Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Capital: Addis Ababa

Total Area: 435,186.17 sq mi,1,127,127.00 sq km,(slightly less than twice the size of Texas)

Population: 65,891,874 (July 2001 est.),note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Estimated Population in 2050: 187,892,174

Languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)

Literacy: 35.5% total, 45.5% male, 25.3% female (1995 est.)

Religions: Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%

Life Expectancy: 43.88 male, 45.51 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: federal republic

Currency: 1 birr (Br) = 100 cents

GDP (per capita): $600 (2000 est.)

Industry: food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metals processing, cement

Agriculture: cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, potatoes, qat; hides, cattle, sheep, goats

Arable Land: 12%

Natural Resources: small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower

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