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🇪🇹 Ethiopia vs 🇺🇸 United States

United States has 206.3M more people — 341,784,857 against 135,472,051. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia
135,472,051
Africa · rank #10 · +2.55%
World Bank, 2025
🇺🇸 United States
341,784,857
North America · rank #3 · +0.52%
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.
IndicatorEthiopiaUnited States
Population135,472,05110th of 240341,784,8573rd of 240
Annual Growth Rate+2.55%26th of 240+0.52%143rd of 240
Population Density/km²114/km²102nd of 24037/km²180th of 240
Land Areakm²1,128,499 km²25th of 2409,147,420 km²3rd of 240
Urban Population24.1%226th of 24080.2%65th of 240
GDP per Capita$933226th of 240$90,02712th of 240
GDP Growth+9.8%6th of 210+2.2%136th of 210
Life Expectancyyears67.6 years192nd of 24078.9 years75th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman3.91 births per woman28th of 2401.63 births per woman148th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00031.5 per 1,00024th of 21310.6 per 1,000143rd of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.9 per 1,000161st of 2139.0 per 1,00060th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births34.5 per 1,000 live births36th of 1945.5 per 1,000 live births141st of 194
Unemployment Rate3.3%134th of 1864.2%117th of 186
Inflation Rate13.2%19th of 1913.0%96th of 191
Poverty Rate33.1%48th of 16411.4%141st of 164
Gini Index31.1128th of 17041.836th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.8% of GDP182nd of 19216.7% of GDP3rd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.14 per 1,000188th of 2063.68 per 1,00039th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.33 per 1,000192nd of 1992.68 per 1,00084th of 199
Literacy Rate60.5%155th of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.3% of GDP174th of 2025.4% of GDP43rd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary33.9% gross, secondary197th of 20797.5% gross, secondary74th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption90.6% of final consumption7th of 21110.9% of final consumption142nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area14.9% of land area140th of 21133.9% of land area95th of 211
Internet Penetration21.9%189th of 21194.7%31st of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people65.1 per 100 people186th of 212113.2 per 100 people110th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births195 per 100,000 live births37th of 19317 per 100,000 live births127th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.65% of GDP145th of 1633.42% of GDP24th of 163
Protected Areasof land area17.0% of land area107th of 21112.9% of land area140th of 211
Median Ageyears19.1 years210th of 24038.5 years79th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears3.0 years148th of 14813.3 years4th of 148
Human Development Index0.497179th of 1920.93817th of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.99/ 10145th of 1646.82/ 1023rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita0.14 tonnes per capita205th of 21214.20 tonnes per capita12th of 212
Obesity Rate2.5%197th of 19841.8%18th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

EthiopiaUnited States
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Ethiopia and United States population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Ethiopia195017.7M
Ethiopia197531.7M
Ethiopia200067.4M
Ethiopia2025135.5M
Ethiopia2050225M
Ethiopia2075309.1M
Ethiopia2100367.3M
United States1950154.2M
United States1975219.1M
United States2000281.5M
United States2025347.3M
United States2050380.8M
United States2075402.9M
United States2100421.3M

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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