👥 Ethiopian Regions by Population

Population of each region.

📅 2024📏 million people14 entries🇪🇹 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 125.91M (14 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.
1
Oromia
37.88M
2
Amhara
35.22M
3
Central Ethiopia Regional State
10.56M
4
South Ethiopia Regional State
7.58M
5
Tigray
6.84M
6
Somali
6.66M
7
Addis Ababa (city)
5.71M
8
Sidama
5.30M
9
South West Ethiopia Peoples'
4.20M
10
Afar
3.35M
11
Benishangul-Gumuz
1.25M
12
Dire Dawa (city)
0.55M
13
Gambela
0.53M
14
Harari
0.28M

Highlights

Within Ethiopia, Oromia ranks first in 2024 with 37.88M, followed by Amhara (35.22M) and Central Ethiopia Regional State (10.56M).

Across 14 entries, values run from 37.88M (Oromia) to 0.28M (Harari), with a median of 5.51M.

Source: Ethiopian Statistics Service (projection for 2024) (via Wikipedia), 2024. Unit: million people.

Source: Ethiopian Statistics Service (projection for 2024) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026