Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Name in national languages
Ge'ez :ኢትዮጵያ Amharic :የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ yeʾĪtiyoṗṗiya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk Oromo :Rippabliikii Federaalawaa Dimokraatawaa Itiyoophiyaa Somali :Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga Federaalka Itoobiya Afar :ityoppiah federalih demokrasih ummuno Tigrinya :ናይኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ nayi'ītiyop'iya fēdēralawī dēmokirasīyawī rīpebilīki
Anthem: ወደፊት ገስግሺ፣ ውድ እናት ኢትዮጵያ (English: "March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia " )Capitaland largest city
Addis Ababa 9°1′N 38°45′E / 9.017°N 38.750°E / 9.017; 38.750 Official languages Afar Amharic Oromo Somali Tigrinya English [ 1] Ethnic groups Religion
62.8% Christianity —43.5% Ethiopian Orthodoxy —18.6% Pentay (Protestantism ) —0.7% Catholicism 33.9% Islam 2.6% Traditional faiths 0.7% Others / None [ 4] Demonym(s) Ethiopian Government Ethnofederalist [ 5] parliamentary constitutional republic Sahle-Work Zewde Abiy Ahmed Demeke Mekonnen Tagesse Chafo Meaza Ashenafi
Legislature Federal Parliamentary Assembly House of Federation House of Peoples' Representatives c. 980 BCE c. 100 CE 900 1137 1936 • Sovereignty restored
1941 1974 1987 1993 August 21, 1995
• Total
1,104,300[ 6] km2 (426,400 sq mi) (28th ) • Water (%)
0.7 • 2021 estimate
120,283,026[ 7] [ 8] (13th ) • 2007 census
73,750,932[ 9] • Density
92.7/km2 (240.1/sq mi) (123rd ) GDP (PPP ) 2020 estimate • Total
$272 billion[ 10] (58th ) • Per capita
$2,772[ 10] GDP (nominal) 2020 estimate • Total
$96 billion[ 10] (61st ) • Per capita
$974[ 10] Gini (2011) 33.6[ 11] medium HDI (2019) 0.485[ 12] low · 173rd Currency Birr (ETB )Time zone UTC +3 (EAT )Driving side right Calling code +251 ISO 3166 code ET Internet TLD .et
Ethiopia has one of the longest known histories as a country in Africa . Ethiopia was one of the few countries in Africa that escaped the Scramble for Africa . It avoided being colonized until 1935, when it was invaded by the Italians under Benito Mussolini , who took over the country for a brief time. Ethiopia used to be called Abyssinia . The word "Ethiopia" is from the Greek word Αἰθιοπία (IPA: /ˌaitʰioˈpia/) meaning sun light burned face. It is the most populous landlocked country in the world. It lost its Red Sea ports when Eritrea gained independence in 1993.
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↑ Roughly half of the Eritrean diaspora
↑ Amharas are estimated to be the largest ethnic group of estimated 20.000 Ethiopian Germans|https://www.giz.de/fachexpertise/downloads/gtz2009-en-ethiopian-diaspora.pdf Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
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↑ "United Kingdom" . Ethnologue.com . Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
↑ Trimingham, J. (2013). Islam in Ethiopia . Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 978-1136970221 . Retrieved 19 September 2016 .
↑ "The People of Australia Statistics from the 2011 Census, Cat. no. 2901.0, ABS" (PDF) . Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-08-26 .
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
↑ Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98–314-XCB2011032
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↑ Roughly half of the Eritrean diaspora
↑ Amharas are estimated to be the largest ethnic group of estimated 20.000 Ethiopian Germans|https://www.giz.de/fachexpertise/downloads/gtz2009-en-ethiopian-diaspora.pdf Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
↑ pp, 25 (2015) United Kingdom. Available at: https://www.ethnologue.com/country/GB (Accessed: 30 November 2016).
↑ "United Kingdom" . Ethnologue.com . Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
↑ Trimingham, J. (2013). Islam in Ethiopia . Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 978-1136970221 . Retrieved 19 September 2016 .