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This is a list of ethnic groups in Ethiopia that are officially recognized by the government. It is a list taken from the 2007 Ethiopian National Census: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Population size and percentage of Ethiopia's total population according to the 1994 and 2007 censuses follows each entry.
The population was only about nine million in the 19th century. [18] The 2007 Population and Housing Census results show that the population of Ethiopia grew at an average annual rate of 2.6% between 1994 and 2007, down from 2.8% during the period 1983–1994. As of 2015, the population growth rate is among the top ten countries in the world. [19]
Ethnic nationalism and similar policies implemented by the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which brought Ethiopia to ethnic federalist state since 1995, which was aimed to reduce internal ethnic conflicts and grant freedom of choice within every ethnic groups although, Ethiopia then faced more prolong internal ...
Among those ethnic groups, Amhara, Oromo and Tigrayans make up of majority of population, the former two being the largest with 60% of total population. [5] [6] After the fall of the Derg and the EPRDF seized the power, Article 39 of the 1995 Constitution was ratified the status of ethnicity of Ethiopia, giving full rights of secessionist seIf ...
Ethiopia's population is highly diverse, containing over 80 different ethnic groups, the four largest of which are the Oromo, Amhara, Somali and Tigrayans. According to the Ethiopian national census of 2007, the Oromo are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, at 34.4% of the nation's population.
Ethnic groups in Ethiopia (9 C, 98 P) Expatriates in Ethiopia (42 C, 7 P) I. Immigrants to Ethiopia (4 C, 2 P) ... List of Ethiopian regional states by population; U.
The following table presents a list of Ethiopian regional states by population based on the 1994 and 2007 censuses with the Statistics Ethiopia estimated population as of July 2023. Region 1994 Census [ 1 ]
The official population count of the various ethnic groups in Africa is highly uncertain due to limited infrastructure to perform censuses, and due to rapid population growth. Some groups have alleged that there is deliberate misreporting in order to give selected ethnicities numerical superiority (as in the case of Nigeria's Hausa, Fulani ...