ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENT FOR OVER 2000 YEARS DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 1994 POPULATION 59680383 1999 EST AREA 437794 SQ MI CAPITAL ADDIS ABABA FORM OF GOVERNMENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES TEXTILES FOOD PROCESSING CHEMICALS AGRICULTURE COFFEE OILSEEDS CEREALS NATURAL RESOURCES PLATINUM COPPER POTASH GOLD SALT CURRENCY BIRR GDP 32.9 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 560 1998 EST LANGUAGES AMHARIC OFFICIAL TIGRINYA OROMINGA RELIGIONS MUSLIM CHRISTIAN ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX INDIGENOUS BELIEFS LITERACY RATE 36 LIFE EXPECTANCY 39 YEARS MALE 42 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 44 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 21 PER 1000 POPULATION
