Ethiopia
Africa · Eastern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 135 million (135,472,051) · rank 10 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 1,129,819 km² · rank 26 of 193
- People per km²
- 120 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Ethiopia, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Ethiopia in the map data: 6.
- Djibouti capitals 560 km apart
- Eritrea capitals 700 km apart
- Kenya capitals 1,170 km apart
- Somalia capitals 1,070 km apart
- South Sudan capitals 920 km apart
- Sudan capitals 990 km apart
Ethiopia also touches land that the map shows in grey: areas that are disputed or not independent, which the quizzes leave out.
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Iran, Equatorial Guinea, Spain, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Ethiopia is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Giants by area | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Giants by population | Medium · Hard | Hard | Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| Italiano | Etiopia | Addis Abeba |
| Magyar | Etiópia | Addisz-Abeba |
| Suomi | Etiopia | Addis Abeba |