According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently lacks electricity, telephone and postal service.[1]
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Debre Selam has an estimated total population of 1,465 of whom 739 were males and 726 were females.[2] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 819 of whom 401 were males and 416 were females.