Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Ethiopia

Population aged 15–64 in Ethiopia in 2025 — 78,471,564 people. Ranked 11 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 568.1%.

2025 78.47M people +2.97% vs 2024
World rank 11of 217
Period maximum 78.47M people2025
Period minimum 11.74M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Ethiopia, 1960–2025020M40M60M80M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11,744,951 people1962: 12,376,842 people1964: 13,012,907 people1966: 13,576,893 people1968: 14,146,863 people1970: 14,754,708 people1972: 15,355,046 people1974: 16,029,385 people1976: 16,739,106 people1978: 17,250,063 people1980: 17,524,984 people1982: 18,625,540 people1984: 19,775,719 people1986: 21,065,937 people1988: 22,627,855 people1990: 24,304,734 people1992: 26,470,493 people1994: 28,218,730 people1996: 29,997,343 people1998: 31,674,173 people2000: 33,460,764 people2002: 35,520,384 people2004: 37,874,733 people2006: 40,452,760 people2008: 43,385,074 people2010: 46,669,637 people2012: 50,357,819 people2014: 54,265,594 people2016: 58,423,767 people2018: 62,759,279 people2020: 67,164,933 people2022: 71,681,922 people2024: 76,211,823 people2025: 78,471,564 people
Change over the period: +66.73M (+568.13%) Average annual rate: 2.97 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ethiopia

Ethiopia 78.47M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Eastern Africa computed 290M people
Low-income countries computed 441M people
Population aged 15–64 — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 78.47M +2.26M +2.97%
2024 76.21M +2.26M +3.06%
2023 73.95M +2.27M +3.16%
2022 71.68M +2.26M +3.25%
2021 69.43M +2.26M +3.37%
2020 67.16M +2.24M +3.44%
2019 64.93M +2.17M +3.46%
2018 62.76M +2.17M +3.57%
2017 60.59M +2.17M +3.71%
2016 58.42M +2.11M +3.75%
2015 56.31M +2.04M +3.77%
2014 54.27M +1.98M +3.79%
2013 52.28M +1.93M +3.83%
2012 50.36M +1.88M +3.89%
2011 48.47M +1.8M +3.87%
2010 46.67M +1.7M +3.77%
2009 44.97M +1.59M +3.66%
2008 43.39M +1.51M +3.6%
2007 41.88M +1.42M +3.52%
2006 40.45M +1.32M +3.38%
2005 39.13M +1.26M +3.31%
2004 37.87M +1.2M +3.28%
2003 36.67M +1.15M +3.24%
2002 35.52M +1.08M +3.13%
2001 34.44M +981,042 +2.93%
2000 33.46M +914,965 +2.81%
1999 32.55M +871,626 +2.75%
1998 31.67M +831,952 +2.7%
1997 30.84M +844,878 +2.82%
1996 30M +882,388 +3.03%
1995 29.11M +896,225 +3.18%
1994 28.22M +883,001 +3.23%
1993 27.34M +865,236 +3.27%
1992 26.47M +1.08M +4.26%
1991 25.39M +1.08M +4.46%
1990 24.3M +833,945 +3.55%
1989 23.47M +842,934 +3.73%
1988 22.63M +832,092 +3.82%
1987 21.8M +729,826 +3.46%
1986 21.07M +657,807 +3.22%
1985 20.41M +632,411 +3.2%
1984 19.78M +587,142 +3.06%
1983 19.19M +563,037 +3.02%
1982 18.63M +690,848 +3.85%
1981 17.93M +409,708 +2.34%
1980 17.52M +58,204 +0.33%
1979 17.47M +216,717 +1.26%
1978 17.25M +244,649 +1.44%
1977 17.01M +266,308 +1.59%
1976 16.74M +358,795 +2.19%
1975 16.38M +350,926 +2.19%
1974 16.03M +350,799 +2.24%
1973 15.68M +323,540 +2.11%
1972 15.36M +298,975 +1.99%
1971 15.06M +301,363 +2.04%
1970 14.75M +307,412 +2.13%
1969 14.45M +300,433 +2.12%
1968 14.15M +292,804 +2.11%
1967 13.85M +277,166 +2.04%
1966 13.58M +269,671 +2.03%
1965 13.31M +294,315 +2.26%
1964 13.01M +314,784 +2.48%
1963 12.7M +321,281 +2.6%
1962 12.38M +322,701 +2.68%
1961 12.05M +309,190 +2.63%
1960 11.74M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.