The core characteristics and beliefs of the world's major religions are described below. Job Summary PSI Ethiopia seeks a qualified Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director to lead major activities within the USAID Ethiopia PHEM project. )0.5% of GDP (2020 est. 3 0 obj Population Projection Towns as of July 2021. 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. [34], In the Hadith, Prophet Mohammed explicitly prohibited jihad against the Abyssinians as long as they were not hostile to Muslims. 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. 104 Melesse, Dabissa and Bulte, "Joint Land Certification" 105 World Bank, Ethiopia: Legal and Judiciary Sector. Submit an article Journal homepage. . Poverty, drought, political repression, and forced government resettlement have driven Ethiopias internal and external migration since the 1960s. 1895) were so often appropriated by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the Pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996, Abyssinian lion (traditional), yellow pentagram with five rays of light on a blue field (promoted by current government); national colors: green, yellow, red, name: "Whedefit Gesgeshi Woud Enat Ethiopia" (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)lyrics/music: DEREJE Melaku Mengesha/SOLOMON Lulunote: adopted 1992, total World Heritage Sites: 9 (8 cultural, 1 natural)selected World Heritage Site locales: Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (c); Simien National Park (n); Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (c); Axum (c); Lower Valley of the Awash (c); Lower Valley of the Omo (c); Tiya (c); Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (c); Konso Cultural Landscape (c), growing Horn of Africa construction- and services-based economy; port access via Djibouti and Eritrea; widespread but declining poverty; COVID-19, locust invasion, and Tigray crisis disruptions; public investment increases; second largest African labor force, $278.945 billion (2021 est. Religious Demography. [7], According to the government's 1994 census (which the CIA World Factbook follows), 61.6% of the Ethiopian population was Christian: 50.6% of the total were Ethiopian Orthodox, 10.1% were various Protestant denominations (such as P'ent'ay and the Lutheran Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus), and Roman Catholics constituted 0.9% of the population). Many believe that the Gospel had entered Ethiopia even earlier, with the royal official described as being baptised by Philip the Evangelist in chapter eight of the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 8:2639). )exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est. Population Density. )8.36% (2019 est. )2.33% (2019 est. The name "Ethiopia" (Hebrew Kush) is mentioned in the Bible numerous times (thirty-seven times in the King James version). . Basic Statistic Total population of Ethiopia 2021, by gender . ), fresh water lake(s): Lake Tana - 3,600 sq km; Abaya Hayk - 1,160 sq km; Ch'amo Hayk - 550 sq kmsalt water lake(s): Lake Turkana (shared with Kenya) - 6,400 sq km; Abhe Bid Hayk/Abhe Bad (shared with Djibouti) - 780 sq km;, Blue Nile river source (shared with Sudan [m]) - 1,600 kmnote [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth, Atlantic Ocean drainage: (Mediterranean Sea) Nile (3,254,853 sq km), Ogaden-Juba Basin, Sudd Basin (Umm Ruwaba Aquifer), highest density is found in the highlands of the north and middle areas of the country, particularly around the centrally located capital city of Addis Ababa; the far east and southeast are sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map, geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts, volcanism: volcanic activity in the Great Rift Valley; Erta Ale (613 m), which has caused frequent lava flows in recent years, is the country's most active volcano; Dabbahu became active in 2005, forcing evacuations; other historically active volcanoes include Alayta, Dalaffilla, Dallol, Dama Ali, Fentale, Kone, Manda Hararo, and Manda-Inakir, note 1: landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; Ethiopia is, therefore, the most populous landlocked country in the world; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopianote 2: three major crops may have originated in Ethiopia: coffee (almost certainly), grain sorghum, and castor bean, Oromo 35.8%, Amhara 24.1%, Somali 7.2%, Tigray 5.7%, Sidama 4.1%, Guragie 2.6%, Welaita 2.3%, Afar 2.2%, Silte 1.3%, Kefficho 1.2%, other 13.5% (2022 est.). Among these mainly Abrahamic religions, the most numerous is Christianity (Ethiopian Orthodoxy, P'ent'ay, Roman Catholic) totaling at 67.3%, followed by Islam at 31.3%. endobj Here are the largest religions in Ethiopia 2020 ), 31.45% of GDP (2019 est. )proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est. ), China 17%, United States 16%, United Arab Emirates 8%, Saudi Arabia 6%, South Korea 5%, Germany 5% (2019), coffee, sesame seeds, gold, cut flowers, zinc (2019), $20.859 billion (2021 est.) )$2,300 (2020 est. However, it is also one of the poorest, with a per capita gross national income of $960. Includes U.S. and international data, reports, and maps. . Of the 61.6 %, 50.6 % are from the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians. [24] The Association of Religion Data Archives estimated that there were around 23,000 Bah adherents in 2010. The conflict in Tigray is predicated on ethnicity rather than creed. The religious beliefs of Addis Ababa. 106 CMT MW 17 December 2014. ), total population: 68.59 yearsmale: 66.43 yearsfemale: 70.81 years (2023 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. Religions: Ethiopian Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.5%, traditional 2.7%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.6% (2007 est.) ), total: 19.8 yearsmale: 19.6 yearsfemale: 20.1 years (2020 est. [21] A year later, in November 1934, the first Bah Local Spiritual Assembly in the country was formed in Addis Ababa. )30.1% of GDP (2017 est. Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report. ), 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. Density. [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. In December 2019 several mosques and Muslim owned businesses were attacked in the Christian dominated Amhara Region. This is an increase of 2.53 % (3,019,461 people) compared to population of 119,346,275 the year before. The current population of Ethiopia is 125,465,016 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The Rastafari view Emperor Haile Selassie as Jesus, the human incarnation of God. )34.927 (2020 est. [28][full citation needed], Freedom of religion is provided by the constitution of 1995, and freedom of worship had also been guaranteed by the 1930 and 1955 Constitutions of Ethiopia, although in certain localities this principle is not always respected in practice. [19] They became known to the West during the 19th and 20th centuries, and were accepted as Jews by the Israeli government in 1975. ), 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. . Fitch rating: B (2014)Moody's rating: B2 (2020)Standard & Poors rating: B (2014)note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained. Africa; Americas; . Islam first arrived in Ethiopia in 614 with the First Migration to Abyssinia. )15.81% (2019 est.). )carbon dioxide emissions: 14.87 megatons (2016 est. It's the 12th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa. The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. 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. Ethiopia is said to be one of the . As per the World Population Prospects, 2019 by the United Nations, the population of Ethiopia in 2023 is 126,527,060 (12.6 crore or 126 million) Source: World Population Prospects 2022. read about Top Countries in Africa. Ethiopia's rapid population growth is putting increasing pressure on land resources, expanding environmental degradation, and raising vulnerability to food shortages. [36] The founder of Solomonic dynasty, Yekuno Amlak was heavily assisted by Muslim Sultanate of Showa in his struggle against the Zagwe dynasty. The largest numbers of practitioners of traditional religions are in the SNNPR (about 993,000 people) and Oromia (895,000). Ethiopia Country Overview | World Health Organization. Moldova, 3.7 million. ), total: 5.1% (2020 est. [31] U.S ambassador David H. Shinn stated in 2005 that the Ethiopian leadership continued to be largely Christian. Catholics Population Percent Catholic Country Dioceses Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious 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. Religion in Ethiopia consists of a number of faiths. )23.866 (2017 est. The majority of the remaining 11% come from the next ten countries: Italy, 2.2 million. )agricultural: 9.687 billion cubic meters (2017 est. ), household consumption: 69.6% (2017 est. )geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est. 107 CMT HW 25 December 2014. Ethiopian Orthodox 43.8%, Muslim 31.3%, Protestant 22.8%, Catholic 0.7%, traditional 0.6%, other 0.8% (2016 est.). Mathematics & Statistics; Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health; Museum and Heritage Studies; Education Statistics 2006. Until the 1980s, a substantial population of Ethiopian Jews resided in Ethiopia. Learn about the Somali in Ethiopia people group. Today, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, part of Oriental Orthodoxy, is by far the largest denomination, though a number of Protestants (P'ent'ay) churches have recently gained ground. )wind: 3.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est. [37] Yekuno Amlak paid back this favor when the Sultan of Shewa appealed to him to put down an insurrection in Showa. The World Bank is helping to fight poverty and improve living standards in Ethiopia. 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. make up the remaining 0.6%. Islam is the second most followed religion, with 33.9% of the population being adherents. )crude oil estimated reserves: 400,000 barrels (2021 est. )hydroelectricity: 95.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est. % . [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. ; Ethiopia population is equivalent to 1.47% of the total world population. ), $27.27 billion (2019 est. )permanent pasture: 20% (2018 est. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church published works by an unknown author written in Ge'ez and translated to Amharic in 1986 which claimed Habesha should refrain from sexual intercourse with Oromo, Muslims, Shanqella, Falasha and animals because it was an abomination. . [26] As of 2016[update] the largest Bah community is in Addis Ababa. Typically, persecution varies depending upon where one lives. F/qq4 *p0I6La~^}(5&_ILN]k-6u}yy}n41y.uTnxBRj"i@E`T|X4x+rd%Ru/dC$ )jFn(('5]Oe2HBF&\H-)(q*pJA}d7Jo. )industrial: 51.1 million cubic meters (2017 est. If recent progress is continued, prevalence of child marriage would drop to 20 per cent by 2030 and to below 10 percent by 2050. gle religious denomination (44 percent), is particularly dominant in the Tigray and Amhara regions and in some parts of Oromia. 1962 - Haile Selassie annexes Eritrea, which becomes . )-$2.719 billion (2020 est. 110 IGT-daughter (D), WW, 22 December 2014. )investment in inventories: -0.1% (2017 est. You can browse files by category or alphabetically, view the newest additions, most popular files, or search for a file. Christianity is the predominant religion in Ethiopia with a total of 61.6% of the population. [4] Ethiopia was the only region of Africa to survive the expansion of Islam as a Christian state.