 The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 73.96% reporting that as their religion, while 25.77% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 120,193 in 26,594 households, of whom 58,542 were men and 61,651 were women; 8,908 or 7.41% of its population were urban dwellers.The largest ethnic group reported in Were Ilu was the Amhara (99.91%).