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Ethiopia
Urban population

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.

Global rank#31out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

33 M25 M17 M9.3 M1.5 M196019932025Ethiopia · 2025: 32.66MEthiopia

Analytical takeaways

  • Ethiopia records 32.66M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #31 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 1.52M in 1960 to 32.66M in 2025, a gain of 31.14M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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