| People | Somalia |
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Population:
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9,558,666
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 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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16 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 44.7% (male 2,143,758/female 2,132,869)
15-64 years: 52.8% (male 2,525,562/female 2,516,879)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 100,655/female 138,943) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 17.5 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 17.6 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.824% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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44.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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15.89 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 110.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 120.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 101.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 49.25 years
male: 47.43 years
female: 51.12 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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6.6 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
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 (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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43,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
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 Arabs 30,000) |
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.) |
People - note:
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