ETHIOPIA | Summary
OVERVIEW
- Population: 115.7 million3 (second largest country in Africa)
- Housing: 20% Urban, 80% Rural4
HISTORY
HEALTH & HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH INDICATORS & DEMOGRAPHICS
- Fertility Rate: 4.3 live births per woman
- Life Expectancy (Female, Male): 70, 66
- Infant Mortality Rate: 29.5 deaths per 1,000 live births
- Child Mortality Rate: 44 per 1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate: 401 deaths per 100,000 live births
- Prevalence of Obesity: 6%
- Oromo: 33%
- Ahmaric: 30%
- Tigrayan: 6%
- Sidama: 4%
- 70+ Other Ethnic Groups: 21%
- 0-14 years: 43.21%
- 15-24 years: 20.18%
- 25-54 years: 29.73%
- 55-64 years: 3.92%
- 65 years and over: 2.97%
References
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