Is Ethiopia really 94 million or is it Bogus?

[PrinceNugaalHawd]

The capital is around 3 + million
Few other cities are over 200,000 and few around 100,000+

so where is the 100 million mise they lie to scare their neighbors and get aid from the international community?

[Xanuunku]

I believe Ethiopia might be exaggerating its population so it could receive more UN economic aid.

How do you go from 30 million in 1960 to 100+ million in 2016?

Even if everyone Ethiopian Xalimo had 5 kids, u can't reach 100 millions.

Games,

I think you are totally correct with this assumption. Ethiopia lies and its own census is an estimate not an actual head count. It doesn’t make sense, 100 million population, its largest city Addis has 3.7 million and the second largest city is 300k. So Ethiopia must have unbelievable amounts of small villages and doing a physical count would be impractical. They have inflated the numbers for more economic and military aid. They probably also changed or skewed the Muslim population as well, Ethiopia now has a Muslim majority or at least equal numbers with the Christians

https://www.somalinet.com/forums/viewto ... 4&start=15

My thoughts on this matter,

[GalliumerianSlayer]

Most are the Oromo people, who are now masquerading as Somalis. I support both the Afar and Oromo in seceding from Ethiopia and forming their own republics. Ethiopia federal state would crumble. Habesha have been abusing Oromos for many centuries.

[WaaSamane]

Two thirds are Oromo aka Gog&Magog.

[Siciid85]

It is bullshit. They were like 65-70 in 1998 and they are telling their population grew by 25 million in a decade and half? Cool story

[Macasaro]

BS or nah we still need to have 10 extra eyes on them mofos and their injir. We should only do bussiness with them nothing more or else.

[PrinceNugaalHawd]

I agree guys something is wrong the Xabasha are good at the art of propaganda.

Waa Sheeko xariir. I don't believe it walle

[PureQ]

Like when they put Muslims as low as 34% but well known they are the majority (60% according to various sources) from the look of the ethnic groups and their territorial size. Take them with a grain of salt.

[joslandos]

Like when they put Muslims as low as 34% but well known they are the majority (60% according to various sources) from the look of the ethnic groups and their territorial size. Take them with a grain of salt.

If you are rational and have a basic instinct of statistics, you would have known 33.9% is in fact a correct percentage of Ethiopian Muslims.

Ethiopian Muslims are in majority only in two regions. That are Ethiopian Somali region and Afar regions. But in these two regions the population number is 6.5 million and 1.5 million respectively. Oromia with its 35 million population it has 49% of Muslims, which would make it the largest Muslim community in the country. Here are the rest..

Amhara 25.7 million people only 15% Muslim

Tigray 6.4 Million people only 4% Muslim

Souther nations 17 Million people Only 23% Muslim

Gambela 1.2 Million people Only 2% Muslim

Benishangul 800 Thousand people 35% Muslim

Now...in the two areas where Muslims are the overwhelming majority Ethio-Somali and Afar regions, the population is very small. Therefore, when you add them up with the rest of the country it would be around 34%... There is no conspiracy. It's just math. Now you can explain, where the hell you pulled out your "60%" from, and how you came up with it...

[Ismail87]

^ Fair enough, but where does the 94 million figure come from?

Addis - 3.5mill
Dire Dawa - 600k
Mekele - 450k
Gondar - 350k

Where are the rest of the people hiding?

Now compare that to the UK with a population of 64 million.

London - 7mill
Birmingham - 1mill
Leeds - 700k
Glasgow - 600k

[PrinceNugaalHawd]

London
Liverpool
Glasgow
Birmingham
Cardiff
Edinburgh
York
Manchester
Leeds
Leicester

Etc

[joslandos]

^ Fair enough, but where does the 94 million figure come from?

Addis - 3.5mill
Dire Dawa - 600k
Mekele - 450k
Gondar - 350k

Where are the rest of the people hiding?

Now compare that to the UK with a population of 64 million.

London - 7mill
Birmingham - 1mill
Leeds - 700k
Glasgow - 600k

1) We are not an urban society. 78% of our population is rural. Ethiopia has more rural towns than ANY African country.

2) You had only four major cities listed here for Ethiopia. We have a string of medium sized cities between every twenty miles...

3) In Oromia, Ethio-Somali Southern nations, Gambella and Afar regions we have very large number of pastoralists, who live neither in rural towns nor in mid sized cities and large cities. As pastoralists are always do, they just travel from one place to another..and they are millions...

4) Census in Ethiopia is very accurate. You know why? We have been under a pseudo fascist/communist leader for 17 years. One thing that Mengistu taught us is registering EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT and giving them numbers and ID cards that corresponds it in every Kebele. (Neighborhood association). In turn, the Kebele reports it's data to regional offices and the regional offices to the central government. That is a very tight chain. You know, who lives with who and where. Hence, part of the reason that Al Shabab has been having a hard time to move around the country and attack. In short, every citizen, refugee and not resident is registered. Even, Pastoralist, who move around have IDs and registered. Or they don't get medical services for their camels and get to be stopped and inquired every where they find pastures. So, that is the reason, brother...

[Togdeer]

Somali region of Ethiopia is estimated to have 7 million people, Somalia plus Somaliland have a combined population of 11 million. Somaliland has 3.5 million and the south has around 7.5 million.

I know the Somali region of Ethiopia is big, but their biggest city jigjiga has around 200,000. Compare that to Xamar with an estimated 2.5 million people/

[joslandos]

Somali region of Ethiopia is estimated to have 7 million people, Somalia plus Somaliland have a combined population of 11 million. Somaliland has 3.5 million and the south has around 7.5 million.

I know the Somali region of Ethiopia is big, but their biggest city jigjiga has around 200,000. Compare that to Xamar with an estimated 2.5 million people/

That is a perfect example. Thank you...

Out of almost 7Million people, only about 200thousand live in a largest city of the region. That is what I was trying to explain earlier. We are very rural society.. And the string of small and medium sized towns account the total number. Not the population in big cities.

[theyuusuf143]

The whole Addis we hear about is smaller than one district of Nairobi. its just like polished Mogadishu . in fact Mogadishu is more potential to grow faster than Addis. I don't think their rural villages outnumber our villages. Even two out of the 5 Major Ethiopian cities are owned by Somalis. diredawa and Jigjiga. and they have no many midsized towns like Burao, galkacyo,kismayo,Bosaso,borama etc. I think the midsized towns he is talking about are none other than our qabridahare , Godey and others loool