Culture

Population
The population 93,877,025  compared to the US at 307,006,550.  17% of the population of Ethiopia live in urban areas. (cia.gov)  The following is a list of the ten largest cities in the country.

Ethiopia - Largest Cities

	Name	Population	Latitude/Longitude
1	Addis Ababa  , Ādīs Ābeba	2,757,729	9.025 / 38.747
2	Dire Dawa, Dire Dawa Region	252,279	9.593 / 41.866
3	Mekele, Tigray Region	215,546	13.497 / 39.475
4	Nazrēt  , Oromiya Region	213,995	8.55 / 39.267
5	Bahir Dar  , Amhara Region	168,899	11.594 / 37.391
6	Gondar  , Amhara Region	153,914	12.6 / 37.467
7	Dessie  , Amhara Region	136,056	11.133 / 39.633
8	Awasa  , Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region	133,097	7.062 / 38.476
9	Jīma  , Oromiya Region	128,306	7.667 / 36.833
10	Debre Zeyit  , Oromiya Region	104,215	8.75 / 38.983

(geonames.org)

Unfortunately due to high infection rates of the HIV virus there is a high mortality rate in Ethiopia.  This creates several issues, first high birth rate, followed by high death rate, and an overall low rate of population growth.  This also causes higher populations in the 0 to 19 year of age range and much lower rates in the 30 to 69 year of age range. (cia.gov)  See below the population pyramid.

(cia.gov)

Agriculture

As mentioned in the About Me page a major crop for Ethiopia is coffee.  However, this is not the only form of agriculture in Ethiopia.  There is also grains for cereals, pulses, oilseed, cotton, sugarcane, potatoes, khat (a flowering plant that is used for ritual chewing, and is a mild stimulant), cut flowers, cattle, sheep, goats, and fish.  46% of Ethiopia's GDP is from agriculture and it accounts for 85% of total employment.  The agricultural industry suffers from poor cultivation practices and from drought.  There have been concerted efforts by the Ethiopian government and outside sources to lend aid and skills to help improve these practices.  The GDP of Ethiopia breaks down as 46.4% agricultural, 10.7% industrial, and 43% services.  

As Laura Garrison reports in her article Sustainability in Ethiopia; Visions of a Changing World, Ethiopia is the 2nd highest ranking country in the world in the year 2010 even though " Between the 1960's and 1990's, deforestation in Ethiopia reduced the amount of its indigenous forests from 38% to just 3%." This lead to mass quantities of small scale farms, however, it also lead to soil erosion and flooding. Which was directly correlated to mudslides that destroyed infrastructure and livestock. Later in this article she relates that Ethiopia has made an enormous effort to improve the environment through groups such as Greener Ethiopia, that have been responsible for the planting of over 20 million trees. Ethiopia is also benefiting from eco-tourism and fair trade practices.(http://www.media4green.com)