Ethiopia Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Eritrea Country Formation Date 1993 Eritrea Ethiopia May 24, 1993
Ethiopia Country Formation Date Ethiopia At least 2,000 years - oldest country in Africa

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Ethiopia Ethiopia 13.0 Wikipedia

Database: World Gold Mining Production By Country

Record Name Country Metal 1999 (Kilograms) 2000 (Kilograms) 2001 (Kilograms) 2002 (Kilograms) 2003 (Kilograms) Source
Gold production for Ethiopia6 Ethiopia6 Gold 4,905 5,177 5,200 5,300 5,300 United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers

Record Name Language Primary Country Source Rank Speakers
AMHARIC World Wide Language Speakers AMHARIC Ethiopia 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 55 17,413,000
OROMO, WEST-CENTRAL World Wide Language Speakers OROMO, WEST-CENTRAL Ethiopia 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 91 8,920,000

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
Ethiopia Life Expectancy Ethiopia World Fact Book 49.23 199

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
Ethiopia Oil Production Ethiopia 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 0

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in Ethiopia Ethiopia 2007 84 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for Ethiopia Ethiopia Ityop'iya

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Ethiopia Literacy Rate Ethiopia UNESCO 45.1 percent 52.4 percent 37.8 percent 2005

Database: World Wide Wheat Production

Record Name Country Commodity 2007/2008 Production (1000 MT) Source
Wheat Production for Ethiopia Ethiopia Wheat 3,700 US Department of Agriculture

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
Ethiopia Railway Length Ethiopia 2005 Train 681 Wikipedia

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
ET Ethiopia Ethiopia ET

Database: Prison Population by Country

Record Name Year Source
Prison population for Ethiopia 2007 Human Development Reports (UNDP)

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for Ethiopia Ethiopia n/a n/a 0.86 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Ethiopia Ethiopia Addis Ababa 2002 1,127,127 67,673,031 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Ethiopia CO2 Carbon Emissions Ethiopia World Resources Institute 3,648.6 0.0499446

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Ethiopia Ocean Coastline Length Ethiopia 0 (Landlocked)

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
ETHIOPIA Inflation Rate Ethiopia International Monetary Fund n.a. n.a. -7.1 4.2

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
Federal DemocraticRepublic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) Ethiopia Addis Ababa Federal DemocraticRepublic of Ethiopia ET

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
Ethiopia Ethiopia Br 100 cents birr

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Ethiopia GDP Ethiopia 2005 The World Factbook 2006 62.88 billion 900 8.9 6.0

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