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Transportation of Ethiopia

Airports:84 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 14
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 70
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 23 (2006)
Railways:total: 699 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 699 km 1.000-m gauge
note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2006)
Roadways:total: 36,469 km
paved: 6,980 km
unpaved: 29,489 km (2004)
Merchant marine:total: 8 ships (1000 GRT or over) 79,441 GRT/97,669 DWT
by type: cargo 6, roll on/roll off 2 (2006)
Ports and terminals:Ethiopia is landlocked and uses the port of Djibouti

Ethiopia Quickstats

  • Population: 76,511,887
  • Area: 1,127,127 sq km
  • Density: 70 /km² (123rd)
  • GDP (total): $69.099 billion (69th)
  • GDP (per capita): $823 (175fth)
  • Literacy: 42.7%

Languages of Ethiopia

  • Amarigna 32.7%
  • Oromigna 31.6%
  • Tigrigna 6.1%
  • Somaligna 6%
  • Other 23.5%

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  • Currency: Birr (ETB)
  • Dial code: +251

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