Total population

126,527,060 (persons) in 2023

In 2023, population for Ethiopia was 126 million persons. Over the last 50 years, population of Ethiopia grew substantially from 31.5 million to 126 million persons rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 4.30% in 1991 and then decreased to 2.55% in 2023.

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Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Date Value Change, %
2023 126,527,060 2.55%
2022 123,379,924 2.57%
2021 120,283,026 2.64%
2020 117,190,911 2.69%
2019 114,120,594 2.69%
2018 111,129,438 2.71%
2017 108,197,950 2.76%
2016 105,293,228 2.75%
2015 102,471,895 2.73%
2014 99,746,766 2.74%
2013 97,084,366 2.79%
2012 94,451,280