🇪🇹Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Africa

Low income

ETH

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Population

135.5M

2.6%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.91

births/woman

Life Expectancy

67.6y

GDP / capita

$932.7

Pop. Growth

2.55%

Net Migration

24.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Ethiopia by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇸South Sudan443.7K(39.0%)

13×

🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.389.2K(34.2%)

+349%

🇪🇷

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male67.9MTotal 135.5M67.6MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

8.5

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇸🇩Sudan89K(7.8%)

16×

🇨🇳China26.8K(2.4%)

−21%

🇰🇪Kenya5.6K(0.5%)

+28%

🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.2.5K(0.2%)

228×

🇩🇯Djibouti1.4K(0.1%)

+73%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.1K(0.1%)

+123%

🇧🇮Burundi130(0.0%)

+34%

🇺🇬Uganda18(0.0%)

−50%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Ethiopia diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Ethiopia who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇸United States363.8K(29.3%)

+113%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia180.7K(14.6%)

+169%

🇸🇩Sudan122K(9.8%)

+66%

🇿🇦South Africa104.4K(8.4%)

+369%

🇮🇱Israel101.4K(8.2%)

+24%

🇱🇧Lebanon50.4K(4.1%)

−2%

🇨🇦Canada46.4K(3.7%)

+90%

🇰🇪Kenya30.4K(2.4%)

−14%

🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.29K(2.3%)

+11%

🇮🇹Italy25.4K(2.0%)

+8%

🇸🇪Sweden24.6K(2.0%)

+83%

🇳🇱Netherlands22.6K(1.8%)

+161%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024