Population density rose 2.61% to 91.7 km per capita in Ethiopia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, population density in Ethiopia reached an all time high of 94.1 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 20.6 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Ethiopia's main peers, population density in Eritrea amounted to 60.7 km per capita, 75.9 km per capita in Kenya, 16.3 km per capita in Somalia and 20.2 km per capita in Sudan in 2015.
Ethiopia has been ranked 74th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Population Density | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Chad | km per capita | 9.03 | 9.31 | 9.59 | 9.89 | 10.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Djibouti | km per capita | 35.5 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 37.1 | 37.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Egypt | km per capita | 77.1 | 78.4 | 79.8 | 81.1 | 82.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Eritrea | km per capita | 55.0 | 56.8 | 58.7 | 60.7 | 62.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia | km per capita | 84.8 | 87.1 | 89.4 | 91.7 | 94.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Kenya | km per capita | 70.0 | 71.9 | 73.8 | 75.9 | 77.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Somalia | km per capita | 15.0 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||
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Sudan | km per capita | 18.7 | 19.2 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 20.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | km per capita | 49.3 | 50.8 | 52.3 | 53.9 | 55.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Uganda | km per capita | 164 | 170 | 176 | 182 | 188 | ||||||||||||||||
Yemen | km per capita | 42.1 | 43.1 | 44.1 | 45.2 | 46.2 |