The total population of Ethiopia is 107,534,882 people. People in Ethiopia speak the Amharic language. The linguistic diversity of Ethiopia is very diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Ethiopia is 0.8073. The median age is approximately 17.6 years. Life expectancy in Ethiopia is 64. The female fertility rate in Ethiopia is 4.1. Around 1% of the population of Ethiopia are obese. The ethnic diversity is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Ethiopia is 0.7235. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Ethiopia see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population
In Ethiopia, the population density is 83 people per square kilometer (216 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be sparsely populated. The total population of Ethiopia is 107,534,882 people. Ethiopia has approximately 1,072,949 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Ethiopia represent 0.3 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Ethiopia represent 0.8 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Ethiopia is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Ethiopia is 0.7235. This means that there is a relatively high number of unique ethnic groups in Ethiopia. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Ethiopia on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age
The median age is approximately 17.6 years. The median age for men is 17.4, while the median age for women is 17.7.

Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.03. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.96; sex ratio over 64 - 0.75; total sex ratio - 0.97. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of Ethiopia is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 62.8% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. The religious diversity of Ethiopia is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Ethiopia. The index of religious fractionalization in Ethiopia is 0.6249. This score means that there are several major religions distributed evenly within Ethiopia.

General development
Ethiopia is considered to be a developing nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developing nation, Ethiopia may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of developed nations. In Ethiopia, 1.48 in every 100 people use internet. Ethiopia has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.435. Ethiopia has a lower medium HDI score. This indicates that the majority of citizens will struggle to attain a desirable life due to flawed economic and social systems. The migration rate in Ethiopia is -0.22%. In Ethiopia, 29.6% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Ethiopia is fairly high, but is not reason for complete concern with regard to investments. Potential financial backers should look at other economic markers, including GDP, urbanization rate, and strength of currency, before making any decisions regarding investments.