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People
Population: 51,666,622 (July 1990), growth rate 3.5% (1990).
Birth rate: 45 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 5 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 116 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 49 years male, 52 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Ethiopian(s); adjective--Ethiopian.
Ethnic divisions: 40% Oromo, 32% Amhara and Tigrean, 9% Sidamo,
6% Shankella, 6% Somali, 4% Afar, 2% Gurage, 1% other.
Religion: 40-45% Muslim, 35-40% Ethiopian Orthodox, 15-20% animist,
5% other.
Language: Amharic (official), Tigrinya, Orominga, Arabic,
English (major foreign language taught in schools).
Literacy: 55.2%.
Labor force: 18,000,000; 80% agriculture and animal husbandry,
12% government and services, 8% industry and construction (1985).
Organized labor: All Ethiopian Trade Union formed by the
government in January 1977 to represent 273,000 registered
trade union members.