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Somalia:
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Other pages in this profile of Somalia:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 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 |
Definition - World rank and map 15.2 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 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 |
Definition - World rank and map total: 17.5 years male: 17.4 years female: 17.6 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.824% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 44.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 15.89 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map 5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition 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 |
Definition - World rank and map 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 |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 49.25 years male: 47.43 years female: 51.12 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 6.6 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 43,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition NA |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition 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) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Somali(s) adjective: Somali |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including Arabs 30,000) |
Religions |
Definition Sunni Muslim |
Languages |
Definition Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 37.8% male: 49.7% female: 25.8% (2001 est.) |
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