| Country (long form) |
none |
| Capital |
Mogadishu |
| Total Area |
246,200.74 sq mi
637,657.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Texas) |
| Population |
7,488,773 (July 2001 est.)
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
25,499,605 |
| Languages |
Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English |
| Literacy |
24.0% total, 36.0% male, 14% female (1990 est.) |
| Religions |
Sunni Muslim |
| Life Expectancy |
44.99 male, 48.25 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
parliamentary |
| Currency |
1 Somali shilling (So. Sh.) = 100 cents |
| GDP (per capita) |
$600 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
a few small industries, including sugar refining, textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shut down), wireless communication |
| Agriculture |
cattle, sheep, goats; bananas, sorghum, corn, sugarcane, mangoes, sesame seeds, beans; fish |
| Arable Land |
2% |
| Natural Resources |
uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt |
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