Mek'ele has a population of 457,900, making it the 4th largest place we list in Ethiopia. It is in Tigray.
Mek'ele holds 0.33% of Ethiopia's 138,902,185 people. Addis Ababa, the largest place we list there, is 8.4 times its size.
457,900
population
#4
in Ethiopia
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa | 3,860,000 |
| Jijiga | Somali | 483,000 |
| Gonder | Amhara | 466,000 |
| Nazrēt | Oromiya | 456,900 |
| Warder | Somali | 450,400 |
| Awasa | Sidama Region | 422,200 |
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.