Dessie has a population of 270,400, making it the 10th largest place we list in Ethiopia. It is in Amhara.
Dessie holds 0.19% of Ethiopia's 138,902,185 people. Addis Ababa, the largest place we list there, is 14 times its size.
270,400
population
#10
in Ethiopia
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Awasa | Sidama Region | 422,200 |
| Bahir Dar | Amhara | 350,000 |
| Dire Dawa | Dire Dawa | 343,000 |
| Jimma | Oromiya | 250,900 |
| Shashamane | Oromiya | 208,400 |
| Bishoftu | Oromiya | 207,400 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.