Demographics of Somalia

Demographics of Somalia
Population pyramid of Somalia in 2020
Population18,100,000 (2023 est.)[1]
Growth rate2.42% (2022 est.)
Birth rate37.98 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate11.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy55.72 years
 • male53.39 years
 • female58.12 years
Fertility rate6.90 children born/woman (2020)[2]
Infant mortality rate86.53 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years42.38%
65 and over2.27%
Nationality
NationalitySomali
Major ethnicSomali (98%)
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Demographic features of Somalia's inhabitants include ethnicity, language, population density, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Somalia is believed to be one of the most homogeneous countries in Africa.[3][4]

2020 survey

Child marriages, known to deprive women of opportunities to reach their full potential, have among women aged 20–24, 36 percent of total population.[2]

The April 2020 SHDS report further unveils that fertility rates remain very high, the total fertility rate for Somalia is 6.9 children per woman, the highest in the world, which would impact planning for the next years.[2] In addition, 99 percent of women have still been genitally circumcised.[2]

Ethnic groups

According to The Economist, at independence Somalia was "arguably in ethnic terms the most homogeneous country in Africa" however, the publication also notes;

"..its ethnic homogeneity is misleading. Despite also sharing a single language and religion, it is divided into more than 500 clans and sub-clans."[5]

Somalis

Young Somali women at a community event in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

Somalis constitute the largest ethnic group in Somalia, at approximately 98% of the nation's inhabitants.[6] They are organized into clan groupings, which are important social units; clan membership plays a central part in Somali culture and politics. Clans are patrilineal and are typically divided into sub-clans, sometimes with many sub-divisions. Through the xeer system (customary law), the advanced clan structure has served governmental roles in many rural Somali communities.[7]

Somali society is traditionally ethnically endogamous. So to extend ties of alliance, marriage is often to another ethnic Somali from a different clan. Thus, for example, a recent study observed that in 89 marriages contracted by men of the Dhulbahante clan, 55 (62%) were with women of Dhulbahante sub-clans other than those of their husbands; 30 (33.7%) were with women of surrounding clans of other clan families (Isaaq, 28; Gadabuursi, 3); and 3 (4.3%) were with women of other clans of the Darod clan family (Marehan 2, Ogaden 1).[8]

Clan structure

Genealogical tree of Somali clans[9]

Certain clans are traditionally classed as noble clans, referring to their pastoral lifestyle in contrast to the sedentary "Sab".[10] The noble clans are the Dir, Darod, Hawiye and Isaaq.[11][12] Out of these clans, Dir and Hawiye are regarded as descended from Samaale, the likely source of the ethnonym Somali (soomaali).[13] Darod and Isaaq have separate agnatic (paternal) traditions of descent from Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti (Sheikh Darod) and Ishaaq bin Ahmed (Sheikh Isaaq) respectively.[14] Sheikh Darod and Sheikh Isaaq are asserted to have married women from the Dir clan, thus establishing matrilateral ties with the Samaale main stem.[13] "Sab" is a term used to refer to the agricultural clans such as the Rahanweyn, in contrast to "Samaale".[15] Both Samaale and Sab are the children of the father "Hiil" who is the common ancestor of all Somali clans.[16][17]

A few clans in the southern part of Greater Somalia do not belong to the major clans, but came to be associated with them and were eventually adopted into one of the confederations.

The Garre clan in Ethiopia (Somali Region) and Kenya (North Eastern Province) is divided into two branches: The Tuuf who claim descent from Garre Gardheere Samaale,[18][19][20] and Quranyow who married Tuuf's daughter, who is of the lineage Mahamed Hiniftir Mahe Dir.[19][21][22] Likewise, the Gaalje'el in Hirshabelle and elsewhere in central Somalia also trace paternal descent to Gardheere Samaale.[23][24]

The Degoodi in the Somali Region and North Eastern Province are related to Gaalje'el as the Saransoor trace patrilineage to Gardheere Samaale.[23][24] The Ajuran claim descent from Maqaarre Samaale[18] whilst the Hawadle in Hiran belong to Meyle Samaale.[23][24] Thus, the Garre, Gaalje'el, Degoodi, Ajuran and Hawadle are all said to have patrilateral ties with the Dir and Hawiye through Samaale to Aqil ibn Abi Talib (a cousin of Muhammad and a brother of Ali).

The Sheekhaal acknowledge descent from Sheikh Abadir Umar Ar-Rida, also known as Fiqi Umar.[25] The Sheekhaal clan (Arabic: شيخال), is a Somali clan and a group member of the confederation (Martiile Hiraab) inhabiting Somalia, Ethiopia and with considerable numbers also found in the Northern Frontier District (NFD).[26]

The Digil and Mirifle (Rahanweyn) are agro-pastoral clans in the areas between Bay and Bakool. Many do not follow a nomadic lifestyle, live further south, and speak Maay. Although in the past frequently classified as a Somali dialect, more recent research by the linguist Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi suggests that Maay constitutes a separate but closely related Afro-Asiatic language of the Cushitic branch.[27]

A third group, the occupational clans, are treated as outcasts. They can only marry among themselves. They live in their settlements among the nomadic populations in the north and used to perform specialized occupations such as metalworking, tanning and hunting.[15] These minority Somali clans include the Gaboye Tumaal, Yibir, Jaji and Yahar.

