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🇪🇹 Ethiopia vs 🇩🇪 Germany

Ethiopia has 52M more people — 135,472,051 against 83,491,249. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia
135,472,051
Africa · rank #10 · +2.55%
World Bank, 2025
🇩🇪 Germany
83,491,249
Europe · rank #19 · −0.03%
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.
IndicatorEthiopiaGermany
Population135,472,05110th of 24083,491,24919th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+2.55%26th of 240−0.03%190th of 240
Population Density/km²114/km²102nd of 240238/km²63rd of 240
Land Areakm²1,128,499 km²25th of 240349,430 km²64th of 240
Urban Population24.1%226th of 24082.1%60th of 240
GDP per Capita$933226th of 240$60,49625th of 240
GDP Growth+9.8%6th of 210+0.2%190th of 210
Life Expectancyyears67.6 years192nd of 24080.8 years56th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman3.91 births per woman28th of 2401.36 births per woman205th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00031.5 per 1,00024th of 2138.1 per 1,000185th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.9 per 1,000161st of 21312.1 per 1,00016th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births34.5 per 1,000 live births36th of 1943.1 per 1,000 live births166th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.3%134th of 1863.7%124th of 186
Inflation Rate13.2%19th of 1912.2%124th of 191
Poverty Rate33.1%48th of 16414.8%124th of 164
Gini Index31.1128th of 17033.7101st of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP182nd of 19212.3% of GDP9th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.14 per 1,000188th of 2064.53 per 1,00015th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.33 per 1,000192nd of 1997.55 per 1,00010th of 199
Literacy Rate60.5%155th of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.3% of GDP174th of 2025.2% of GDP54th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary33.9% gross, secondary197th of 207100.2% gross, secondary63rd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption90.6% of final consumption7th of 21117.6% of final consumption115th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.9% of land area140th of 21132.7% of land area100th of 211
Internet Penetration21.9%189th of 21193.5%42nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people65.1 per 100 people186th of 212129.2 per 100 people61st of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births195 per 100,000 live births37th of 1934 per 100,000 live births172nd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.65% of GDP145th of 1631.89% of GDP74th of 163
Protected Areasof land area17.0% of land area107th of 21139.2% of land area18th of 211
Median Ageyears19.1 years210th of 24045.5 years20th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears3.0 years148th of 14813.1 years6th of 148
Human Development Index0.497179th of 1920.9595th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.99/ 10145th of 1646.88/ 1017th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.14 tonnes per capita205th of 2126.77 tonnes per capita43rd of 212
Obesity Rate2.5%197th of 19824.5%99th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

EthiopiaGermany
050M100M150M200M250M300M350M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Ethiopia and Germany population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Ethiopia195017.7M
Ethiopia197531.7M
Ethiopia200067.4M
Ethiopia2025135.5M
Ethiopia2050225M
Ethiopia2075309.1M
Ethiopia2100367.3M
Germany195069.8M
Germany197578.7M
Germany200081.8M
Germany202584.1M
Germany205078.3M
Germany207572.8M
Germany210070.9M

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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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