Talk:Demographics of Ethiopia

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Where did the figures on Ethiopean Religion come from, I've seen several sources, including the CIA world factbook which show a higher percent of Muslims than Christians

I've seen those figures as well, but they are incorrect. I took them straight from the 1994 census (the most recent census); the 1984 census shows the same 61:33% ratio (approximately). There's a link right before the data (in superscript).

Yom

Yes i also think that muslim population is around 50% in Ethiopia, According to Library of congress, CIA world Fact book and various other sites and publications. And the 60% christian data is not reliable.

Those numbers all come from the CIA factbook. It's not that they're independently verified, but that they all are using the same false data. I don't know when the data came from, but at the latest it was formulated in 1997 (it hasn't changed since then). The data I'm using comes from both the 1984 and 1994 censuses. The data on the page is from the 1994 one, but the 1984 one (as I said above) has the same approximate 61:33% ratio, just with more Orthodox Christians and fewer Protestants (P'ent'ay or Tehadeso).

Yom 16:05, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I've counted 3 articles which spell the name of the ethnic group as "Wolaita" & 3 spell it "Wolayta". Which one is most accurate? -- llywrch 03:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)