Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Afar (secondary) · Amharic (secondary) · Ethiopian Sign Language (secondary) · Hamer-Banna (secondary) · Somali (secondary) · Tigrinya (secondary) · Wolaytta (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Ethiopia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Amhara	28476000	Amharic	Christianity
Oromo, Tulema / Selale	10298000	Oromo, West Central	Christianity
Oromo, Wellega / Mecha	9366000	Oromo, West Central	Christianity
Somali	8796000	Somali	Islam
Tigray, Tigrinya	8533000	Tigrigna	Christianity
Oromo, Hararghe	8501000	Oromo, Eastern	Islam
Oromo, Arsi	7623000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Islam
Amhara, Wollo	7127000	Amharic	Christianity
Sidama	5846000	Sidaama	Christianity
Oromo, Jima	4403000	Oromo, West Central	Islam
Wolaitta	3364000	Wolaytta	Christianity
Hadiyya	2531000	Hadiyya	Christianity
Oromo, Bale	2521000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Islam
Afar	2366000	Afar	Islam
Gamo	2182000	Gamo	Christianity
Oromo, Guji	2152000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Christianity
Gedeo	1945000	Gedeo	Christianity
Silt'e	1854000	Silt'e	Islam
Oromo, Borana	1684000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Ethnic Religions
Kafa	1326000	Kafa	Ethnic Religions
Awi	1120000	Awngi	Christianity
Dawro	1070000	Dawro	Christianity
Kambata	1014000	Kambaata	Christianity
Gofa	715000	Gofa	Christianity
Oromo, Wollo / Yejju	698000	Oromo, West Central	Christianity
Bench	697000	Bench	Christianity
Deaf	574000	Ethiopian Sign Language	Unknown
Aari	572000	Aari	Ethnic Religions
Konso	508000	Konso	Christianity
Mesqan	495000	Mesqan	Islam
Ximre	475000	Xamtanga	Christianity
Alaba	460000	Alaba-K'abeena	Islam
Gurage, Inor	401000	Inor	Islam
Berta, Benishangul	372000	Berta	Islam
Gurage, Kistane	322000	Kistane	Christianity
Gumuz, Kamashi	317000	Gumuz	Ethnic Religions
Yem	316000	Yemsa	Christianity
Koore	309000	Koorete	Christianity
Nuer	308000	Nuer	Christianity
Me'en	299000	Me'en	Christianity
Gurage, West	277000	Sebat Bet Gurage	Christianity
Kemant	262000	Amharic	Christianity
Argobba	249000	Argobba	Islam
Gurage, Enneqour	223000	Sebat Bet Gurage	Christianity
Gumuz, Mandura-Dibate	223000	Gumuz	Ethnic Religions
Gurage, Muher	210000	Sebat Bet Gurage	Christianity
Gurage, Izha	203000	Sebat Bet Gurage	Christianity
Tembaro	194000	Kambaata	Christianity
Gurage, Gumer	192000	Sebat Bet Gurage	Christianity
Anuak	188000	Anuak	Christianity

Languages

90 languages recorded here.

Aari

Afar

Alaba-K'abeena

Ale

Amharic

Anuak

Arabic, Sudanese

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

Arbore

Argobba

Awngi

Baiso

Basketo

Bench

Berta

Borna

Burji

Chinese, Mandarin

Daasanach

Daats'iin

Dawro

Dime

Dirasha

Dizin

Dorze

Ethiopian Sign Language

Gamo

Ganza

Gayil

Gedeo

Girirra

Gofa

Gumuz

Gwama

Hadiyya

Hamer-Banne

Harari

Hozo

Inor

Kachama-Ganjule

Kafa

Kambaata

Karo (Ethiopia)

Kistane

Komo (Sudan)

Konso

Koorete

Kunama

Kwegu

Libido

Mabaan

Majang

Male

Mawes Aasse

Me'en

Melo

Mesqan

Mositacha

Murle

Mursi

Nayi

Nuer

Nyangatom

Opo

Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji

Oromo, Eastern

Oromo, West Central

Oyda

Saho

Sebat Bet Gurage

Seze

Shekkacho

Sheko

Sidaama

Silt'e

Somali

Suri, Kacipo-Bale

Suri, Tirmaga-Chai

Tigrigna

Toposa

Tsaara

Tsamai

Turkana

Uduk

Wolane

Wolaytta

Xamtanga

Yemsa

Zay

Zayse

All catalogue fields

159 fields recorded

rog3: ET
iso3: ETH
iso2: ET
ctry: Ethiopia
poplpeoples: 137844000
cntpeoples: 120
cntpeopleslr: 30
poplpeopleslr: 23618000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: amh
officiallang: Amharic
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 61.01566419282
percentevangelical: 17.898813151355
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 479
harvest_rog3: ET
harvest_iso3: ETH
harvest_iso2: ET
harvest_owcountrycode: ETHI
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: ET
harvest_countrynumber: 70
harvest_ctry: Ethiopia
harvest_ctryshort: Ethiopia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 埃塞俄比亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 埃塞俄比亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Ethiopië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Éthiopie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Éthiopie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Äthiopien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Äthiopien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Etiopia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Etiopia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Etiopia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Etiopia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 에티오피아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 에티오피아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Etiopia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Etiopia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Etiópia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Etiópia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Эфиопия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Эфиопия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Etiopía
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Etiopía
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harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Ethiopia
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: d'
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 1
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 014
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_maniregioncode: EH
harvest_capital: Addis Ababa
harvest_population: 135472000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/ethiopia.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 74305393
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-et.pdf
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 36
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/ethiopia
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 53
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 3
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/ET_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 19.6
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 10.340708
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 4.3000002
harvest_owcountrypage: ethiopia
harvest_literacyrate: 52
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 21
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: amh
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 4
harvest_pctanimist: 3.7
harvest_pctbahai: 0.02
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 34.1
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 1.5
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 60.68
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 16.11
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 1.66
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.72
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 39.52
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.03
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -1.029999997881745
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A004
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.448
harvest_hdirank: 174
harvest_internetusers: 15.4
harvest_flashmapzoom: 630
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -315
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -292
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 8
harvest_googlemaplng: 39.5
harvest_ctrylatitude: 9.145
harvest_ctrylongitude: 40.489673
harvest_securitylevel: 1
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/ethiopia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 101
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.446663328522479
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=et&joshua=et
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-ethiopia
harvest_internetusage: 19
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-ethiopia/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/ethiopia/
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://biblesociety-ethiopia.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 426371
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 1106000
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 159
harvest_countryphonecode: 251
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=537
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 52
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 9.6
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 51
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 13
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 65.02000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 19.7
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .et
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ethiopia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00