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🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ETH
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ET
UN M49 numeric231
IOC codeETH
Official nameFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Native name(s)amh: official: የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ; common: ኢትዮጵያ
Alt spellingsET, ʾĪtyōṗṗyā, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalAddis Ababa
Area (km²)1,104,300
Lat / Lng8.0000, 38.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)DJI, ERI, KEN, SOM, SSD, SDN
Top-level domain.et
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 51

Demographics

Population (World Bank)135,472,051 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)67.603 (2024)
Languagesamh: Amharic
Demonymseng: f: Ethiopian; m: Ethiopian; fra: f: Éthiopienne; m: Éthiopien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)126,358,758,448.356 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)932.729 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.323 (2025)
CurrenciesETB: name: Ethiopian birr; symbol: Br

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195017,670,412
195117,989,061
195218,326,173
195318,674,776
195419,038,035
195519,419,770
195619,818,885
195720,173,739
195820,480,285
195920,878,105
196021,376,693
196121,906,102
196222,465,126
196323,051,637
196423,666,548
196524,310,612
196624,952,689
196725,620,276
196826,337,930
196927,072,571
197027,829,128
197128,600,106
197229,374,608
197330,166,785
197430,957,273
197531,723,252
197632,534,418
197733,167,272
197833,734,592
197934,238,652
198034,428,514
198135,304,012
198236,701,290
198337,740,817
198438,735,722
198539,842,136
198641,037,656
198742,460,039
198844,150,825
198945,879,690
199047,609,755
199149,717,198
199251,853,747
199353,708,891
199455,611,508
199557,537,335
199659,467,635
199761,404,539
199863,363,524
199965,374,561
200067,411,494
200169,487,762
200271,635,517
200373,832,663
200476,077,206
200578,367,470
200680,703,490
200783,103,217
200885,543,668
200988,007,636
201090,538,514
201193,149,970
201295,798,767
201398,438,751
2014101,115,610
2015103,867,135
2016106,718,162
2017109,666,481
2018112,664,152
2019115,737,383
2020118,917,671
2021122,138,588
2022125,384,287
2023128,691,692

Full raw record (JSON)

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    "የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ"
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      "official": "Etiopská federativní demokratická republika",
      "common": "Etiopie"
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      "common": "Äthiopien"
    },
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      "official": "جمهوری فدرال دموکراتیک اتیوپی",
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    "zho": {
      "official": "埃塞俄比亚联邦民主共和国",
      "common": "埃塞俄比亚"
    }
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          "official": "የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ",
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      "ʾĪtyōṗṗyā",
      "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia",
      "የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ"
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