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People
Population: 8,424,269 (July 1990), growth rate 0.8% (1990).
Birth rate: 47 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: -24 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 125 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 53 years male, 54 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 7.3 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Somali(s); adjective--Somali.
Ethnic divisions: 85% Somali, rest mainly Bantu; 30,000 Arabs,
3,000 Europeans, 800 Asians.
Religion: almost entirely Sunni Muslim.
Language: Somali (official); Arabic, Italian, English.
Literacy: 11.6% (government est.).
Labor force: 2,200,000; very few are skilled laborers; 70%
pastoral nomad, 30% agriculture, government, trading, fishing,
handicrafts, and other; 53% of population of working age (1985).
Organized labor: General Federation of Somali Trade Unions
is controlled by the government.