Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the
Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 1,837,490, an increase of 17.72% over the 1994 census, of whom 928,694 are men and 908,796 women. With an area of 15,936.13 square kilometers, North Shewa has a population density of 115.30. While 214,227 or 11.66% are urban inhabitants, a further 112 or 0.01% are pastoralists. A total of 429,423 households were counted in this Zone, which results in an average of 4.28 persons to a household, and 413,235 housing units. The three largest ethnic groups reported in North Shewa were the
Amhara (90.73%), the
Oromo (7.14%), and the
Argobba (1.71%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.42% of the population.
Amharic is spoken as a first language by 92.97%, and 6.32% spoke
Oromiffa; the remaining 0.71% spoke all other primary languages reported. 94.71% of the population said they practiced
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 4.91% were
Muslim. The zone had an estimated population of 3,550,000 in 2020. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 1,560,916 in 340,413 households, of whom 784,207 were men and 776,709 women; 146,952 or 9.41% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in North Shewa were the
Amhara (93.87%), the
Oromo (4.27%), and the
Argobba (1.73%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.13% of the population.
Amharic was spoken as a first language by 95.44%, and 4.38% spoke
Oromiffa; the remaining 0.18% spoke all other primary languages reported. 94.56% practiced
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 5.26% of the population said they were
Muslim. According to a May 24, 2004
World Bank memorandum, 4% of the inhabitants of North Shewa have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 41.4 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers (compared to the national average of 30 kilometers), the average rural household has 1.2 hectares of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 0.75 for the Amhara Region) and the equivalent of 0.9 heads of livestock. 15.7% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a Regional average of 21%. 48% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 12% in secondary schools. 39% of the zone is exposed to
malaria, and 14% to
Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 487. ==Notes==