Ethiopia Population Pyramid 2006
Ethiopia in 2006
As of 2006, Ethiopia counted 80,703,490 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1996, the population was 59,467,636; it has grown by 35.7% since.
Half of the population was younger than 16.3 years; 47.2% were children under 15 and 2.6% were 65 or older. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Ethiopia was 3.99 births per woman in 2023, above the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 67.3 years in 2023: 70.7 for women and 64.1 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
1,136,930 immigrants live in Ethiopia, 0.9% of the population.
| South Sudan | 443,743 |
| Somalia | 389,246 |
| Eritrea | 176,860 |
| Sudan | 88,958 |
| China | 26,824 |
1,240,589 people born in Ethiopia live in other countries.
| United States of America | 363,811 |
| Saudi Arabia | 180,746 |
| Sudan | 121,969 |
| South Africa | 104,402 |
| Israel | 101,417 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 80,703,490 | 16.3 | |
| Tanzania | 40,294,903 | 17.4 | |
| Kenya | 36,904,008 | 17.5 | |
| Uganda | 28,794,004 | 15.0 | |
| Mozambique | 20,787,087 | 17.1 |





