Ethiopia is most densely populated in the highlands where most people live as farmers. In the 1980s, the Socialist regime made unsuccessful attempts to forcibly relocate people away from the civil war and gather the people in new villages. Ethnically, the population is very mixed and hundreds of different languages are spoken.
More and more Ethiopians are seeking refuge in the cities today than ever before. The biggest reason why more and more Ethiopians are moving to the cities is that wages are higher there than in the countryside and that there are more jobs to choose from (in the countryside it is mostly agriculture). Despite that, only 20% of the population lives in cities and other urban areas.
