Ethiopia
Urban population in Ethiopia
Urban population in Ethiopia: 5.9% in 1950 and 24.1% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 24.1%
- Since 1950
- +18.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 217 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 33.9%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 33.9% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Ethiopia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.1 |
| 2024 | 23.6 |
| 2023 | 23.1 |
| 2022 | 22.7 |
| 2021 | 22.1 |
| 2020 | 21.6 |
| 2019 | 21.3 |
| 2018 | 20.8 |
| 2017 | 20.3 |
| 2016 | 19.9 |
| 2015 | 19.5 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2013 | 18.6 |
| 2012 | 18.2 |
| 2011 | 17.9 |
| 2010 | 17.5 |
| 2009 | 17.2 |
| 2008 | 16.8 |
| 2007 | 16.1 |
| 2006 | 16.2 |
| 2005 | 16 |
| 2004 | 15.8 |
| 2003 | 15.5 |
| 2002 | 15.3 |
| 2001 | 15.1 |
| 2000 | 14.9 |
| 1999 | 14.7 |
| 1998 | 14.5 |
| 1997 | 14.3 |
| 1996 | 14.1 |
| 1995 | 13.9 |
| 1994 | 13.7 |
| 1993 | 13.5 |
| 1992 | 13.3 |
| 1991 | 13 |
| 1990 | 12.8 |
| 1989 | 12.5 |
| 1988 | 12.2 |
| 1987 | 11.9 |
| 1986 | 11.7 |
| 1985 | 11.4 |
| 1984 | 11.2 |
| 1983 | 11 |
| 1982 | 10.8 |
| 1981 | 10.6 |
| 1980 | 10.4 |
| 1979 | 10.2 |
| 1978 | 10 |
| 1977 | 9.8 |
| 1976 | 9.6 |
| 1975 | 9.4 |
| 1974 | 9.2 |
| 1973 | 9.1 |
| 1972 | 8.9 |
| 1971 | 8.7 |
| 1970 | 8.6 |
| 1969 | 8.4 |
| 1968 | 8.3 |
| 1967 | 8.1 |
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1965 | 7.8 |
| 1964 | 7.7 |
| 1963 | 7.5 |
| 1962 | 7.4 |
| 1961 | 7.2 |
| 1960 | 7.1 |
| 1959 | 7 |
| 1958 | 6.8 |
| 1957 | 6.7 |
| 1956 | 6.6 |
| 1955 | 6.5 |
| 1954 | 6.4 |
| 1953 | 6.3 |
| 1952 | 6.1 |
| 1951 | 6 |
| 1950 | 5.9 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Ethiopia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 24.6 |
| 2027 | 25.1 |
| 2028 | 25.6 |
| 2029 | 26 |
| 2030 | 26.5 |
| 2031 | 27 |
| 2032 | 27.4 |
| 2033 | 27.9 |
| 2034 | 28.3 |
| 2035 | 28.7 |
| 2036 | 29.2 |
| 2037 | 29.6 |
| 2038 | 30 |
| 2039 | 30.4 |
| 2040 | 30.8 |
| 2041 | 31.1 |
| 2042 | 31.5 |
| 2043 | 31.8 |
| 2044 | 32.2 |
| 2045 | 32.5 |
| 2046 | 32.8 |
| 2047 | 33.1 |
| 2048 | 33.4 |
| 2049 | 33.6 |
| 2050 | 33.9 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Ethiopia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$785M in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel138,000 people in 2020
- National power0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports17 million TIV in 1997