The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 66,495, of whom 35,048 were men and 31,411 women; 13,962 or 21% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. (This total also includes an estimate for the inhabitants of several rural kebeles, and parts of the town of Moyale, which were not counted. These portions of the woreda were estimated to have 22,443 inhabitants, of whom 11,751 were men and 10,692 women, and 3,419 were urban dwellers of both sexes.) The four largest ethnic groups reported in Moyale were the Oromo (52.88%), the Somali (37.32%), the Burji (2.81%), and the Amhara (2.79%); all other ethnic groups made up 4.2% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 53.74%, 38.38% spoke Somali, 3.54% spoke Amharic, and 1.61% spoke Burji; the remaining 2.73% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 74.65% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 8.81% of the population said they practiced traditional beliefs, 7.34% professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 1.57% were Protestant.