Ethiopia - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Ethiopia was 114,963,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 114,963,600 in 2020 and a minimum value of 22,151,280 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 22,151,280
1961 22,671,190
1962 23,221,380
1963 23,798,420
1964 24,397,010
1965 25,013,630
1966 25,641,040
1967 26,280,140
1968 26,944,390
1969 27,652,720
1970 28,415,080
1971 29,248,650
1972 30,140,800
1973 31,036,670
1974 31,861,350
1975 32,566,860
1976 33,128,150
1977 33,577,240
1978 33,993,300
1979 34,487,810
1980 35,141,700
1981 35,984,530
1982 36,995,250
1983 38,142,680
1984 39,374,340
1985 40,652,140
1986 41,965,700
1987 43,329,240
1988 44,757,200
1989 46,272,310
1990 47,887,860
1991 49,609,980
1992 51,423,590
1993 53,295,560
1994 55,180,990
1995 57,047,900
1996 58,883,530
1997 60,697,440
1998 62,507,720
1999 64,343,010
2000 66,224,810
2001 68,159,420
2002 70,142,090
2003 72,170,580
2004 74,239,500
2005 76,346,310
2006 78,489,210
2007 80,674,340
2008 82,916,240
2009 85,233,920
2010 87,639,960
2011 90,139,930
2012 92,726,980
2013 95,385,790
2014 98,094,260
2015 100,835,500
2016 103,603,500
2017 106,399,900
2018 109,224,400
2019 112,078,700
2020 114,963,600

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population