People Of Ethiopia

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

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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