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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) =E2=80=93 Ethiopia's population has risen by a = staggering 23.4=20 million people over the past 14 years, to its current 76.9 million, = according to=20 a census approved by parliament Thursday.

The census dates from May 2007 and includes a projected annual growth = rate of=20 2.6 million people, after delays in the verification process.

"We carried out a census in May 2007 and it shows that there were = 73,918,505=20 people at that time," Central Statistics Agency chief Samya Zakarya told = AFP.

"But based on a projection of an annual growth rate of 2.6 percent,=20 Ethiopia's population up to this month is 76,947,760."

UN estimations of Ethiopia's population are higher, at more than 81=20 million.

Ethiopia's population stood at 53.4 million when the last census was=20 conducted in 1994.

The new census shows the capital, Addis Ababa, with a population of 2.7 = million.

Nearly 62 million people, or 83.8 percent, live in rural areas, with = the=20 central Oromiya and Amhara regions growing by 3.2 million and 2.4 = million=20 respectively.

Muslims increased by 1.1 percent in the traditionally = Christian-dominated=20 nation to number more than 25 million, up from 17.4 million 14 years = ago.

The Christian population rose to more than 46 million, or 62 percent = of the=20 population, up from 32.7 million in 1994.

The census highlights a decrease in the number of Orthodox Christians, traditionally the = dominant church=20 in Ethiopia. They now comprise 43.5 percent of the population, as = against just=20 over 50 percent in 1994.

The erosion is mainly due to the rising influence of Pentecostal = churches in=20 the country. Membership of Protestant churches as a whole has increased = from 5.4=20 million to 13.7 million.

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