Which has higher rural population, Ethiopia or IDA total?

IDA total, at 1.17 billion against 102.81 million in Ethiopia as of 2025.

What is the difference in rural population between Ethiopia and IDA total?

1.07 billion, with IDA total ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and IDA total?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ethiopia vs IDA total: Rural population

Ethiopia

102.81 million

in 2025

IDA total

1.17 billion

in 2025

Ethiopia rank

6th

IDA total rank

8th

Rural population over time

Ethiopia
IDA total

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 1.17 billion against 102.81 million in Ethiopia, a difference of 1.07 billion.

That makes IDA total's figure about 11.4 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 6th and IDA total ranks 8th of 217 countries.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1960s	22.20 million	377.58 million	355.37 million	IDA total
1970s	28.30 million	465.84 million	437.54 million	IDA total
1980s	35.10 million	574.94 million	539.84 million	IDA total
1990s	48.73 million	711.79 million	663.05 million	IDA total
2000s	65.07 million	859.57 million	794.50 million	IDA total
2010s	82.85 million	1.01 billion	924.72 million	IDA total
2020s	97.98 million	1.13 billion	1.03 billion	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, Ethiopia or IDA total?: IDA total, at 1.17 billion against 102.81 million in Ethiopia as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population between Ethiopia and IDA total?: 1.07 billion, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and IDA total?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Ethiopia and IDA total rank globally for rural population?: Ethiopia ranks 6th and IDA total ranks 8th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rural population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.