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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · ETH

Ethiopia

Africa · Eastern Africa

Ethiopia is recorded at 132.06m people in 2024, with total annual change of +3,409,487 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 231 · ETH

Ethiopia

ETH · ET
HOLDING
population 132.06m
annual change +3,409,487
natural change +3,379,419
fertility 3.91
migrant share 0.9%

The Slowing · peak 2100 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 1.17m

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Ethiopia in 2024
Births 4,155,828
Deaths -776,409
Natural change +3,379,419
Net migration +30,069
Total change +3,409,487
time anchors

+235,229,829

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Ethiopia
This year +3,409,487
Since peak -235,229,829 since 2100
Projected 2100 367.29m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

0.9%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 128.69m

Ethiopia 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 50.66m, ages 15-64 73.95m, ages 65+ 4.08m.

0-14
50.66m
15-64
73.95m
65+
4.08m
2050 2050 225.02m

Ethiopia 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 67.59m, ages 15-64 145.38m, ages 65+ 12.05m.

0-14
67.59m
15-64
145.38m
65+
12.05m
2100 2100 367.29m

Ethiopia 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 70.36m, ages 15-64 233.06m, ages 65+ 63.88m.

0-14
70.36m
15-64
233.06m
65+
63.88m
stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

not reached

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

17.87

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 132.06m 3,409,487 4.16m 776.4k 3.91
2030 152.86m 3,521,886 4.33m 836.0k 3.43
2050 225.02m 3,632,143 4.79m 1.18m 2.55
2080 323.24m 2,667,456 4.84m 2.16m 2.03
2100 367.29m 1,777,089 4.63m 2.99m 1.88