 The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 88.46% reporting that as their religion, while 10.99% of the population said they were Muslim.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 100,507 in 17,323 households, of whom 50,422 were men and 50,085 were women; 16,515 or 16.43% of its population were urban dwellers.The three largest ethnic groups reported in Efratana Gidim were the Amhara (95.27%), the Argobba (2.9%), and the Oromo (1.11%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.72% of the population.