Demographics of Somalia

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Population: 8,863,338

Age structure:
0-14 years: 44.4% (male 1,973,294; female 1,961,083)
15-64 years: 53% (male 2,355,861; female 2,342,988)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 97,307; female 132,805) (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.85% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 45.13 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 16.63 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 114.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 48.47 years
male: 46.71 years
female: 50.28 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.76 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Somali(s)
adjective: Somali

Ethnic groups: Somali 96%, Bantu 3.2%, others 0.8% (Including Arabs 11,000)

Religions: Sunni Islam 99.3%, Christianity and other religions 0.7% 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.)

[edit] Reference

• This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.. However this only shows the view of the CIA.

[edit] See also

Somalia