Area: 117.357 Km˛
Population: 4.298.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 37 pop/Km˛

System of government: Republic
Capital: Asmara (400.000 pop.)
Major cities: Massaua 35.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Tigrinya, Tigrč, Hedareb, Afar, Bilen, Kunama and others
Border countries: Sudan WEST, Ethiopia SOUTH, Djibouti SOUTH-EAST

Principal mountains: Jabal Hamoyet 2780 m
Principal rivers: There aren't perennial rivers
Principal lakes: -
Principal islands: Dahlak Islands
Climate: Temperate - arid

Language: Tigrinya, Arabic (officials), English, Italian
Religion: Muslim 50%, Coptic Christian, Catholic, Protestant, Animist
Currency: Nakfa (ERN)