Ethiopia is Africa's second-most populous country, never colonized except briefly. The cradle of coffee, home to ancient rock-hewn churches and the Blue Nile Falls.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 117 people per km² rank 78 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 1.6 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Africa | 8.7% of its people, 3.7% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 426,372 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Bolivia (1,098,581 km²) |
| Closest in population | Mexico (129,739,759 people) |
Ethiopia is the only country in our list that uses ETB.