| Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ Yäʾityop̣p̣yawi Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripäblik | … |
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| Flag Emblem | … |
| Anthem: ወደፊት ገሥግሺ ፣ ውድ እናት ኢትዮጵያ (Amharic) (“March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia”) | … |
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| Capital and largest city | Addis Ababa 9°1′N 38°45′E / 9.017°N 38.750°E |
| Official languages | • Amharic • Oromo • Somali • Tigrinya • Afar 1 2 3 |
| Regional languages 4 | • Sidama • Gurage • Welayta • Harari • Languages of Ethiopia |
| Ethnic groups (2007 5 6) | • 34.5% Oromo • 26.9% Amhara • 6.2% Somali • 6.1% Tigrayan • 4.0% Sidama • 2.5% Gurage • 2.3% Welayta • 1.7% Hadiya • 1.7% Afar • 1.5% Gamo • 12.6% others |
| Religion (2016 7) | • 67.3% Christianity 43.8% Ethiopian Orthodoxy 22.8% P’ent’ay 0.7% other Christian • 31.3% Islam • 0.6% traditional faiths • 0.8% others / none |
| Demonym | Ethiopian |
| Government | Federal parliamentary republic8 under an authoritarian government910 |
| • President | Taye Atske Selassie |
| • Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| • Deputy Prime Ministers | Temesgen Tiruneh Adem Farah |
| • Chief Justice of the Federal Supreme Court | Tewodros Mihret |
| Legislature | Federal Parliamentary Assembly |
| • Upper house | House of Federation |
| • Lower house | House of Peoples’ Representatives |
| Formation | … |
| • Ethiopian Empire | 1270 |
| • Zemene Mesafint | 7 May 1769 |
| • Reunification | 11 February 1855 |
| • Centralisation | 1904 |
| • Occupied and annexed into Italian East Africa | 9 May 1936 |
| • Re-establishment of independence | 31 January 1942 |
| Area | … |
| • Total | 1,104,300 km (426,400 sq mi) (26th) |
| • Water (%) | 0.7 |
| Population | … |
| • 2025 estimate | 138,902,1851112 (10th) |
| • 2007 census | 73,750,9326 |
| • Density | 92.7/km (240.1/sq mi) (123rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
| • Total | 📈 US$434.44 bn13 (55th) |
| • Per capita | 📈 US$4,05013 (159th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
| • Total | 📉US$145.03 bn13 (59th) |
| • Per capita | 📉US$1,35013 (159th) |
| Gini (2021) | 31.114 medium inequality |
| HDI (2022) | 📈 0.49215 low (176th) |
| Currency | Birr (ETB) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Calling code | +251 |
| ISO 3166 code | ET |
| Internet TLD | .et |
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