Ethiopia (; , , ), officially known as the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ,
ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Fēdēralāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī Rīpeblīk ), is a country located in the
Horn of Africa. It is bordered by
Eritrea to the north and northeast,
Djibouti, and
Somalia to the east,
Sudan and
South Sudan to the west, and
Kenya to the south. With over 100 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous
landlocked country in the world, as well as the second-most populous nation on the African continent after
Nigeria. It occupies a total area of , and its capital and largest city is
Addis Ababa.
