| Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ
ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ
ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Fēdēralāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī Rīpeblīk |
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Anthem: Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya
"March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia".
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Capital
(and largest city) | Addis Ababa
9°1.8′N38°44.4′E / 9.03°N 38.74°E / 9.03; 38.74 |
| Official language(s) | Amharic |
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| Recognised regional languages | Other languages official amongst the different ethnicities and their respective regions. |
| Ethnic groups | Oromo 34.49%, Amhara 26.89%, Somali 6.20%, Tigray 6.07%; Sidama 4.01%, Gurage 2.53%, Welayta 2.31%[1][2] and around eighty other small ethnic groups. |
| Demonym | Ethiopian |
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| Government | FederalParliamentary republic1 |
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| - | President | Girma Wolde-Giorgis |
| - | Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi |
| Establishment |
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| - | Traditional date | 980 BC |
| - | Current constitution | 1991 |
| Area |
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| - | Total | 1,104,300 km2 (27th)
426,371 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 0.7 |
| Population |
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| - | 2010 estimate | 85,237,338[3] (14th²) |
| - | 2007 census | 73,918,505 |
| - | Density | 79/km2 (123rd)
194/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $85.119 billion[4] |
| - | Per capita | $1,003[4] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $30.599 billion[4] |
| - | Per capita | $360[4] |
| Gini (1999–00) | 30 (medium) |
| HDI (2007) |  0.414 (low) (171st) |
| Currency | Birr (ETB) |
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| Time zone | EAT(UTC+3) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+3) |
| Drives on the | right |
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| ISO 3166 code | ET |
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| Internet TLD | .et |
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| Calling code | 251 |
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| 1 | According to The Economist in its Democracy Index, Ethiopia is a "hybrid regime", with a dominant-party system led by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. |
| 2 | Rank based on 2005 population estimate by the United Nations. |
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