Ethiopia People:
Population:
73,053,286 (July 2005 est.)
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
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.9% (male:16,082,504; female:15,999,602)
15-64 years: 53.4% (male:19,452,737; female:19,525,746)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male:905,648; female:1,087,049) (2005)
Median age:
total: 17.75 years
male: 17.64 years
female: 17.85 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
2.36% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
38.61 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
15.06 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
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
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 95.32 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 105.3 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 85.05 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 48.83 years (2005 est.)
male: 47.67 years
female: 50.03 years
Total fertility rate:
5.33 children born/woman (2005 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.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, and hepatitis E
vectorborne disease: malaria and cutaneous leishmaniasis are high risks in some locations
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2004)
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:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.7%
male: 50.3%
female: 35.1% (2003)
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