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Section sizes

Section size for Ethiopia (52 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	23,110	23,110
Etymology	5,389	5,389
History	79	55,983
Prehistory	10,713	10,713
Antiquity	5,508	5,508
Middle Ages	7,845	7,845
Early Modern Period (1632–1855)	2,730	2,730
Age of Imperialism (1855–1916)	6,874	6,874
Haile Selassie I era (1916–1974)	4,534	4,534
Derg era (1974–1991)	7,690	7,690
Federal Democratic Republic (1991–present) markup removed; cannot link (help)	10,010	10,010
Geography	2,778	16,046
Climate	5,523	5,523
Biodiversity	7,745	7,745
Government and politics	28	26,704
Government	4,761	4,761
Politics	8,134	8,134
Administrative divisions	1,160	1,160
Foreign relations	7,713	7,713
Military	2,331	2,331
Law enforcement	2,577	2,577
Economy	4,991	24,836
Energy and hydropower	3,047	3,047
Agriculture	2,092	2,092
Exports	8,456	8,456
Transport	1,789	1,789
Science and technology	4,461	4,461
Demographics	4,093	32,349
Urbanization	3,685	8,347
Rural and urban life	4,662	4,662
Languages	4,219	5,524
Script	1,305	1,305
Religion	3,689	3,689
Health	4,671	4,671
Education	6,025	6,025
Culture	1,156	37,832
Holidays	5,361	5,361
Art and architecture	5,453	5,453
Literature	7,257	7,257
Music	4,088	4,088
Calendar	3,164	3,164
Media	4,203	4,203
Cinema	2,543	2,543
Cuisine	2,602	2,602
Sport	2,005	2,005
See also	110	110
Notes	24	24
References	15	4,901
Citations	2,923	2,923
General sources	1,963	1,963
Further reading	4,305	4,305
External links	1,377	1,377
Total	232,966	232,966

Population size?

Currently the infobox shows 129M based on worldometers.info.
But the table in "List of countries and dependencies by population" says 107M, based on some official document (though the source site is now dead).
A reliable source, cia.gov, estimates 118M.

What's considered authoritative in Wikipedia?
And shouldn't different Wikipedia articles use a unified figure or source? galenIgh 14:26, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Ethiopia's population is now estimated at 109,499,000. VTSGsRock (talk) 00:56, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. Ethiopia is number 13, not 10 2603:8080:D03:89D4:2533:F117:A372:C224 (talk) 02:31, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 August 2024

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The tir ISO 639-3 lang code on the native name section of the navbox for the Tigrinya name should be changed to ti the ISO 639-1 code, as they are preferred. 2001:BB6:B84C:CF00:317F:24F4:387D:EB4 (talk) 08:51, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you point me to the source for that preference? I can't find it. PianoDan (talk) 17:41, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’m trying to link the category "Category:Lang and lang-xx code promoted to ISO 639-1" but it disappears when I link it. It's part of Module:lang, under tracking categories. 2001:BB6:B84C:CF00:E040:A5E5:2F04:D2DB (talk) 21:11, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Found it. It's actually in Template:Lang, "Because all languages represented by two-letter codes in ISO 639-1 can also be represented by their three-letter equivalents in ISO 639-2 and above, it is recommended to use the shortest language tag possible that sufficiently describes the target language." With that, I'll take care of it. PianoDan (talk) 16:38, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done PianoDan (talk) 16:39, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The information given about Ethiopia incorrect and incomplet 2A00:801:7AE:DD79:0:0:AE88:15A9 (talk) 10:41, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The information given about Ethiopia incorrect and incomplet 2A00:801:7AE:DD79:0:0:AE88:15A9 (talk) 10:48, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the geography section, it says that Ethiopia is the 28th-largest country. Could someone please change that to 26th to match with the infobox? 2603:8080:D03:89D4:F14D:7CAF:17B3:D513 (talk) 17:00, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done M.Bitton (talk) 00:57, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Could someone please change the population from 132 million to 133 million to match with the source (Worldometer)? 2603:8080:D03:89D4:904:C102:789C:2516 (talk) 02:30, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. M.Bitton (talk) 00:54, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the infobox, it says that the area is 429,000, but the paragraph says 472,000. Could someone change 429,000 to 472,000 in the infobox please? 2603:8080:D03:89D4:A12C:2B12:91E3:7B (talk) 23:36, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few different measurements of Ethiopia's area, so I've replaced both the paragraph and infobox stats with the one from The World Factbook to align it with the List of countries and dependencies by area. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 19:02, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out for the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period."

This claim is contested by more recent evidence than the sources provided, and there is a growing consensus in anthropology of a pan-African origin of H. sapiens. E.g. Catofminerva (talk) 10:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ezana name change

Ezana does not change the name that so completely false. He mentions the Habashat as a people under his dominion not the axumites themselves and separates them from his own kingdom. The false narrative he adopts it for his own kingdom is demonstrably untrue 2A02:C7C:3617:3200:6503:A8E7:1852:8968 (talk) 18:27, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong information

In the "Ethiopian history" section, it says "in 1867 Ethiopia adopted the pan-African flag colors in support of pan-Africanist ideology." This is not true. Ethiopia was not a part of any "pan-Africanist" movement because they didn't exist back then. Also, the pan-Africanist ideology adopted the Ethiopian flag as their movement's colors, not the other way around. 2601:645:301:4730:508E:5AE8:8C23:6ABA (talk) 06:22, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]