_#_Infant mortality rate: 116 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 56 years male, 56 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 7.2 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Somali(s); adjective—Somali
_#_Ethnic divisions: Somali 85%, rest mainly Bantu; Arabs 30,000, Europeans 3,000, Asians 800
_#_Religion: almost entirely Sunni Muslim
_#_Language: Somali (official); Arabic, Italian, English
_#_Literacy: 24% (male 36%, female 14%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 2,200,000; very few are skilled laborers; pastoral nomad 70%, agriculture, government, trading, fishing, handicrafts, and other 30%; 53% of population of working age (1985)
_#_Organized labor: General Federation of Somali Trade Unions is controlled by the government