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 Somalia
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007| 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.)
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