[5]. China has the largest Buddhist population with 254.7 million, followed by Thailand at 66.1 million, Burma ( Myanmar) with 41.44 million, and Japan with 41.38 million. In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. ), deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; loss of biodiversity; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management; industrial pollution and pesticides contribute to air, water, and soil pollution, party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protectionsigned, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, particulate matter emissions: 34.36 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est. A constitution was adopted in 1994, and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. )$3.987 billion (31 December 2018 est. Many different actorsthe national military, as well as the Eritrean military, militias from Ethiopia's Amhara region, and . "[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. Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in each country. Most observers believe the evangelical and Pentecostal proportion of the population has increased since the census was conducted. 40% of young women are married before their 18th birthday and Ethiopia is home to 15 million child brides, of whom 6 million are below the age of 15. A number of towns (such as Awassa, Nazareth, Mekele, Zway and Shashemenie) and rural areas in Oromia and the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR) have active and growing Bah communities. Orthodox Christianity has a long history in Ethiopia dating back to the 1st century, and is dominant in northern and central Ethiopia. The faith arrived in Tigray, north of Ethiopia, . ), 5.461 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2023), at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/femaletotal population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2023 est. )3.24% (2020 est. 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. According to the Barnabas Fund, 55 churches were torched in March 2011 in the Jimma Zone by Muslims after a dispute. )spirits: 0.2 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. The country is also the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari religious movement. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is an Oriental Orthodox Church, which is the largest Christian denomination in Ethiopia. It is a crime in Ethiopia to incite one religion against another. ), total: 32.44 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 37.13 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 27.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est. A two-and-a-half-year border war with Ethiopia that erupted in 1998 ended under UN auspices in December 2000. 126.53/km (93rd) Land Area. xkSH{_[u[TBZlU],/&Bfu vv eezrm^x?jS~EzGeE_HRx 7 8py,.U^y7 B}$cGAJ_qt$8^{)1A_!Bxt ), fossil fuels: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est. Date of Issue: 25.10.2021. Christian, 33.9% identified as Muslim and 18.5% identified as Protestant Christian . )exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est. While the use of modern contraceptive methods among married women has increased significantly from 6 percent in 2000 to 27 percent in 2012, the overall rate is still quite low. 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. Religion Volume 51, 2021 - Issue 3. A subsequent 2007 Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) demarcation was rejected by Ethiopia. note: data are in current year dollars$17.17 billion (2020 est. . Fifty years ago, in 1971, 90% of U.S. adults identified with a Christian religion, 6% were non-Christian or another religion, and 4% did not have a religious . An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 376 pharmacy students in Northwest Ethiopia between July 15 and August 27, 2022. . 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 . )20.36% (2020 est. 1 0 obj [6] Islam is the second most followed religion, with 33.9% of the population being adherents. Islam plays an important role in the daily lives of the Muslims of Bangladesh (about 88% of Bangladesh's population). 20th c shyaway from critical examination." -. ), total: 212,000 (2020 est. )exports of goods and services: 8.1% (2017 est. 2.6% of the population (mainly in the far south and southwest) follow traditional religions; other religions (the Bah Faith, Judaism, etc.) Zara. Population Projection Wereda as of July 2021. 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. )refined petroleum consumption: 107,900 bbl/day (2019 est. 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. The modern name Ethiopia is from the Greek term Aethiopia used to translate Kush, and was applied to all of Sub-Saharan Africa, including what is now Sudan, but with a few classical geographers giving more detailed descriptions of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea (e.g. Islam in . %PDF-1.7 agriculture: 34.8% (2017 est. The top ten countries account for 89% of all Orthodox Christians in the world. By CARA ANNA, DAVID KEYTON and NAT CASTANEDA November 15, 2021 GMT. )services: 43.6% (2017 est. )subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.2 (2020 est. note: data are in current year dollars$7.715 billion (2020 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. [8] Now, as two parties signed the peace deal in Pretoria, the world has decided to move on from the Ethiopian conflict with the empty . People Groups. )$26.269 billion (2018 est. Ethiopia has a long historical and cultural connection to both Christianity and Islam. The violence is often dated to November 2020, when the federal government and the region's political party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, entered into armed conflict at the government ' s Northern Command.
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