People Groups. stream Explore aspects of Ethiopian culture and religion, including food, art, music and languages. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> )geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est. Islam in . You can browse files by category or alphabetically, view the newest additions, most popular files, or search for a file. Oromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (2007 est. [6] Islam is the second most followed religion, with 33.9% of the population being adherents. description: bicameral Parliament consists of:House of Federation or Yefedereshein Mikir Bete (153 seats maximum; 144 seats current; members indirectly elected by state assemblies to serve 5-year terms)House of People's Representatives or Yehizb Tewokayoch Mekir Bete (547 seats maximum; 470 seats current; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; 22 seats reserved for minorities; all members serve 5-year terms)elections: House of Federation - last held 4 October 2021 (next expected 31 October 2026)House of People's Representatives - last held in two parts on 21 June 2021 and 30 September 2021 (next election expected 30 June 2026)election results: House of Federation - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - NA; composition - men 100, women 44, percent of women 30.6%House of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - Prosperity Party 454, NAMA 5, EZEMA 4, Gedeo People's Democratic organization 2, Kucha People Democratic Party 1, independent 4; composition - men 275, women 195, percent of women 41.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 38.9%notes: House of Federation is responsible for interpreting the constitution and federal-regional issues and the House of People's Representatives is responsible for passing legislation; percent of vote percentages are calculated on the number of members actually seated versus on the constitutional maximums, highest court(s): Federal Supreme Court (consists of 11 judges); note - the House of Federation has jurisdiction for all constitutional issuesjudge selection and term of office: president and vice president of Federal Supreme Court recommended by the prime minister and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; other Supreme Court judges nominated by the Federal Judicial Administrative Council (a 10-member body chaired by the president of the Federal Supreme Court) and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; judges serve until retirement at age 60subordinate courts: federal high courts and federal courts of first instance; state court systems (mirror structure of federal system); sharia courts and customary and traditional courts, House of People's Representatives:Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice and Democracy or EZEMA [BERHANU Nega] Gedeo People's Democratic PartyIndependentKucha People Democratic PartyNational Movement of Amhara or NAMAProsperity Party or PPnote: Ethiopia has over fifty national-level and regional-level political parties. Languages in Ethiopia: Ethiopia Language Facts, Figures and More - Tomedes The religious beliefs of Addis Ababa. 20th c shyaway from critical examination." -. )consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 est. Ethiopia is a nation with many religions, Ethiopian orthodox being one of the oldest churches in the country.. Abyssinia is also mentioned in the Qur'an and Hadith. Ethiopia Religion Stats: NationMaster.com Ethiopia population (2023) live Countrymeters Because of this, Africa is now home to some of the world's largest Christian and Muslim communities. Demographic profile: Ethiopia is a predominantly agricultural country - more than 80% of the population lives in rural areas - that is in the early stages of demographic transition. ), production: 0 cubic meters (2021 est. The current population of Ethiopia is 125,465,016 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. Child Protection Information Management System Officer ), 31.45% of GDP (2019 est. Ethiopia country profile - BBC News Major religion(s): Country major religions. 110 IGT-daughter (D), WW, 22 December 2014. ), widespread lack of access: due to conflict in Tigray Region, drought conditions in southeastern areas, high food prices - The difficult and worsening food security situation is the result of multiple shocks affecting food availability and access including: the conflict in northern Tigray Region and in adjacent areas of Amhara and Afar regions, which began in November 2020; in Tigray region alone, 5.3 million people are estimated to be severely food insecure; the failure of the MarchMay 2022 GuGenna rains in southern pastoral areas of southern Oromiya Region and southern Somali Region, exacerbated drought conditions prevailing since late 2020, causing severe crop and livestock losses; severe macroeconomic challenges including insufficient foreign currency reserves and the continuous depreciation of the national currency, as a result, inflation is at very high levels, with the yearonyear food inflation rate estimated at 35.5 percent in July, one the highest of the last decade; these difficulties are exacerbated by the ripple effects of the Ukraine war, which triggered hikes in international prices of wheat, fuel and fertilizers (2022), municipal