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Title:Reestimating the Ethiopian Population by Age, and Geographical Distribution, 1935-1985
Author:Kidane, AsmeromISNI
Year:1987
Periodical:Northeast African Studies
Volume:9
Issue:3
Pages:59-73
Language:English
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subjects:demographic history
demographic change
History and Exploration
Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/43660247
Abstract:The first census ever to be held in Ethiopia was conducted on May 9, 1984, and preliminary estimates showed a population of 42.2 million. Previous estimates, based on rough guesses and sample surveys, were much lower: 22.6 million for 1967, 24.1 million for 1970. The wide divergence implies that the population figures of the past years were all underestimated. One major consequence is that all socioeconomic indicators of development calculated on a per capita basis, such as literacy, school enrolment, health services, and industrial output, are likely to be overestimated. Applying the concepts of stable and quasi-stable population with 1960 as the cutoff point, the author recalculates the population of Ethiopia for each of the last 50 years, taking the 1984 census as a base. The age distribution of the population and various socioeconomic and other indicators for selected periods are also reestimated. The process is conducted for the whole country and for each administrative region. The sex distribution of the population is not reestimated, as this can easily be found by assuming a ratio of 1.03. App., bibliogr.
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