Ethiopia - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Ethiopia was 24,941,350 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,941,350 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1,424,992 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 1,424,992
1961 1,507,634
1962 1,596,238
1963 1,690,640
1964 1,791,228
1965 1,897,784
1966 2,010,258
1967 2,128,691
1968 2,225,606
1969 2,328,912
1970 2,440,287
1971 2,561,012
1972 2,690,971
1973 2,824,958
1974 2,956,415
1975 3,080,824
1976 3,194,879
1977 3,300,643
1978 3,406,129
1979 3,522,585
1980 3,658,251
1981 3,817,959
1982 4,000,296
1983 4,203,323
1984 4,422,527
1985 4,655,890
1986 4,901,174
1987 5,160,079
1988 5,434,867
1989 5,728,512
1990 6,043,927
1991 6,383,316
1992 6,744,718
1993 7,125,616
1994 7,519,514
1995 7,888,014
1996 8,247,227
1997 8,610,539
1998 8,981,735
1999 9,363,838
2000 9,761,537
2001 10,174,160
2002 10,604,080
2003 11,049,320
2004 11,510,090
2005 11,986,370
2006 12,479,000
2007 13,001,480
2008 13,689,470
2009 14,413,060
2010 15,178,370
2011 15,986,320
2012 16,839,220
2013 17,717,910
2014 18,635,950
2015 19,590,310
2016 20,581,860
2017 21,609,820
2018 22,678,260
2019 23,788,710
2020 24,941,350

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Ethiopia was 21.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.70 in 2020, while its lowest value was 6.43 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6.43
1961 6.65
1962 6.87
1963 7.10
1964 7.34
1965 7.59
1966 7.84
1967 8.10
1968 8.26
1969 8.42
1970 8.59
1971 8.76
1972 8.93
1973 9.10
1974 9.28
1975 9.46
1976 9.64
1977 9.83
1978 10.02
1979 10.21
1980 10.41
1981 10.61
1982 10.81
1983 11.02
1984 11.23
1985 11.45
1986 11.68
1987 11.91
1988 12.14
1989 12.38
1990 12.62
1991 12.87
1992 13.12
1993 13.37
1994 13.63
1995 13.83
1996 14.01
1997 14.19
1998 14.37
1999 14.55
2000 14.74
2001 14.93
2002 15.12
2003 15.31
2004 15.50
2005 15.70
2006 15.90
2007 16.12
2008 16.51
2009 16.91
2010 17.32
2011 17.74
2012 18.16
2013 18.58
2014 19.00
2015 19.43
2016 19.87
2017 20.31
2018 20.76
2019 21.23
2020 21.70

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization