 The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 55.4% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 26.33% of the population were Protestant, and 17.66% were Muslim.Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 121,530, of whom 61,668 were males and 59,862 were females; 5,228 or 4.30% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%.With an estimated area of 945.47 square kilometers, Amaya has an estimated population density of 128.5 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 152.8.