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Ethiopia: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
135 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.6%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.7%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
2031156.0Forecast
2030153.5Forecast
2029149.5Forecast
2028146.5Forecast
2027142.5Forecast
2026139.5Forecast
2025135.5
2024132.1
2023128.7
2022125.4
2021122.1
2020118.9
2019115.7
2018112.7
2017109.7
2016106.7

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1960–2014
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2022
  • United Nations1990–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2022–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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