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🇪🇹 Ethiopia vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

Ethiopia has 49.6M more people — 135,472,051 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia
135,472,051
Africa · rank #10 · +2.55%
World Bank, 2025
🇹🇷 Turkey
85,878,556
Asia · rank #18 · +0.42%
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.
IndicatorEthiopiaTurkey
Population135,472,05110th of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+2.55%26th of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²114/km²102nd of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²1,128,499 km²25th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population24.1%226th of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$933226th of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+9.8%6th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears67.6 years192nd of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman3.91 births per woman28th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00031.5 per 1,00024th of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.9 per 1,000161st of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births34.5 per 1,000 live births36th of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.3%134th of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate13.2%19th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate33.1%48th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index31.1128th of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP182nd of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.14 per 1,000188th of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.33 per 1,000192nd of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate60.5%155th of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.3% of GDP174th of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary33.9% gross, secondary197th of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption90.6% of final consumption7th of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.9% of land area140th of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration21.9%189th of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people65.1 per 100 people186th of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births195 per 100,000 live births37th of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.65% of GDP145th of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area17.0% of land area107th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears19.1 years210th of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears3.0 years148th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.497179th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.99/ 10145th of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.14 tonnes per capita205th of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate2.5%197th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

EthiopiaTurkey
050M100M150M200M250M300M350M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Ethiopia and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Ethiopia195017.7M
Ethiopia197531.7M
Ethiopia200067.4M
Ethiopia2025135.5M
Ethiopia2050225M
Ethiopia2075309.1M
Ethiopia2100367.3M
Turkey195021M
Turkey197541.1M
Turkey200065.4M
Turkey202587.7M
Turkey205091.3M
Turkey207581.6M
Turkey210065.3M

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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