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Population:
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9,925,640 (July 2011 est.)
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare |
Population density:
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16 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 37% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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MOGADISHU (capital) 1.353 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 44.7% (male 2,217,890/female 2,217,063)
15-64 years: 52.9% (male 2,663,729/female 2,588,716)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 95,859/female 142,383) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 17.8 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 17.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.603% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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42.71 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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14.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-11.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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1,200 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 105.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 114.53 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 96.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 50.4 years
male: 48.49 years
female: 52.37 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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6.35 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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13.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.035 physicians/1,000 population (2006) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.73 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 67% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 30% of population
unimproved:
urban: 33% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 70% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 52% of population
rural: 6% of population
total: 23% of population
unimproved:
urban: 48% of population
rural: 94% of population
total: 77% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Rift Valley fever
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.7% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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34,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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1,600 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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32.8% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Somali(s)
adjective: Somali |
Ethnic groups:
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Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including 30,000 Arabs) |
Religions:
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Sunni Muslim |
Languages:
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Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 49.7%
female: 25.8% (2001 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 3 years
male: 3 years
female: 2 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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