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Name:
Ethiopia
Capital City:
Addis Ababa (3,384,569 pop.)
(4,567,857 metro)
Ethiopia Population:
93,877,025 (
2013 est.
)
World Populations
(all countries)
Currency:
Birr (ETB)
One Birr
Ethnicity:
Oromo 34.5%, Amara 26.9%, Somalie 6.2%, Tigraway 6.1%, Sidama 4%, Guragie 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Affar 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, other 11.3%
GDP total:
$103.1 billion (
2012 est.
)
GDP per capita:
$1,200 (
2012 est.
)
Land Sizes
Language:
Amarigna (Amharic) (official) 32.7%, Oromigna (official regional) 31.6%, Tigrigna (official regional) 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (official)
Largest Cities:
(
by population
) Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Mek'ele, Nazret
Name:
From the latin
Aethiopia
, meaning, "Land of the Blacks."
National Day:
May 28
Religion:
Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.6%, traditional 2.6%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.7%
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