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People
88,013,491
country comparison to the world: 
14
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 46.1% (male 19,596,784/female 19,688,887)
15-64 years: 51.2% (male 21,376,495/female 22,304,812)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 975,923/female 1,294,437) (2010 est.)
total: 16.8 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 17.2 years (2010 est.)
3.202% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
43.34 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
11.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 119
note: repatriation of Ethiopian refugees residing in Sudan is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2010 est.)
urban population: 17% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 78.99 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 16
male: 90.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 67.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 55.8 years
country comparison to the world: 196
male: 53.28 years
female: 58.39 years (2010 est.)
6.07 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
2.1% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31
980,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
67,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2009)
noun: Ethiopian(s)
adjective: Ethiopian
Oromo 34.5%, Amara 26.9%, Somalie 6.2%, Tigraway 6.1%, Sidama 4%, Guragie 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Affar 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, other 11.3% (2007 Census)
Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.6%, traditional 2.6%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.7% (2007 Census)
Amarigna (Amharic) (official) 32.7%, Oromigna (official regional) 31.6%, Tigrigna (official regional) 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (official) (1994 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.7%
male: 50.3%
female: 35.1% (2003 est.)
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2008)
5.5% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 44
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