solid waste generated annually: 6,532,787 tons (2015 est. To make sense of it, the war must be viewed through the prism of Eritrea, where a totalitarian regime deemed to have been committing crimes against humanity since 1991 violates fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of religion or belief, comprehensively. The number of Muslims in Ethiopia rose from 17.4 million in 1994 to 25 million in 2007. Christians form the majority of the population. According to the most recent 2007 CSA governmental data, Muslims are 33.9% of the population,[3] up from 32.8% in 1994 (according to the census data of that year). Religious, Ethnic, and Regional Factors of High Fertility in Ethiopia The world's most religious country is actually a 7 way tie between Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Malawi, Niger, Sri Lanka, and Yemen. )23.866 (2017 est. )crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est. Religion has played a major role in the shaping of the Ethiopian culture as well as its politics over time.. According to a survey conducted by statista, 98% of Ethiopian people consider religion to be an important aspect of their lives.. ), $2,300 (2021 est. )consumption: 689,000 metric tons (2020 est. )note: data are in 2017 dollars, 26.84% (2021 est. ), number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 75annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 11,501,244 (2018)annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,089,280,000 (2018) mt-km, total: 17over 3,047 m: 32,438 to 3,047 m: 81,524 to 2,437 m: 4under 914 m: 2 (2021), total: 402,438 to 3,047 m: 31,524 to 2,437 m: 9914 to 1,523 m: 20under 914 m: 8 (2021), total: 659 km (2017) (Ethiopian segment of the 756 km Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)standard gauge: 659 km (2017) 1.435-m gaugenote: electric railway with redundant power supplies; under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia and managed by a Chinese contractor, total: 11by type: general cargo 9, oil tanker 2 (2020), Ethiopia is landlocked and uses the ports of Djibouti in Djibouti and Berbera in Somalia, Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (Ye Ityopya Ayer Hayl, ETAF); Ministry of Peace: Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) (2022)note 1: in 2020 the Ethiopian Government announced it had re-established a navy, which had been disbanded in 1996; in March 2019, Ethiopia signed a defense cooperation agreement with France which stipulated that France would support the establishment of an Ethiopian navy, which would reportedly be based out of Djiboutinote 2: in 2018, Ethiopia established a Republican Guard military unit responsible to the Prime Minister for protecting senior officialsnote 3: each of the states have regional and/or a "special" paramilitary security and police forces that report to regional civilian authorities and operate separately from federal forces; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the ENDF, and the EFP; there have been some calls for these regional paramilitary forces to be incorporated into the ENDF and EFP, 0.5% of GDP (2021 est. 4 0 obj )investment in fixed capital: 43.5% (2017 est. How Religious Are Americans? - Gallup 4 Islam is the second-largest religious group in Ethiopia, at 34 percent, with Orthodox Christians at 44 percent and Protestant Christians at 19 percent. Religion in Ethiopia - Studycountry.com [23] By 1963, there were seven localities with smaller groups of Bahs in the country. Islam is also the official religion of this country, which has one of the largest Muslim . Population Projection - Ethiopian Statistics Service The rising age of marriage and the increasing proportion of women remaining single have contributed to fertility reduction. With about 40 percent of the population below the age of 15 and a fertility rate of 4 children per woman (and even higher in rural areas), Ethiopia will have to make further progress in meeting its family planning needs if it is to achieve the age structure necessary for reaping a demographic dividend in the coming decades. 65% of girls and women (15-49) have undergone FGM/C (47.1% in age . The World Bank is helping to fight poverty and improve living standards in Ethiopia. )$3.987 billion (31 December 2018 est. 3 0 obj )exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est. Their religion became synchronized . )other alcohols: 0.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. The ruling party, the Prosperity Party, was created by Prime Minister ABIY in November 2019 from member parties of the former Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which included the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP), Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM), plus other EPRDF-allied parties such as the Afar National Democratic Party (ANDP), Benishangul Gumuz Peoples Democratic Party (BGPDP), Gambella Peoples Democratic Movement (GPDM), Somali Peoples Democratic Party (SPDP), and the Harari National League (HNL). Ethiopia People 2020, CIA World Factbook - theodora.com Ethiopia has close ties with all three major Abrahamic religions, and it was the first in the region to officially adopt . [2] There is also a longstanding but small Jewish community. (approximately $970 million)0.6% of GDP (2018 est.) [25] The Ethiopian community celebrated its diamond jubile in January 2009. [36] The founder of Solomonic dynasty, Yekuno Amlak was heavily assisted by Muslim Sultanate of Showa in his struggle against the Zagwe dynasty. Catholics Population Percent Catholic Country Dioceses Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious It provides source material, including censuses and surveys, as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of international religious demography. A small ancient group of Jews, the Beta Israel, live in northwestern Ethiopia, though most emigrated to Israel in the last decades of the 20th century as part of the rescue missions undertaken by the Israeli government, Operation Moses and Operation Solomon. )$2.993 billion (31 December 2019 est. Goals include promoting rapid economic growth and improving service delivery. Below are key statistics from WHO's Global Health Observatory. agriculture: 34.8% (2017 est. xkSH{_[u[TBZlU],/&Bfu vv eezrm^x?jS~EzGeE_HRx 7 8py,.U^y7 B}$cGAJ_qt$8^{)1A_!Bxt Digital Equity Act of 2021; Request for Comments Addis Abeba Mastercard Foundation and Gebeya Inc. have announced Mesirat ("to work"), a five-year program that will equip 100 entrepreneurs in Ethiopia with their own multi-sided gig marketplaces. The Tigray Conflict: When Ethnicity Takes Precedence conomic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to decelerate from 4.1% in 2021 to 3.3 . ), total: 212,000 (2020 est. )0.5% of GDP (2020 est. [9][10] Orthodox Ethiopian Christians are predominant in the Tigray (95.6%) and Amhara (82.5%), while the majority of Protestants live in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region or SNNPR (55.5% of the inhabitants) and the Oromia Region (4.8 million or 17.7%). The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. )wind: 3.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est. The current population of Ethiopia is 122,543,875 as of Thursday, March 2, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data. While many Ethiopians claim that the Bible references of Kush apply to their own ancient civilization, pointing out that the Gihon river, a name for the Nile, is said to flow through the land, some scholars believe that the use of the term referred to the Kingdom of Kush in particular, or Africa outside of Egypt in general. Ethiopian Religious Practices - allAfrica.com Date of Issue: 25.10.2021. [3], Ethiopia is the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari movement, whose adherents believe Ethiopia is Zion. The most recent census, conducted in 2007, estimated 44 percent of the population adheres to the EOTC, 34 percent are Sunni Muslim, and 19 percent belong to evangelical Christian and Pentecostal groups. The top ten countries account for 89% of all Orthodox Christians in the world. The U.S. government estimates the total population at 111.5 million (midyear 2019 estimate). The wide collection of cross-national Pew Research Center surveys analyzed in this report on age gaps in religious commitment can also be used to look at the ways religious observance varies among all adults - defined as people ages 18 and older - in different parts of the world. Ethiopia Country Overview | World Health Organization. PDF Ethiopia 2020 International Religious Freedom Report <> Meanwhile, there has been a sharp increase in the percentage of Americans with no religion, which was less than 5% from through the early 1970s, rose to 10% by 2002 and was 21% in 2021. )3.24% (2020 est. miles). ), general assessment: has been one of the last in Africa to allow its national telco a monopoly on all telecom services including fixed, mobile, internet and data communications; this has stifled innovation, restricted network expansion, and limited the scope of services on offer; the World Bank in early 2021 provided a $200 million loan to help develop the countrys digital transformation, while the government has embarked on its 2020-2030 program as well as its Digital Ethiopia 2025 strategy, both aimed at making better use of digital technologies to promote socioeconomic development (2021)domestic: fixed-line subscriptions at about 1 per 100 while mobile-cellular stands at a little over 39 per 100; the number of mobile telephones is increasing steadily (2020)international: country code - 251; open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; 2 domestic satellites provide the national trunk service; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean) (2016)note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services, 6 public TV stations broadcasting nationally and 10 public radio broadcasters; 7 private radio stations and 19 community radio stations (2017), total: 27,591,260 (2020 est. Islam in Ethiopia - Wikipedia ), total population: 68.59 yearsmale: 66.43 yearsfemale: 70.81 years (2023 est. [16] While Muslims can be found in almost every community, Islam is most prevalent in the Somali (98.4%), Afar (95.3%) and Oromia (47.5%) Regions. Demographics of Ethiopia 2022. In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Before the publication of the 2007 census results, however, the U.S. State Department estimated that "approximately 45 percent of the population is Sunni Muslim. However, it is also one of the poorest, with a per capita gross national income of $960. Hindu, on the other hand, is at 1 billion 160 . ), total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 est. Tigrayans make up about 7 percent of Ethiopia's population compared with the two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and the Amhara, which make up over 60 percent. Mazaa (a pseudonym), a 44-year-old who runs a K-8 school with her husband outside of Addis Ababa, has tried to share her concerns about the grave suffering of Tigrayans with fellow evangelicals. [22] In 1962, Ethiopia Bahs elected a National Spiritual Assembly. 