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People
10,112,453
country comparison to the world: 
82
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 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 45% (male 2,215,331/female 2,204,503)
15-64 years: 52.6% (male 2,588,356/female 2,579,737)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 101,764/female 142,326) (2010 est.)
total: 17.6 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 17.7 years (2010 est.)
2.809% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
43.33 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
15.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
urban population: 37% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 107.42 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 5
male: 116.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 98.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 50 years
country comparison to the world: 213
male: 48.12 years
female: 51.94 years (2010 est.)
6.44 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4
0.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
24,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
1,600 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
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 (2009)
noun: Somali(s)
adjective: Somali
Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including Arabs 30,000)
Sunni Muslim
Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
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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