 The two largest ethnic groups reported in Were Babu were the Amhara (98.75%), and the Oromo (1.19%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.06% of the population.Amharic was spoken as a first language by 99.87%.The majority of the inhabitants professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 57.79% having reported they practiced that belief, while 41.99% of the population said they were Muslim.