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🇪🇹 Ethiopia vs 🇲🇽 Mexico

Ethiopia has 3.53M more people — 135,472,051 against 131,946,900. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia
135,472,051
Africa · rank #10 · +2.55%
World Bank, 2025
🇲🇽 Mexico
131,946,900
North America · rank #11 · +0.83%
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.
IndicatorEthiopiaMexico
Population135,472,05110th of 240131,946,90011th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+2.55%26th of 240+0.83%119th of 240
Population Density/km²114/km²102nd of 24067/km²148th of 240
Land Areakm²1,128,499 km²25th of 2401,943,950 km²13th of 240
Urban Population24.1%226th of 24080.0%66th of 240
GDP per Capita$933226th of 240$13,889109th of 240
GDP Growth+9.8%6th of 210+0.6%184th of 210
Life Expectancyyears67.6 years192nd of 24075.3 years123rd of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman3.91 births per woman28th of 2401.89 births per woman120th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00031.5 per 1,00024th of 21315.5 per 1,000102nd of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.9 per 1,000161st of 2136.2 per 1,000148th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births34.5 per 1,000 live births36th of 19412.1 per 1,000 live births100th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.3%134th of 1862.7%159th of 186
Inflation Rate13.2%19th of 1913.8%72nd of 191
Poverty Rate33.1%48th of 16429.6%55th of 164
Gini Index31.1128th of 17042.631st of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP182nd of 1925.5% of GDP117th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.14 per 1,000188th of 2062.59 per 1,00074th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.33 per 1,000192nd of 1991.01 per 1,000155th of 199
Literacy Rate60.5%155th of 17595.6%81st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.3% of GDP174th of 2024.1% of GDP107th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary33.9% gross, secondary197th of 207103.1% gross, secondary49th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption90.6% of final consumption7th of 21113.0% of final consumption127th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.9% of land area140th of 21133.6% of land area96th of 211
Internet Penetration21.9%189th of 21183.1%93rd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people65.1 per 100 people186th of 212116.5 per 100 people101st of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births195 per 100,000 live births37th of 19342 per 100,000 live births99th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.65% of GDP145th of 1630.89% of GDP132nd of 163
Protected Areasof land area17.0% of land area107th of 21115.3% of land area123rd of 211
Median Ageyears19.1 years210th of 24029.6 years141st of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears3.0 years148th of 14810.2 years64th of 148
Human Development Index0.497179th of 1920.78980th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.99/ 10145th of 1646.97/ 1013th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.14 tonnes per capita205th of 2123.52 tonnes per capita100th of 212
Obesity Rate2.5%197th of 19837.4%30th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

EthiopiaMexico
050M100M150M200M250M300M350M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Ethiopia and Mexico population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Ethiopia195017.7M
Ethiopia197531.7M
Ethiopia200067.4M
Ethiopia2025135.5M
Ethiopia2050225M
Ethiopia2075309.1M
Ethiopia2100367.3M
Mexico195027.6M
Mexico197559M
Mexico200098.6M
Mexico2025131.9M
Mexico2050148.9M
Mexico2075146.2M
Mexico2100130.2M

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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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