List of cities and towns in Ethiopia


This is a list of cities and town in Ethiopia ordered by size and alphabetically.

By population

The table below shows cities and towns with more than 40,000 inhabitants. The population numbers are referring to the inhabitants of the cities themselves, suburbs and the metropolitan area outside the city area are not taken into account. Given the suburbs and the metropolitan area, the number of inhabitants might be much larger in several cases. Addis Ababa, for example, might have a total population of 4.5 to 5 million if also taking the metropolitan area into account.
Some towns which should be beyond a number of 40,000 inhabitants are not shown as the last census happened in 2007. At that time, the area of some towns was different which makes it hard to provide numbers. Also, the last census happened in 2007, which results in major uncertainties. The next major census to account for these issues is foreseen to happen in February 2018.
OrderNameCensus
1984		Census
1994		Census
2007		Census
2016		RegionZone/Woreda
1.Addis Ababa1,412,5752,112,7372,739,5513,352,000Addis Ababa Chartered CityAddis Ababa Chartered City
2.Dire Dawa61,583112,249233,224341,991FederalDire dawa
3.Mekelle35,332120,249215,914340,859TigrayMekelle Special Zone
4.Adama76,284127,842220,212338,940OromiaEast Shewa Zone
5.Awassa36,16969,169157,139318,618SidamaSidama Region
6.Bahir Dar54,80096,140155,428297,794AmharaBahir Dar Special Zone
7.Gonder98,104164,851207,044285,000AmharaNorth Gonder zone Gonder City
8.Dessie68,84897,314120,095198,428AmharaDebub Wollo Zone
9.Jimma60,99288,867120,960186,148OromiaJimma Special Zone
10.Jijiga23,18356,821125,876164,321SomaliFafan Zone
11.Shashamane31,53152,080100,454154,587OromiaWest Arsi Zone
12.Bishoftu51,14373,37299,928153,847OromiaEast Shewa Zone
13.Sodo24,59236,28776,050153,322SNNPRWolayita Zone
14.Arba Minch23,03240,02074,879151,013SNNPRGamo Gofa Zone
15.Hosaena15,16731,70169,995141,352SNNPRHadiya Zone
16.Harar62,16076,37899,368133,000HararEast Hararghe Zone
17.Dilla23,93633,73459,150119,276SNNPRGedeo Zone
18.Nekemte28,82447,25875,219115,741OromiaEast Welega
19.Debre Birhan25,75338,71765,231107,827AmharaSemien Shewa Zone
20.Asella36,72047,39167,269103,522OromiaArsi Zone
21.Debre Mark'os39,80849,29762,497103,263AmharaMisraq Gojjam
22.Kombolcha15,78239,46658,66796,968AmharaDebub Wollo Zone
23.Debre Tabor...22,45555,59691,968AmharaDebub Gondar
24.Adigrat16,26237,41757,58890,658TigrayMisraqawi Zone
25.Areka...12,29431,40880,693SNNPRWolayita Zone/Boloso Sore
26.Weldiya15,69024,53346,13976,331AmharaSemien Wollo Zone
27.Sebeta......49,33175,929OromiaOromia Special Zone
28.Burayu......48,87675,232OromiaOromia Special Zone
29.Shire12,84625,26947,28474,503TigraySemien Mi'irabawi Zone
30.Ambo17,32527,63648,17174,120OromiaWest Shewa Zone
31.Arsi Negele13,09623,51247,29272,789OromiaWest Arsi Zone/Arsi Negele
32.Aksum17,75327,14844,64770,360TigrayMehakelegnaw Zone
33.Gambela...18,26339,02270,099GambelaAgnewak Zone
34.Bale Robe......44,38268,294OromiaBale Zone
35.Butajira......33,40667,468SNNPRGurage Zone
36.Batu......43,66067,162OromiaEast Shewa Zone
37.Boditi......24,13361,985SNNPRWolayita Zone/Damot Gale
38.Adwa13,82324,51940,50063,759TigrayMehakelegnaw Zone
39.Yirgalem16,00324,18330,34860,260SidamaSidama Zone/Dale
40.Waliso16,81125,49137,87858,296OromiaSouthwest Shewa Zone
41.Welkite......28,86658,223SNNPRGurage Zone
42.Gode......43,23456,398SomaliGode Zone
43.Meki......,36,25255,772OromiaEast Shewa Zone/Dugda
44.Negele Borana11,99723,99735,26454,251OromiaGuji Zone
45.Alaba Kulito......26,86754,203SNNPRAlaba special woreda
46.Alamata14,03026,17933,21452,435TigrayDebubawi Zone
47.Chiro......33,67051,782OromiaWest Hararghe Zone
48.Tepi......24,82950,065SNNPRSheka Zone/Yeki
49.Durame......24,47249,461SNNPRKembata Tembaro Zone
50.Goba22,96328,35832,02549,309OromiaBale Zone
51.Assosa4,15911,74924,21449,145Benishangul-GumuzAssosa Zone
52.Gimbi......30,98147,674OromiaWest Welega Zone
53.Wukro......30,21047,611TigrayMisraqawi Zone
54.Haramaya......30,72847,283OromiaEast Hararghe Zone/Haro Maya
55.Mizan Teferi......23,14446,642SNNPRBench Maji Zone/Mizan Aman
56.Sawla......22,70445,846SNNPRGamo Gofa Zone
57.Mojo......29,54745,482OromiaEast Shewa Zone/Dugda
58.Dembi Dolo......29,44845,309OromiaKelem Welega Zone
59.Aleta Wendo......22,09344,544SNNPRSidama Zone/Aleta Wondo
60.Metu......28,78244,296OromiaIllubabor Zone
61.Mota......26,17743,322AmharaMisraq Gojjam Zone/Hulet Ej Enese
62.Fiche......27,49342,334OromiaSemien Shewa Zone
63.Finote Selam......25,91342,882AmharaMirab Gojjam Zone
64.Bule Hora Town27,82042,801OromiaBorena Zone/Bule Hora
65.Bonga......20,85842,097SNNPRKeffa Zone
66.Kobo......24,86741,122AmharaSemien Wollo Zone/Kobo
67.Jinka......20,26741,071SNNPRSouth Omo Zone/Debub Ari
68.Dangila......24,82741,067AmharaAgew Awi Zone/Dangila
69.Degehabur...28,70830,02739,182SomaliDegehabur Zone
70.Bedessa......27,65441,072South EthiopiaWolaita Zone/Damot Weyde
71.Agaro18,76423,24625,25839,174OromiaJimma Zone

Cities and towns by population

2025 population estimates

Alphabetical

This listing does not have a threshold for the size of the towns and cities, but only includes places with an entry on this Wikipedia.

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