Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ Yäʾityop̣p̣yawi Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripäblik
Flag Emblem
Anthem: ወደፊት ገሥግሺ ፣ ውድ እናት ኢትዮጵያ (Amharic)
(“March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia”)
Capital and largest cityAddis 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
DemonymEthiopian
GovernmentFederal parliamentary republic8 under an authoritarian government910
• PresidentTaye Atske Selassie
• Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
• Deputy Prime MinistersTemesgen Tiruneh
Adem Farah
• Chief Justice of the Federal Supreme CourtTewodros Mihret
LegislatureFederal Parliamentary Assembly
• Upper houseHouse of Federation
• Lower houseHouse of Peoples’ Representatives
Formation
• Ethiopian Empire1270
Zemene Mesafint7 May 1769
• Reunification11 February 1855
• Centralisation1904
• Occupied and annexed into Italian East Africa9 May 1936
• Re-establishment of independence31 January 1942
Area
• Total1,104,300 km (426,400 sq mi) (26th)
• Water (%)0.7
Population
• 2025 estimate138,902,1851112 (10th)
• 2007 census73,750,9326
• Density92.7/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)
CurrencyBirr (ETB)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy
Calling code+251
ISO 3166 codeET
Internet TLD.et

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Footnotes

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