Infant, child, and maternal mortality have fallen sharply over the past decade, but the total fertility rate has declined more slowly and the population continues to grow. The rising age of marriage and the increasing proportion of women remaining single have contributed to fertility reduction. While the use of modern contraceptive methods among married women has increased significantly from 6 percent in to 27 percent in , the overall rate is still quite low. With more than 40 percent of the population below the age of 15 and a fertility rate of over 5 children per woman and even higher in rural areas , Ethiopia will have to make further progress in meeting its family planning needs if it is to achieve the age structure necessary for reaping a demographic dividend in the coming decades. Before the revolution, only small numbers of the Ethiopian elite went abroad to study and then returned home, but under the brutal Derg regime thousands fled the country, primarily as refugees.

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“I was really young on my wedding day. And I didn’t know we’d have sex that night."
So I found myself in the tiny bedroom of this year-old Ethiopian composer-pianist-nun, croaking my way through the verses of a Robert Burns song. Given she does not agree to most interviews, I felt I should do what I was told. The room, at the Ethiopian Orthodox church in Jerusalem, was cramped and sweltering. In it was a small bed, an upright piano draped in Ethiopian flags, stacks of reel-to-reel and cassette tapes, and a jumble of handwritten manuscripts.
View Alerts and Messages Archive. See our Fact Sheet on Ethiopia for information on U. While tourist visas are also available upon arrival at Bole International Airport, some travelers have experienced significant delays obtaining their visa upon arrival. Overseas inquiries about visas should be made at the nearest Ethiopian embassy or consulate. Find information on dual nationality , prevention of international child abduction , and customs information on our websites. Ethiopia has experienced sporadic and spontaneous civil unrest throughout the country, some of which has ended in violence.