STATISTICS
Capital: Addis Ababa
Official Languages: Amharic
Currency: Ethiopian Birr
Government: Federal republic.
President: Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Prime Minister: Meles Zenawi
Area: 1,127,127 km2 (27th
largest country in the world)
Population: 76,511,887 (2007 estimate)
Birth Rate: 37.39 births/1000 population
Death Rate: 14.67 deaths/1000 population
Poverty: 29,276,130 live below the poverty
line
Infant Mortality: 91.92 deaths/1000 live births
Maternal Mortality: 1 in every 14 births
Life Expectancy: 49.23 years old
HIV/AIDs: 2.2 million Ethiopians are currently
estimated to be infected
Water: Only 1 in every 4 Ethiopians has
access to clean drinking water
Education: only 19% of girls and 31% of boys
enrol into secondary school
*Source: World Fact Book (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html)