Ethiopia |
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Geography | |
Location: | Eastern Africa, west of Somalia. |
Area: | total:
1,104,300 sq km land: 1 million sq km water: 104,300 sq km |
Natural Resources: | Small reserves of gold, Platinum, Copper, Potash, Natural Gas, Hydropower |
Population and Health | |
Population: | 96,633,458 (July 2014 est.) |
Age structure: | 0-14 years: 44.2% (male 21,376,243/female 21,308,454) |
Population growth rate: | 2.89% (2014 est.) |
Birth rate: | 37.66 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
Death rate: | 8.52 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
Sex ratio: | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female |
Infant mortality rate: | total: 55.77 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 60.75 years |
Total fertility rate: | 65.23 children born/woman (2014 est.) |
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method): | 29% (2007-2012) |
Unmet need of contraceptive: | 26.3% (2011) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 758,600 (2012) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 47,200 (2012) |
Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write |
Economy | |
GDP (purchasing power parity): | $118.2 billion (2013 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate): | $47.34 billion (2013 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate: | 7% (2013 est.) |
GDP - per capita (PPP): | $1,300 (2013 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture: 47% |
Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture: 85% |
Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 8.4% (2013 est.) |
Agriculture - products: | cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, cotton, sugarcane, potatoes, qat, cut flowers; hides, cattle, sheep, goats; fish |
Industries: | food processing, beverages, textiles, leather, chemicals, metals processing, cement |
Industrial production growth rate: | 9% (2013 est.) |
Exports - commodities: | coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds |
Others | |
Nationality: | noun:
Ethiopian(s) adjective: Ethiopian |
Religions: |
Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census) |
Languages: |
Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census) |
Country name: | conventional
long form: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
Government type: | Federal Republic |
Capital: | name:
Addis Ababa |
Administrative divisions: | 9 ethnically based states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and 2 self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular - astedader); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples), Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali), Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples) |
Independence: | oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years |
Legal system: | based on civil law; currently transitional mix of national and regional courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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Source : UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division Update date: August 2014 |
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