World population/Ethiopia
Africa
Population of Ethiopia
138,902,185
Growing by 0.11 people every second
#10
world rank
1.67%
of world population
+2.49%
yearly change
+3,462,618
people this year
4,213,081
births a year
795,185
deaths a year
How the figure for Ethiopia is worked out
The United Nations puts the population of Ethiopia at 138,902,185 on 1 July 2026, and projects 142,364,803 for 1 July 2027. The counter above moves steadily between those two published points, which works out at about 0.11 people added every second.
That places Ethiopia number 10 of the 237 countries and areas the United Nations reports, holding 1.67 per cent of everyone alive, and among the largest of the 58 entries in Africa.
Underneath that single number sit roughly 4,213,081 births and 795,185 deaths a year. The gap between them is natural increase; the difference between natural increase and the change in total population is migration.
None of this is counted in real time. No country registers births and deaths as they happen and publishes them to the second. The seconds ticking above are arithmetic between two annual reference points, and the broad figure is far more reliable than its final digits.
Other countries in Africa
Ranked by population.