Ethiopia 
Facts
Population:
65,891,874
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 in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
47.18% (male 15,647,675; female 15,442,348)
15-64 years:
50.03% (male 16,584,765; female 16,378,060)
65 years and over:
2.79% (male 834,825; female 1,004,201) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.7% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
44.68 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
17.84 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
note:
repatriation of Ethiopians who fled to Sudan for refuge from war and famine in earlier years is expected to continue for several years; small numbers of Sudanese and Somali refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.83 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
99.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
44.68 years
male:
43.88 years
female:
45.51 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
7 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
10.63% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
3 million (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
280,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Ethiopian(s)
adjective:
Ethiopian
Ethnic groups:
Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigre 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1%
Religions:
Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
Languages:
Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
35.5%
male:
45.5%
female:
25.3% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $39.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
2% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $600 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
45%
industry:
12%
services:
43% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
3%
highest 10%:
33.7% (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
NA
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture and animal husbandry 80%, government and services 12%, industry and construction 8% (1985)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$1 billion
expenditures:
$1.48 billion, including capital expenditures of $415 million (FY96/97)
Industries:
food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metals processing, cement
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
1.625 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
3.08%
hydro:
96.92%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
1.511 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, potatoes, qat; hides, cattle, sheep, goats
Exports:
$460 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, gold, leather products, oilseeds, qat
Exports - partners:
Germany 16%, Japan 13%, Djibouti 10%, Saudi Arabia 7% (1999 est.)
Imports:
$1.25 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:
food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles
Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 28%, Italy 10%, Russia 7%, US 6% (1999 est.)
Debt - external:
$10 billion (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$367 million (FY95/96)
Currency:
birr (ETB)
Currency code:
ETB
Exchange rates:
birr per US dollar (end of period) - 8.3140 (December 2000), 8.3140 (2000), 8.1340 (1999), 7.5030 (1998), 6.8640 (1997), 6.4260 (1996)
note:
since May 1993, the birr market rate has been determined in an interbank market supported by weekly wholesale auction
Fiscal year:
8 July - 7 July
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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(Weekly newspaper), Addis Ababa
http://www.addistribune.com/
Addis Zemen
(Amharic-language), Addis Ababa
(weekly business oriented), Addis Ababa
http://www.capitalethiopia.com/
Daily Monitor
(independent daily), Addis Ababa
(Government - owned), Addis Ababa
http://www.telecom.net.et/~ena/
Ethiopian Herald
(Government-owned, English-language), Addis Ababa
(Business Weekly), Addis Ababa
http://www.ethioguide.com/aa-ethioguide/ethio...
Ethiopia in the News
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The independent Addis Ababa weekly Reporter argues that though Ethiopia needs assistance, it shouldn't let donors determine its foreign policy, and above all, shouldn't let itself be bullied into adopting inflammatory rhetoric on the war on terrorism.
Chinua Akukwe offers concrete suggestions on what African and G-8 nations can do to combat poverty and AIDS.
Ethiopian-Canadian writer Nega Mezlekia has an uncanny knack for triumphing over adversity, writes Debora Kuan.
World Press Review - The President of Ethiopia has been expelled from the ruling party.
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