Eritrea

Exact population: 4,786,994 (July 2006 est.)
Literacy: Total population: 58.6%; male: 69.9%; female: 47.6%
Ethnicities: Ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3%
Land boundaries: Total: 1,626 km; border countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km
Terrain: dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains
Extremes: Lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m; highest point: Soira 3,018 m
Imports: Ireland 25.7%, US 17.9%, Italy 16%, Turkey 6.2% (2004)
Exports: Malaysia 21.4%, Italy 13.7%, Eqypt 8.3%, India 7.8%, Japan 6.4%, Germany 5.3%, China 4.1%, UK 4% (2004)
Industries: Food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, salt, cement, commercial ship repair

Source: CIA World Factbook