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As of 2024, Addis Ababa population grew from 15,000 in 1888 to 3.6 million in 2023. [1] Among the largest ethnic groups, Amhara: 47%, ...
Addis Ababa (/ ˌ æ d ɪ s ˈ æ b ə b ə /; [5] Amharic: አዲስ አበባ, lit. 'new flower' [adˈdis ˈabəba] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. [6] [7] [8] In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. [2]
Addis Ababa, for example, might have a total population of 4.5 to 5 million if also taking the metropolitan area into account. Some towns which should be beyond a number of 40,000 inhabitants (like Holeta ) are not shown as the last census happened in 2007.
Ethiopia is a mostly agrarian rural country [1]: 135 with only its capital, Addis Ababa, having over 1 million people.However the urban population of Ethiopia has expanded dramatically, from 10.8 million in 2002 to 28 million in 2022, [2] a growth of 160%, which has resulted in the urban population as a percentage of the total population growing from 15% to 23% over the same time period. [2]
Addis Ababa seen from the air, 2024. Migration to urban areas is usually motivated by the hope of better lives. In peasant associations, daily life is a struggle to survive. About 16% of the population in Ethiopia lives on less than one dollar per day (2008).
Bole (Amharic: ቦሌ ክፍለ ከተማ) is a district (sub-city) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was of 328,900. As of 2011 its population was of 328,900. [ 1 ]
When the Derg took power in 1974 they relabelled the provinces as regions (kifle hager). [4]: 222 By 1981 Addis Ababa had become a separate administrative division from Shewa, and Aseb was split off from Eritrea in 1981, making 16 administrative divisions in total.
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]