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Ethiopia

Ethiopia (population 67.85 million people) is a country in Eastern Africa that covers an area of 1,127,127 square kilometres. Its boundaries border Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan. The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa.

According to the United Nations human development index (HDI), Ethiopia is ranked 170/177 countries worldwide (value 0.359)1 and 38/45 African countries for which an index is available.

This places Ethiopia in the group of countries with low human development.