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Somalia People 1996

Population:

7,347,554 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

45% (female 1,653,175; male 1,650,377)

15-64 years:

51% (female 1,845,886; male 1,932,012)

65 years and over:

4% (female 138,264; male 127,840) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

15.58% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

45.53 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

13.3 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

123.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

119.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

55.74 years

male:

55.48 years

female:

56 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

7.13 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Somali(s)

adjective:

Somali

Ethnic divisions:

Somali 85%, Bantu, Arabs 30,000

Religions:

Sunni Muslim

Languages:

Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

24%

male:

36%

female:

14%

Labor force:

2.2 million (very few are skilled laborers)

by occupation:

pastoral nomad 70%, agriculture, government, trading, fishing, handicrafts, and other 30%

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