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Ethiopia: area, population and density
Ethiopia has 1,128,499 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 135,472,051; calculated population density is 120 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Ethiopia ranks 25th of 196 by land area, 10th by population and 77th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 1,128,499 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 135,472,051World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 120 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Ethiopia in the country comparison set
Ethiopia has 1,128,499 sq km of land area and a population value of 135,472,051 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 25th by land area, 10th by population, and 77th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Ethiopia first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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