 The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 88.98% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 9.46% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 1.29% of the population were Protestant.Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 180,863, of whom 93,480 are men and 87,383 are women; 30,358 or 16.79% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 13.5%.With an estimated area of 1,612.66 square kilometers, Dodola has an estimated population density of 112.2 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 27.