Somalia--People

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Somalia People

Population: 6,514,629 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.35% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 41.95 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 28.41 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 162.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 32.91 years male: 32.86 years female: 32.95 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Somali(s) adjective: Somali

Ethnic divisions: Somali 85%, Bantu, Arabs 30,000, Europeans 3,000, Asians 800

Religions: Sunni Muslim

Languages: Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) 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%

note: 53% of population of working age (1985)