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🇪🇬 Egypt vs 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Ethiopia has 17.1M more people — 135,472,051 against 118,365,995. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇬 Egypt
118,365,995
Africa · rank #13 · +1.56%
World Bank, 2025
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
135,472,051
Africa · rank #10 · +2.55%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorEgyptEthiopia
Population118,365,99513th of 240135,472,05110th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.56%73rd of 240+2.55%26th of 240
Population Density/km²115/km²101st of 240114/km²102nd of 240
Land Areakm²995,450 km²29th of 2401,128,499 km²25th of 240
Urban Population42.9%183rd of 24024.1%226th of 240
GDP per Capita$3,086185th of 240$933226th of 240
GDP Growth+4.4%68th of 210+9.8%6th of 210
Life Expectancyyears71.8 years160th of 24067.6 years192nd of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.74 births per woman65th of 2403.91 births per woman28th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.9 per 1,00068th of 21331.5 per 1,00024th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.5 per 1,000174th of 2135.9 per 1,000161st of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births20.8 per 1,000 live births67th of 19434.5 per 1,000 live births36th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.8%65th of 1863.3%134th of 186
Inflation Rate14.1%16th of 19113.2%19th of 191
Poverty Rate33.5%46th of 16433.1%48th of 164
Gini Index28.5148th of 17031.1128th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP4.9% of GDP128th of 1922.8% of GDP182nd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.67 per 1,000144th of 2060.14 per 1,000188th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.06 per 1,000151st of 1990.33 per 1,000192nd of 199
Literacy Rate79.5%125th of 17560.5%155th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.8% of GDP117th of 2022.3% of GDP174th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary84.8% gross, secondary131st of 20733.9% gross, secondary197th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption6.1% of final consumption164th of 21190.6% of final consumption7th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area0.0% of land area205th of 21114.9% of land area140th of 211
Internet Penetration74.6%122nd of 21121.9%189th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people97.1 per 100 people145th of 21265.1 per 100 people186th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births17 per 100,000 live births127th of 193195 per 100,000 live births37th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.67% of GDP144th of 1630.65% of GDP145th of 163
Protected Areasof land area13.1% of land area138th of 21117.0% of land area107th of 211
Median Ageyears24.5 years174th of 24019.1 years210th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years103rd of 1483.0 years148th of 148
Human Development Index0.75499th of 1920.497179th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.86/ 10149th of 1643.99/ 10145th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.22 tonnes per capita127th of 2120.14 tonnes per capita205th of 212
Obesity Rate42.8%14th of 1982.5%197th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

EgyptEthiopia
050M100M150M200M250M300M350M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Egypt and Ethiopia population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Egypt195021.1M
Egypt197538.9M
Egypt200073.1M
Egypt2025118.4M
Egypt2050161.6M
Egypt2075190.5M
Egypt2100201.9M
Ethiopia195017.7M
Ethiopia197531.7M
Ethiopia200067.4M
Ethiopia2025135.5M
Ethiopia2050225M
Ethiopia2075309.1M
Ethiopia2100367.3M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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