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%
@Somalia:Government
Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Somalia
former: Somali Republic