Ethiopia

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Ethiopia

Land area: 432,310 sq miles (1,119,683 sq km)

Total area: 435,186 sq miles (1,127,127 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 88,013,491 (growth rate: 3.2%); birth rate: 43.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 78.9/1000; life expectancy: 55.8; density per sq km: 69

Capital City: Addis Ababa

Monetary unit: Birr

Languages: Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English, over 70 others

Ethnicity/race: Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigrean 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1%

Religions: Islam 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%

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