COUNTRY FACT SHEET Location: Eastern African Country. Border Countries: Somalia and Djibouti to the East; Kenya to the South; Sudan to the West and Eritrea to the North. Area: Total: 1,104,300 square km Land: 1 million square km Water: 104,300 square km Population: 73,918,505 (2007 Census): 85,237,338 (July 2009 est.) Age Structure: 0-14 years: 46.1 percent (male 19,596,784/female 19,688,887) (2009 est.) 15-64 years: 51.2 percent (male 21,376,495/female 22,304,812) (2009 est.) 65 years and over: 2.7 percent (male 975,923/female 1,294,437) (2009 est.) Land Use: Arable land: 10.01 percent Permanent crops: 0.65 percent Other: 89.34percent (2005) Urbanisation: Urban population: 17percent of total population (2008) Rate of urbanisation: 4.3 percent per annum (2005-10 est.) Capital: Addis Ababa Other Main towns: Dire Dawa, Harari, Mekele, Jijiga, Gambela Territorial Provinces: Tigrey, Oromia,Somali, Afar, Amhara, Binshangul Gumuz, Gambela, Harari, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP), and the 2 self-governing administrations of Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. Ethnic Groups: Oromo 34.49 percent, Amhara 26.89 percent, Somali 6.2 percent, Tigray 6.07 percent, Sidama 4.01 percent, Gurage 2.53 percent, Wolayta 2.31 percent, Hadiya 1.74 percent, Afar 1.73 percent, Gamo 1.5 percent, (2007 Census) Languages: Amarigna 32.7 percent, Oromigna 31.6 percent, Tigrigna 6.1 percent, Somaligna 6percent, Guaragigna 3.5 percent, Sidamigna 3.5 percent, Hadiyigna 1.7 percent, other 14.8 percent, English (major foreign language taught in schools) - 10 -