 Rivers include the Wakalo and the Burqa.Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 100,530, an increase of 11.22% over the 1994 census, of whom 50,459 are men and 50,071 women; 6,726 or 6.69% are urban inhabitants.With an area of 714.28 square kilometers, Were Babu has a population density of 140.74, which is less than the Zone average of 147.58 persons per square kilometer.