Egypt vs Ethiopia
Ethiopia has 14% more people than Egypt: 135,472,051 vs 118,365,995, a gap of 17.1 million. Ethiopia is growing faster (+2.55% vs +1.56% a year), adding about 3,455,994 people a year against +1,841,995. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Egypt is the older society: 5.3% aged 65+ against 3.3% in Ethiopia, while Ethiopia has more children (38.8% under 15 vs 31.6%). People in Egypt live 4.2 years longer on average (71.8 vs 67.6). GDP per capita is 3.3× higher in Egypt ($3,086 vs $933).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Egypt) and 2025 (Ethiopia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Egypt vs Ethiopia — side by side
 Egypt |  Ethiopia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 118,365,9952025 | 135,472,0512025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.56%2025 | +2.55%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 20.92024 | 31.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.52024 | 5.92024 |
| Children per woman | 2.732024 | 3.912024 |
| Life expectancy | 71.8 yrs2024 | 67.6 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 31.6%2025 | 38.8%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 5.3%2025 | 3.3%2025 |
| Density | 115.1 /km²2023 | 114.0 /km²2023 |
| Area | 1,001,450 km²2023 | 1,136,240 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 42.9%2025 | 24.1%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -57,3052025 | +24,0542025 |
| GDP per capita | $3,0862025 | $9332025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #13 | #10 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 1.44% | 1.65% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Egypt: 4.4× from 1960 to 2025; Ethiopia: 6.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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