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Introduction - Somalia: | Location - Somalia: | People - Somalia: | Population | 9,118,773
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 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 44.4% (male 2,031,682/female 2,019,629)
15-64 years: 53% (male 2,423,602/female 2,410,126)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 97,932/female 135,802) (2007 est.) | | Median age | total: 17.6 years
male: 17.5 years
female: 17.7 years (2007 est.) | | Population growth rate | 2.832% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate | 44.6 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 16.28 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.006 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.006 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.721 male(s)/female
total population: 0.997 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate | total: 113.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 122.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 103.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 48.84 years
male: 47.06 years
female: 50.69 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate | 6.68 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | 1% (2001 est.) | | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 43,000 (2001 est.) | | Hiv aids deaths | NA | | Nationality | noun: Somali(s)
adjective: Somali | | Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever are high risks in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2007) | | Ethnic groups | Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including Arabs 30,000) | | Religions | Sunni Muslim | | Languages | Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English | | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 49.7%
female: 25.8% (2001 est.) | |
Government - Somalia: | Economy - Somalia: | Communications - Somalia: | Transportation - Somalia: | Military - Somalia: |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |