3 0 obj )permanent pasture: 20% (2018 est. Their existence was not widely known to the outside world for many years, and they likewise were not aware of other Jewish groups outside of their own community. [30] Haile Selassie actually came to power during the rise of opposition to Muslims in government positions. ), 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. . The core characteristics and beliefs of the world's major religions are described below. Official government statistics show that some 119,000 people work in trade and commerce, 113,000 work in manufacturing and industry, 80,000 are homemakers, 71,000 are in civil administration . [17] Some web columnist even say the Muslim population are the majority and disagree with the current Ethiopian governments claims.[18]. 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. )imports of goods and services: -31.2% (2017 est. ), household consumption: 69.6% (2017 est. . ), China 27%, India 9%, United Arab Emirates 9%, France 9%, United Kingdom 7% (2019), aircraft, gas turbines, packaged medicines, electric filament, cars (2019), $3.046 billion (31 December 2020 est. Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in each country. Here are the largest religions in Ethiopia 2020 Major Religion Percent ; Buddhism: 0.00 % Christianity (Evangelical 0.03 %) 0.14 % Ethnic Religions: 0.00 % Hinduism: 0.00 % Jacob: 6. )$2,200 (2019 est. Another 900,000 Ethiopians left Ethiopia and escaped to neighbouring Sudan. The population of the regions and districts (woredas) of Ethiopia. [33] There is some tension between members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Protestant Christians, as well as between the Ethiopian Orthodox and Muslims in general. Islam in Ethiopia dates back to the founding of the religion; in 615, when a group of Muslims were counseled by Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca and travel to Ethiopia via modern-day Eritrea, which was ruled by Ashama ibn Abjar, a pious Christian king. [3] Neither in the 2007 census, nor in the 1994 census, were responses reported in further detail: for example, those who identified themselves as Hindus, Jewish, Bah, agnostics or atheists were counted as "Other". (approximately $970 million)0.6% of GDP (2018 est.) At the time of the 2007 census, 43.5% of the population identified as Ethiopian. The Kingdom of Aksum in present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea was one of the first Christian countries in the world, having officially adopted Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century. ), total subscriptions: 1.252 million (2020 est. 107 CMT HW 25 December 2014. )exports of goods and services: 8.1% (2017 est. Includes U.S. and international data, reports, and maps. Inter-Censal Population Survey Report 2012. In 1620's. Overview. [32] Tension between Christian and Muslim Oromo were witnessed during the 2005 Ethiopian general election, when Muslim Arsi Oromo denounced the Shewa Oromo for participating in political nepotism. 103 Seid, Tafesse, and Ali., Ethiopia Agrarian Economy. )imports: 528,000 metric tons (2020 est. When you overlook religion in Ethiopia . Meanwhile Sunni Muslims, who represent Their religion became synchronized . )permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est. )3.24% (2020 est. Box 1014, Addis Ababamailing address: 2030 Addis Ababa Place, Washington DC 20521-2030telephone: [251] 111-30-60-00FAX: [251] 111-24-24-01email address and website: AddisACS@state.govhttps://et.usembassy.gov/, three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; green represents hope and the fertility of the land, yellow symbolizes justice and harmony, while red stands for sacrifice and heroism in the defense of the land; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the nationalities and peoples of Ethiopianote: Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag (adopted ca. Christianity is the predominant religion in Ethiopia with a total of 61.6% of the population. 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. [34], In the Hadith, Prophet Mohammed explicitly prohibited jihad against the Abyssinians as long as they were not hostile to Muslims. miles). )27.429 (2018 est. Islam is also the official religion of this country, which has one of the largest Muslim . W. hen two men were shot dead by police on the night of 5 February in downtown Addis Ababa amidst confrontations triggered by the construction of a church that the authorities claimed was without proper permits, many Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia saw the incident as a continuation of a growing number of attacks against their religion over the past two years. )exports: 1 billion kWh (2019 est. )29.07 (2019 est. NTIA is requesting comments on the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act of 2021 Program, and on the design and implementation of two components of that grant program: the $1.44 billion State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program and the $1.25 billion Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program. An ethnic Amhara group has a separate list of almost 2,000 but experts say that's just a small fraction of the real toll. [38] These friendly and collaborative relations between Muslim and Christian states would soon deteriorate in the following centuries. Ethiopia's rapid population growth is putting increasing pressure on land resources, expanding environmental degradation, and raising vulnerability to food shortages. With more than 40 percent of . The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. and its projected population for 2021 was 104,477,000 people. Video: Counting Ethiopia's War Dead. The Beta Israel, also known as the Falashas (though this term is considered derogatory), are a long-isolated group of African Jews who have lived in Ethiopia since antiquity. [36] The founder of Solomonic dynasty, Yekuno Amlak was heavily assisted by Muslim Sultanate of Showa in his struggle against the Zagwe dynasty. Bilal ibn Ribah, the first Muezzin, the person chosen to call the faithful to prayer, and one of the foremost companions of Muhammad, was born in Mecca to an Abyssinian mother. In the early fourteenth century Emperor Amda Seyon launched a crusade against the neighboring Muslim state of Ifat Sultanate, several mosques were demolished. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). 2 0 obj Islam in . ), $27.27 billion (2019 est. 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A small Jewish community still exists in Ethiopia, although it is mostly composed of Falash Mura, Ethiopian Jews who converted to Christianity in the past, and as such have not been recognized as Jews by the State of Israel, but have returned to Judaism (the Falash Mura now number some 22,000). ), 19.3 years (2019 est. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church published works by an unknown author written in Ge'ez and translated to Amharic in 1986 which claimed Habesha should refrain from sexual intercourse with Oromo, Muslims, Shanqella, Falasha and animals because it was an abomination. 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 Christian evangelical and Pentecostal groups. Internal and international trafficking of women and children for domestic work and prostitution is a growing problem. Some adherents of the Bah Faith likewise exist in a number of urban and rural areas. Learn about the Somali in Ethiopia people group. With about 117 million people (2021), Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa after Nigeria, and still the fastest growing economy in the region, with 6.3% growth in FY2020/21. )biomass and waste: 0.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est. Mathematics & Statistics; Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health; Museum and Heritage Studies; ), women married by age 15: 14.1%women married by age 18: 40.3%men married by age 18: 5% (2016 est. Powered by a $48 million partnership, the two organizations and several other consortium partners will leverage their combined experience and expertise to co-create and replicate Gebeya's . (1984), 1994, 2007 census, 2022 projection. Population Projection Towns as of July 2021. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital city, is home to about 443,821 Muslims or 16.2%. Between 1982 and 1991 there was a new wave of migration to the West for family reunification. Christians form the majority of the population. [11], The Kingdom of Aksum was one of the first nations to officially accept Christianity, when St. Frumentius of Tyre, called Fremnatos or Abba Selama ("Father of Peace") in Ethiopia, converted King Ezana during the 4th century AD. )beer: 0.92 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 376 pharmacy students in Northwest Ethiopia between July 15 and August 27, 2022. . [8] The U.S. State Department estimates that just over 50% of the country is Christian (40 to 45% of the population belongs to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, about 10% are members of Christian evangelical and Pentecostal groups). 65% of girls and women (15-49) have undergone FGM/C (47.1% in age . Ethiopia has a long historical and cultural connection to both Christianity and Islam. Since the 18th century there has existed a relatively small (uniate) Ethiopian Catholic Church in full communion with Rome, with adherents making up less than 1% of the total population.[3]. ; Ethiopia ranks number 12 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by . 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. note: data are in current year dollars$7.715 billion (2020 est. 104 Melesse, Dabissa and Bulte, "Joint Land Certification" 105 World Bank, Ethiopia: Legal and Judiciary Sector. Profiles include statistics, text, photo, map, progress indicator and language resources. [ONLINE] Available at: Hassan, Gamal (2008). According to 2016 U.S. government estimates, 44 percent of the population adheres to the EOTC, 31 percent are Sunni Muslim, and 23 percent belong to evangelical Christian and Pentecostal groups, including the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church, and Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Today, fifty-nine percent of Ethiopians are Christian (42 percent Orthodox and 27 percent evangelical). )consumption: 689,000 metric tons (2020 est. ), forest revenues: 5.81% of GDP (2018 est. 1,822 Views 1 CrossRef citations to date 0. . ), 31.45% of GDP (2019 est. in November 2021, the Ethiopian . conomic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to decelerate from 4.1% in 2021 to 3.3 . 2007 census, 2022 projection. In the Pew study, 1% of Ethiopians identify as Catholic, 16% as . The apostle St. Matthew is said to have died in Ethiopia. Roughly two-thirds of the Ethiopian population identifies as Christian and one-third is Muslim. )crude oil estimated reserves: 400,000 barrels (2021 est. )-$5.025 billion (2019 est. Other Beliefs in Ethiopia. )proven reserves: 24.919 billion cubic meters (2021 est. )30.1% of GDP (2017 est. )hydroelectricity: 95.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est. Islam first arrived in Ethiopia in 614 with the First Migration to Abyssinia. Definition: This entry is an ordered listing of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population. ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation and particularly in terms of gender as women make up a high percentage of our staff and are encouraged to apply. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. (approximately $950 million)0.7% of GDP (2017 est.) )refined petroleum consumption: 107,900 bbl/day (2019 est. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> The 2019 population density in Ethiopia is 112 people per Km 2 (290 people per mi 2 ), calculated on a total land area of 1,000,000 Km2 (386,102 sq. The number for Ukraine, by the way, includes all groups claiming to be Orthodox. A two-and-a-half-year border war with Ethiopia that erupted in 1998 ended under UN auspices in December 2000. [9] The rise of Islamic extremists account for much of the violent persecution in Ethiopia. Many different actorsthe national military, as well as the Eritrean military, militias from Ethiopia's Amhara region, and . )2.33% (2019 est. The vision of the CSA is to be a center of excellence in . Ethiopia aims to reach lower-middle-income status by 2025. Religions. )wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. Both Orthodox and Protestant Christianity have large representations in southern and western Ethiopia. 2021). . 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. Section I. )consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 est. There is no state religion, and it is forbidden to form political parties based upon religion; all religious groups are required to register with the government, and renew their registration once every three years. Most observers believe the evangelical and Pentecostal proportion of the population has increased since the census was conducted. [3] A 2015 study estimates some 400,000 Christian believers from a Muslim background in the country, most of them belonging to some form of Protestantism. [8][13] . Since the defeat of the Derg in 1991, Ethiopians have migrated to escape violence among some of the countrys myriad ethnic groups or to pursue economic opportunities. )$7.588 billion (2019 est. Tigrayans make up about 7 percent of Ethiopia's population compared with the two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and the Amhara, which make up over 60 percent. )note: data are in 2017 dollars, 5.64% (2021 est. It is estimated that 62.8 percent of Ethiopians withdraw from meat products on an average of about 250 days of the year due to this religious belief. )arable land: 15.2% (2018 est. The current population of Ethiopia is 125,465,016 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. xkSH{_[u[TBZlU],/&Bfu vv eezrm^x?jS~EzGeE_HRx 7 8py,.U^y7 B}$cGAJ_qt$8^{)1A_!Bxt Ethiopia Country Overview | World Health Organization. Hospitals WHO supplied with Medical Kits in 2 Rounds in August 2021. 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).

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