Ethiopia: Population soars to near 77 million
Ethiopia: Population soars to near 77 million
Population Soars by ~30% in 14 Years
AFP - Dec 4, 2008 - Ethiopia's population has risen by a staggering 23.4 million people over the past 14 years, to its current 76.9 million, according to a census approved by parliament Thursday.
The census dates from May 2007 and includes a projected annual growth rate of 2.6 million people, after delays in the verification process. "We carried out a census in May 2007 and it shows that there were 73,918,505 people at that time," Central Statistics Agency chief Samya Zakarya told AFP. "But based on a projection of an annual growth rate of 2.6 percent, Ethiopia's population up to this month is 76,947,760."
UN estimations of Ethiopia's population are higher, at more than 81 million. Ethiopia's population stood at 53.4 million when the last census was conducted in 1994. Read More.
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