Ethiopia vs Russia: Population

Ethiopia

128.69 million people

in 2023

Russia

145.44 million people

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

11th

Russia rank

9th

Population over time

Russia currently reports 145.44 million people against 128.69 million people in Ethiopia, a difference of 16.75 million people.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 11th and Russia ranks 9th 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.