13. The Ethiopian Enlightenment - Zera Jacob: The Ethiopian - Studocu )spirits: 0.2 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital city, is home to about 443,821 Muslims or 16.2%. make up the remaining 0.6%. The four standard measures of religious commitment . Most observers believe the evangelical and Pentecostal proportion of the population has increased since the census was conducted. )crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est. 2007 census, 2022 projection. )exports: 1 billion kWh (2019 est. Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of a short-lived Italian occupation from 1936 to 1941. . Overview. Major Religion Percent ; Buddhism: 0.00 % Christianity (Evangelical 0.03 %) 0.14 % Ethnic Religions: 0.00 % Hinduism: 0.00 % World Religion Database Before the 1974 revolution, only small numbers of the Ethiopian elite went abroad to study and then returned home, but under the brutal Derg regime thousands fled the country, primarily as refugees. )crude oil estimated reserves: 400,000 barrels (2021 est. The majority of the remaining 11% come from the next ten countries: Italy, 2.2 million. )from petroleum and other liquids: 15.324 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est. ; Ethiopia ranks number 12 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by . [35] This is because Abyssinia's (present-day Ethiopia) Aksumite monarch embraced a group of Muslims embarking on the first Hijrah from Arabia, fleeing persecution from their homeland. ), lowest 10%: 4.1%highest 10%: 25.6% (2005), revenues: $11.24 billion (2017 est. )$19.227 billion (2019 est. Title: Child Protection Information Management System Officer Location: Dima, Ethiopia Employment Category: H2 Reporting To: CP/ECCD Team Leader. )2.33% (2019 est. ), 29.97 births/1,000 population (2023 est. Ethiopia's last census estimated that 43.5 percent of Ethiopians identify as Orthodox Christian, 33.9 percent as Muslim, and 18.6 percent as Protestant. ), improved: urban: 52.5% of populationrural: 8.1% of populationtotal: 17.7% of populationunimproved: urban: 47.5% of populationrural: 91.9% of populationtotal: 82.3% of population (2020 est. 1.58%. ), total: 5.1% (2020 est. Ethiopia Religions - Demographics - IndexMundi )subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2020 est. Ethiopia has a long historical and cultural connection to both Christianity and Islam. )note: data are in 2017 dollars, 5.64% (2021 est. Amharic's writing system has developed from the Ge'ez script, with text flowing from left to right. )30.1% of GDP (2017 est. Typically, persecution varies depending upon where one lives. 1935-1941 - Italy deposes Emperor Haile Selassie and annexes Ethiopia, before being driven out by British, Commonwealth and Ethiopian forces. [31] U.S ambassador David H. Shinn stated in 2005 that the Ethiopian leadership continued to be largely Christian. ), total: 19.8 yearsmale: 19.6 yearsfemale: 20.1 years (2020 est. Administrative Division. )permanent pasture: 20% (2018 est. The population of the regions and districts (woredas) of Ethiopia. Moths Turned Eagles, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahs of Ethiopia. )permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est. Find Current & Recent Data - Religious Statistics - Harvard Library Both Orthodox and Protestant Christianity have large representations in southern and western Ethiopia. Tigray: Why are soldiers attacking religious heritage sites? Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report. )subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.2 (2020 est. 1962 - Haile Selassie annexes Eritrea, which becomes . 2020 estimate). Video: Counting Ethiopia's War Dead. Liberia: Central Bank of Liberia Retains 15 Percent Monetary Policy Additionally, there is also a substantial population of the adherents of traditional faiths. "[9][14] Roughly 68% of Ethiopian Muslims are Sunni, whilst 23% are non-denominational Muslims, whilst another 2% adhere to other sects such as Shia, Quranist, Ibadi etc. 107 CMT HW 25 December 2014. ), total: 32.44 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 37.13 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 27.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est. Some adherents of the Bah Faith likewise exist in a number of urban and rural areas. The apostle St. Matthew is said to have died in Ethiopia. NTIA seeks broad input and feedback from all interested . That figure fluctuated only a few percentage points over a . Of the 61.6 %, 50.6 % are from the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians.

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