Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Capital: Addis Ababa
Area: 1.13 million sq km (437,794 sq miles)
Major languages: Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali
Major religions: Christianity, Islam
Monetary unit: 1 Birr = 100 cents
Main exports: Coffee, hides, fresh flower, oilseeds, beeswax, sugarcane
Main imports: Food, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles etc
Country Code Top Level Domain: .et
International dialling code: +251

Population: 74.2 million (UN, 2005 estimate)
Population growth rate: 2.36% (2005 estimate)
Projected population in 2025: 91,204,902 (2025 estimate)
Projected population in 2050: 121,164,092 (2050 estimate)
Population density: 59 persons per sq km (2003 estimate) 152 persons per sq mi (2003 estimate)

Share urban: 16 percent (2001 estimate)
Share rural: 84 percent (2001 estimate)

Addis Ababa: 2,424,000 (1999 estimate) Dire Dawa: 208,456 (1999 estimate) Harer: 131,139 (1994) Nazret: 163,533 (1999 estimate) Gonder: 142,328 (1999 estimate) Source: Microsoft Encarta 2004

GDP - real growth rate: 11.6% (2004 estimate)
GDP (purchasing power parity): $54.89 billion (2004 estimate)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $800 (2004 estimate)
Agriculture - products: cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, potatoes, qat; hides, cattle, sheep, goats
Industries: food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metals processing, cement
Industrial production growth rate: 6.7% (2001 estimate)
Fiscal year: 8 July - 7 July

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