Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia · ኢትዮጵያ
Ethiopia (ET, ETH) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Addis Ababa as its capital. The currency is the Ethiopian Birr (ETB, ETB). The international dialling code is +251 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 091 123 4567. The time zone is Africa/Addis_Ababa. Official language: Amharic.
CurrencyETBETB
Dial code+251e.g. 091 123 4567
Time zoneAddis AbabaUTC+03:00
LanguageAmharic
CapitalAddis Ababa
Population118.6M1.1M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Native name
- ኢትዮጵያ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- ET
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ETH
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 231
- IOC code
- ETH
- Demonym
- Ethiopian
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- Region
- Africa › Eastern Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Eastern Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .et
- Coordinates
- 8, 38
- Area
- 1,104,300 km²
- Population
- 118,550,000
- GDP
- $354.6B ($3K per person)
- Literacy
- 39%
- Landlocked
- Yes
Currency
Ethiopian Birr ETB
- Symbol
- ETB
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- ብር 1,234.50
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Addis_Ababa | UTC+03:00 | none | East Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +251
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 9 digits
- Emergency number
- 91 pattern 9(?:11?|2|39?|9[17])
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 011 111 2345 | +251 11 111 2345 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 091 123 4567 | +251 91 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [1-57-9] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{4}- Examples
- 1000
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Amharic (Ethiopia) locale (am-ET), amounts in ETB.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (ETB)
- ብር 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (ብር 1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 የኢትዮጵያ ብር
- Compact short
- 1.2 ሚ
- Compact long
- 1.2 ሚሊዮን
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 ኪሎሜትር በሰዓት
- Temperature
- 21.5°ሴ
- Date, full
- ዓርብ 27 ማርች 2026
- Date, long
- 27 ማርች 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 ማርች 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 ከሰዓት
- Time, short
- 3:04 ከሰዓት
- Date and time
- 27 ማርች 2026 3:04 ከሰዓት
- Month and year
- ማርች 2026
- Weekday
- ዓርብ
- Relative time
- ትናንት · በ3 ቀናት ውስጥ · ከ2 ሰዓቶች በፊት
- List: and
- A፣ B እና C
- List: or
- A፣ B ወይም C