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People Of Ethiopia
Ethiopia Information - Country Guides

Population 67,851,281 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)
Age structure 0-14 years: 44.7% (male 15,189,921; female 15,109,870)
15-64 years: 52.5% (male 17,857,758; female 17,767,411)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 855,103; female 1,071,218) (2004 est.)
Median age total: 17.4 years
female: 17.4 years (2004 est.)
male: 17.3 years
Population growth rate 1.89% (2004 est.)
Birth rate 39.23 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate 20.36 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: repatriation of ethiopians who fled to sudan for refuge from war and famine in earlier years is expected to continue for several years; some sudanese and somali refugees, who fled to ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2004 est.)
Sex ratio at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate total: 102.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 91.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 112.22 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth total population: 40.88 years
male: 40.03 years
female: 41.75 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate 5.44 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 4.4% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 1.5 million (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths 120,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality noun: ethiopian(s)
adjective: ethiopian
Ethnic groups Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigre 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1%
Religions Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
Languages Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)
Literacy conventional long form: federal democratic republic of ethiopia
conventional short form: ethiopia
local short form: ityop'iya
former: abyssinia, italian east africa
local long form: ityop'iya federalawi demokrasiyawi ripeblik
abbreviation: fdre

Introduction and Background to Ethiopia | Geography Of Ethiopia | Government Of Ethiopia | Economy Of Ethiopia | Communications Of Ethiopia | Transportation Of Ethiopia | Military Of Ethiopia | Transnational Issues Of Ethiopia
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