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Ethiopia — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Ethiopia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.55%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +4.3% since 1961
Population growth for Ethiopia was 2.55% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.33% in 1991. The lowest was 0.55% in 1980 (about 4.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.07% per year.
Ethiopia ranks 24 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 11%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Ethiopia sits above it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 41% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.55%
First (1961)
2.45%
Change
+4.3%
Highest
4.33%
in 1991
Lowest
0.55%
in 1980
Average
2.84%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.07%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.55% |
| 2024 | 2.58% |
| 2023 | 2.6% |
| 2022 | 2.62% |
| 2021 | 2.67% |
| 2020 | 2.71% |
| 2019 | 2.69% |
| 2018 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 2.73% |
| 2016 | 2.71% |
| 2015 | 2.68% |
| 2014 | 2.68% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.