🦒 Africa
Flag of Ethiopia
🎨 What the flag means
Ethiopia's flag has green, yellow and red stripes, with a yellow star on a blue circle in the middle. Green is said to stand for growth, yellow for hope and red for defending the country. The blue circle stands for peace, the star for a bright future, and its equal rays for the equality of all Ethiopians. Many African flags later borrowed these three colours.
📊 Quick facts
- 👥 Population
- 128.7 million (2023)
- 🏙️ Capital
- Addis Ababa5.7 million people (2024)
- 🗣️ Main language
- Amharic
✨ 3 fun facts
- Injera, a big spongy flatbread made from teff, is used instead of a spoon to scoop up food.
- A famous fossil called Lucy, or Dinkinesh, was found in Ethiopia in 1974; she lived about 3.2 million years ago.
- Gelada monkeys, walia ibex and Ethiopian wolves are found in Ethiopia and nowhere else.