22,671,191	519,913	2.35	0.7
1962	23,221,389	550,198	2.43	0.7
1963	23,798,430	577,041	2.48	0.7
1964	24,397,022	598,592	2.52	0.7
1965	25,013,626	616,604	2.53	0.7
1966	25,641,044	627,418	2.51	0.8
1967	26,280,132	639,088	2.49	0.8
1968	26,944,390	664,258	2.53	0.8
1969	27,652,709	708,319	2.63	0.8
1970	28,415,077	762,368	2.76	0.8
1971	29,248,643	833,566	2.93	0.8
1972	30,140,804	892,161	3.05	0.8
1973	31,036,662	895,858	2.97	0.8
1974	31,861,352	824,690	2.66	0.8
1975	32,566,854	705,502	2.21	0.8
1976	33,128,149	561,295	1.72	0.8
1977	33,577,242	449,093	1.36	0.8
1978	33,993,301	416,059	1.24	0.8
1979	34,487,799	494,498	1.45	0.8
1980	35,141,712	653,913	1.90	0.8
1981	35,984,528	842,816	2.40	0.8
1982	36,995,248	1,010,720	2.81	0.8
1983	38,142,674	1,147,426	3.10	0.8
1984	39,374,348	1,231,674	3.23	0.8
1985	40,652,141	1,277,793	3.25	0.8
1986	41,965,693	1,313,552	3.23	0.8
1987	43,329,231	1,363,538	3.25	0.9
1988	44,757,203	1,427,972	3.30	0.9
1989	46,272,299	1,515,096	3.39	0.9
1990	47,887,865	1,615,566	3.49	0.9
1991	49,609,969	1,722,104	3.60	0.9
1992	51,423,585	1,813,616	3.66	0.9
1993	53,295,566	1,871,981	3.64	1.0
1994	55,180,998	1,885,432	3.54	1.0
1995	57,047,908	1,866,910	3.38	1.0
1996	58,883,530	1,835,622	3.22	1.0
1997	60,697,443	1,813,913	3.08	1.0
1998	62,507,724	1,810,281	2.98	1.0
1999	64,343,013	1,835,289	2.94	1.1
2000	66,224,804	1,881,791	2.92	1.1
2001	68,159,423	1,934,619	2.92	1.1
2002	70,142,091	1,982,668	2.91	1.1
2003	72,170,584	2,028,493	2.89	1.1
2004	74,239,505	2,068,921	2.87	1.1
2005	76,346,311	2,106,806	2.84	1.2
2006	78,489,206	2,142,895	2.81	1.2
2007	80,674,348	2,185,142	2.78	1.2
2008	82,916,235	2,241,887	2.78	1.2
2009	85,233,913	2,317,678	2.80	1.2
2010	87,639,964	2,406,051	2.82	1.3
2011	90,139,929	2,499,965	2.85	1.3
2012	92,726,985	2,587,056	2.87	1.3
2013	95,385,798	2,658,813	2.87	1.3
2014	98,094,265	2,708,467	2.84	1.3
2015	100,835,458	2,741,193	2.79	1.4
2016	103,603,462	2,768,004	2.75	1.4
2017	106,399,924	2,796,462	2.70	1.4
2018	109,224,414	2,824,490	2.65	1.4
2019	112,078,730	2,854,316	2.61	1.5