 With an area of 658.78 square kilometers, Gishe Rabel has a population density of 93.39, which is less than the Zone average of 115.3 persons per square kilometer.A total of 13,691 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.49 persons to a household, and 13,199 housing units.The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 95.68% reporting that as their religion, while 4.01% of the population said they were Muslim.