64,117,452
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 and death rates, lower population
and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age
and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2000 est.)

0-14 years: 47% (male 15,167,395; female 14,977,346)
15-64 years: 50% (male 16,195,637; female 15,987,089)
65 years and over: 3% (male 816,011; female 973,974) (2000 est.)

2.76% (2000 est.)

45.13 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

17.63 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

0.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
note: repatriation of Ethiopians who fled to Sudan for refuge from war
and famine in earlier years is expected to continue for several years;
small numbers of Sudanese and Somali refugees, who fled to Ethiopia
from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return
to their homes

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

101.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

total population: 45.17 years
male: 44.41 years
female: 45.94 years (2000 est.)

7.07 children born/woman (2000 est.)

noun: Ethiopian(s)
adjective: Ethiopian

Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigre 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella
6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1%

Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%,
other 3%-8%

Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic,
other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in
schools)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 35.5%
male: 45.5%
female: 25.3% (1995 est.)