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GeographyLocation: Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
Area: Land boundaries: total 5,311 km, Djibouti 337 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 830 km, Somalia 1,626 km, Sudan 1,606 km Coastline:
PeoplePopulation: 55,979,018 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.09% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 46.68 births/1,000 population Death rate: 15.77 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 120.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 7.07 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigrean 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1% Religions: Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 5% Languages: Amharic (official), Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic,English (major foreign language taught in schools)
Literacy:
age 10 and over can read and write (1984)
Government
Names:
Type: transitional government Capital: Addis Ababa Independence: oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world- at least 2,000 years Constitution: new constitution promulgated in December 1994
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $20.3 billion National product real growth rate: 3% National product per capita: $380 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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