Ethiopia vs Japan: Population

Ethiopia

128.69 million people

in 2023

Japan

124.37 million people

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

11th

Japan rank

12th

Population over time

Ethiopia currently reports 128.69 million people against 124.37 million people in Japan, a difference of 4.32 million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 11th and Japan ranks 12th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.