Ethiopia: flag, capital & map
Get to know Ethiopia, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 135,472,051
- Area
- 1,104,300 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Amharic
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Ethiopian Birr (ETB)
Ethiopia is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa. Its capital is Addis Ababa.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Ethiopia
The flag of Ethiopia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and red, with the national emblem superimposed at the center of the field. The national emblem comprises a light blue circle bearing a golden-yellow pentagram with single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points of the pentagram.
Where it is
Ethiopia is grouped in Eastern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 6 countries in this atlas: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan. It is landlocked.
Ethiopia has a recorded area of 1,104,300 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Eastern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 1 by area, from largest to smallest. Tanzania is immediately below it, at 947,303 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 135,472,051 people for Ethiopia in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 123 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Amharic. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Ethiopian Birr (ETB). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Ethiopia?
Reveal answer
Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa. Its capital is Addis Ababa.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Ethiopia?
Reveal answer
The flag of Ethiopia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and red, with the national emblem superimposed at the center of the field. The national emblem comprises a light blue circle bearing a golden-yellow pentagram with single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points of the pentagram.
Which land neighbours of Ethiopia are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. Ethiopia is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Ethiopia?
Reveal answer
Amharic. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Ethiopia.
Which currency codes are listed for Ethiopia?
Reveal answer
Ethiopian Birr (ETB). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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