Population
6,590,325 (July 1997 est.)
note:
this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1987 by theSomali Government with the cooperation of the UN and the US Bureau of theCensus; population estimates are updated year by year between census yearsby factoring growth rates into them and by taking account of refugee movementsand of losses due to famine; lower estimates of Somalia's population in mid-1996(on the order of 6.0 million to 6.5 million) have been made by aid and reliefagencies, based on the number of persons being fed; population counting inSomalia is complicated by the large numbers of nomads and by refugee movementsin response to famine and clan warfare
Age structure
0-14 years:
44% (male 1,449,037; female 1,452,171)
15-64 years:
53% (male 1,777,131; female 1,718,389)
65 years and over:
3% (male 89,346; female 104,251) (July 1997 est.)
Population growth rate
3.03% (1997 est.) (1997 est.)
Birth rate
45.49 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Death rate
18.34 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.) (1997 est.)
Net migration rate
3.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female (1997 est.)
under 15 years:
1 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.86 male(s)/female
total population :
1.01 male(s)/female (1997 est.)
Infant mortality rate
125.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population :
46.23 years
male:
44.66 years
female:
47.85 years (1997 est.)
Total fertility rate
6.76 children born/woman (1997 est.)
Nationality
noun:
Somali(s)
adjective :
Somali
Ethnic groups
Somali 85%, Bantu, Arabs 30,000
Religions
Sunni Muslim
Languages
Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
Literacy
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
24%
male:
36%
female:
14% (1990 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Somalia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.
