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Addis, Ababa
Ethiopia
Area Comparative:
slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Land Boundaries:
total: 5,328km
border countries: Djibouti 349km, Eritrea 912km, Kenya 861km, Somalia 1,600km, Sudan 1,606km
Climate:
tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
Population:
67,851,281
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes int he distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)Population Growth Rate:
1.89% (2004 est.)
67,851,281
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes int he distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)Population Growth Rate:
1.89% (2004 est.)
Birth Rate:
39.23 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death Rate:
20.36 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Religion:
Muslim 45-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35-40%, Animist 12%, Other 3-8%
Languages
Languages Spoken:
Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)