 The majority of the inhabitants were Orthodox Tewahedo, with 74.35% reporting that as their religion, while 23.83% of the population said they were Muslim and 1.81% were P'ent'ay.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this district of 73,401 in 13,106 households, of whom 36,512 were men and 36,889 were women; 9,964 or 13.57% of its population were urban dwellers.The two largest ethnic groups reported in Antsokiyana Gemza were Amharas (97.63%), and Oromos (2.25%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.12% of the population.