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- <text id=94CT0440><title>Ethiopia—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Ethiopia<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 54,927,108 (July 1994 est.)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> Ethiopian demographic data, except population and population growth rate, include Eritrea
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 3.4% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 45.01 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 13.89 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 2.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 106.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 52.67 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 51 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 54.38 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.81 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Ethiopian(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Ethiopian
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigrean 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 5%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Amharic (official), Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic, English (major foreign language taught in schools)
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 10 and over can read and write (1984)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 24%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 33%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 16%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 18 million
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture and animal husbandry 80%, government and services 12%, industry and construction 8% (1985)
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