sentences:  The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 98.3% reporting that as their religion, while 1.7% of the population said they were Muslim.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 218,014 in 40,680 households, of whom 111,329 were men and 106,685 women; 17,667 or 8.1% of its population were urban dwellers at the time.The two largest ethnic groups reported in Dembiya were the Amhara (97.35%), and the Qemant (2.15%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.5% of the population.