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Geography
Area (km²)1,104,300475,440
ContinentAfricaAfrica
Land area (km²)1,096,570472,710
Water area (km²)7,7302,730
Land boundaries (km)5,9255,018
Border countries
  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea
  • Kenya
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Nigeria
  • Republic of the Congo
Coastline (km)0402
Mean elevation (m)1,330667
Lowest point (m)-1250
Highest point (m)4,5504,045
People
Population108,113,15027,744,989
Official languages
  • Afar
  • Amharic
  • Oromo
  • Somali
  • Tigrigna (Tigrinya)
  • English
  • French
ReligionEthiopian OrthodoxRoman Catholic
Government
Long country nameFederal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaRepublic of Cameroon
Short country nameEthiopiaCameroon
Long local nameItyop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi RipeblikRepublique du Cameroun/Republic of Cameroon
Short local nameItyop'iyaCameroun/Cameroon
Former name
  • Abyssinia
  • Italian East Africa
  • British Cameroon
  • Federal Republic of Cameroon
  • French Cameroon
  • Kamerun
  • United Republic of Cameroon
Government typeFederal parliamentary republicPresidential republic
CapitalAddis AbabaYaounde
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)200,600,000,00089,540,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)80,870,000,00034,990,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)10.93.5
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)2,2003,700
Gross national saving (% of GDP)32.125.5
Labor force52,820,0009,912,000
Unemployment rate (%)17.54.3
Population below poverty line (%)29.630
Budget revenues (USD)11,240,000,0005,363,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)13,790,000,0006,556,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)0.641.25
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)13.915.3
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.2-3.4
Public debt (% of GDP)54.236.9
Inflation rate (%)9.90.6
Central bank discount rate (%)-4.25
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)13.513
Stock of narrow money (USD)9,042,000,0004,857,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)9,042,000,0004,857,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)27,660,000,0006,154,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)-230,000,000
Current account balance (USD)-6,551,000,000-932,000,000
Exports (USD)3,230,000,0004,732,000,000
Imports (USD)15,590,000,0004,812,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)3,013,000,0003,235,000,000
External debt (USD)26,050,000,0009,375,000,000
National currencybirrCooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs
National currency (code)ETBXAF
National currency (symbol)BrFCFA
National currency rate to USD25605.3



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