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Country
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Leader
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Prime minister: Kenny Anthony
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President: Girma Woldegiorgis
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Population
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162,781
| 93,877,025
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Life Expectancy
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77.220 years
| 60.000 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Bisee (population: 12,980) | Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730) |
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Human Development Index
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0.821
| 0.389
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| GDP per capita |
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Literacy Rate
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90.1%
| 42.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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7.1
| 2.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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17.2%
| 21.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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Death Penalty
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Legal
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| federal republic
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)
| Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
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| Languages |
English (official), French patois
| Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
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| Exports |
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 7
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| Location |
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
| Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
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| Area |
616 km sq
| 1,104,300 km sq
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| Coastline |
158 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season January to April, rainy season May to August
| tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
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