Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia ranks 94th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Democratic Republic of the Congo, Moldova, and Bolivia. Memorable people born in present day Ethiopia include Haile Selassie, Menelik II, and Zewditu. Memorable people who died in Ethiopia include Haile Selassie, Menelik II, and Zewditu. Ethiopia has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and athletes.

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of 1,104,300 square kilometres (426,400 sq mi). As of 2025, it has around 135 million inhabitants, making it the tenth-most populous country in the world, the second-most populous in Africa after Nigeria, and the most populous landlocked country on Earth. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Read more on Wikipedia