Ethiopia

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

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 conventional short form: Ethiopia local long form: Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik local short form: Ityop'iya former: Abyssinia, Italian East Africa abbreviation: FDRE
Government type	Federal Republic
Capital	name: Addis Ababa geographic coordinates: 9 02 N, 38 42 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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

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% industry: 10.8% services: 42.2% (2013 est.)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture: 85% industry: 5% services: 10% (2009 est.)
Population below poverty line
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
Currency (code)
Fiscal year

Population	96,633,458 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 44.2% (male 21,376,243/female 21,308,454) 15-24 years: 19.9% (male 9,557,462/female 9,692,275) 25-54 years: 29.2% (male 14,023,218/female 14,176,263) 55-64 years: 2.8% (male 1,826,602/female 1,919,212) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 1,242,171/female 1,511,558) (2014 est.)
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 0-14 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 55.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 63.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 47.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 60.75 years male: 58.43 years female: 63.15 years (2014 est.)
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 total population: 39% male: 49.1% female: 28.9% (2007 est.)