Clans and sub-clans

An old map of Richard Burton's route to Harar features one of the earliest depictions of Somali clan settlements.[28]
A contemporary map showing the Somali clans and their territories

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures. The divisions and subdivisions as given here are partial and simplified. Many lineages are omitted.

Major clans

Mohamed Gorgate[30]

  • Rahanweyn
    • Digil (Non-Mirifle)
    • Mirifle
      • Sagaal: Geeladle, Jilible, Gasaargude, Gawaweeyn, Luwaay, Hadame, Yantaar, Hubeer
      • Siyeed: Elaay. Leysaan, Eemid, Diisow, Yalaale, Qoomaal, Maalin Wiing, Harin, Jiron, Reer Dumaal, Garwaale and Haraw
  • Saransor
  • Mayle
  • Gardheere Samaale
    • Cowrmale known as Coormale Ibraahim
Minor clans

Other ethnic groups

Non-Somali ethnic minority groups make up about 5% of the nation's population.[6] They include Arabs, Bantus & Bajunis.

Languages

Main article: Languages of Somalia
Speech sample in Standard Somali.

Somali is the official language of Somalia. It is the mother tongue of Somalis, the nation's most populous ethnic group.[32] The language is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family.[33]

In addition to Somali, Arabic, which is also an Afroasiatic tongue,[34] is another official language in Somalia. Many speak it due to centuries-old ties with the Arab world, the far-reaching influence of the Arabic media, and religious education.[34][35][36]

English is widely used and taught. Other minority languages include Bravanese, a variant of the Bantu Swahili language that is spoken along the southern coast by the Bravanese people, as well as Bajuni, another Swahili dialect that is the mother tongue of the Bajuni ethnic minority group.

Population

Estimated Population 1950–2021; UN, World Population Prospects 2022

According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[37][38], the total population was 17,065,581 in 2021, compared to 2,264,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 44.9%, 52.3% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.7% was 65 years or older.[39]

Vital statistics

Life expectancy in Somalia since 1950
Life expectancy in Somalia since 1960 by gender

Registration of vital events in Somalia is incomplete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates:[40]

Year Population Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change per year CBR* CDR* NC* TFR* IMR* Life expectancy (years)
1950 2 213 000   112 000   50 000   62 000 50.5 22.4 28.1 7.25 152.1 41.40
1951   2 276 000   114 000   51 000   62 000 49.9 22.6 27.3 7.25 151.4 41.52
1952   2 339 000   116 000   53 000   63 000 49.4 22.5 26.8 7.25 150.1 41.74
1953   2 402 000   117 000   54 000   64 000 48.9 22.4 26.5 7.25 148.8 41.97
1954   2 466 000   119 000   55 000   65 000 48.5 22.3 26.2 7.25 147.6 42.19
1955   2 530 000   122 000   56 000   66 000 48.0 22.1 26.0 7.25 146.3 42.40
1956   2 595 000   124 000   57 000   67 000 47.7 21.9 25.8 7.25 145.1 42.62
1957   2 662 000   126 000   58 000   68 000 47.4 21.7 25.7 7.25 143.9 42.83
1958   2 729 000   129 000   59 000   70 000 47.1 21.5 25.6 7.25 142.7 43.04
1959   2 798 000   131 000   60 000   71 000 46.8 21.3 25.5 7.25 141.6 43.25
1960   2 871 000   134 000   61 000   73 000 46.6 21.1 25.5 7.25 140.4 43.45
1961   2 946 000   137 000   62 000   75 000 46.4 21.0 25.3 7.25 139.8 43.56
1962   3 023 000   140 000   63 000   77 000 46.2 20.7 25.4 7.26 138.1 43.88
1963   3 102 000   143 000   64 000   79 000 46.0 20.5 25.4 7.26 137.0 44.10
1964   3 184 000   146 000   65 000   81 000 45.8 20.4 25.4 7.26 135.9 44.30
1965   3 268 000   149 000   66 000   83 000 45.7 20.2 25.5 7.26 134.6 44.54
1966   3 354 000   153 000   67 000   86 000 45.5 20.0 25.6 7.26 133.5 44.76
1967   3 442 000   156 000   68 000   88 000 45.4 19.8 25.6 7.25 132.4 44.97
1968   3 532 000   160 000   69 000   91 000 45.3 19.6 25.7 7.23 131.4 45.17
1969   3 625 000   164 000   71 000   93 000 45.2 19.5 25.8 7.21 130.4 45.37
1970   3 721 000   168 000   72 000   96 000 45.2 19.3 25.9 7.18 129.4 45.56
1971   3 818 000   173 000   73 000   99 000 45.2 19.2 26.0 7.15 128.4 45.75
1972   3 918 000   177 000   75 000   103 000 45.2 19.0 26.2 7.12 127.5 45.94
1973   4 022 000   182 000   76 000   106 000 45.2 18.9 26.3 7.09 126.5 46.13
1974   4 126 000   187 000   86 000   101 000 45.3 20.7 24.6 7.06 137.8 43.82
1975   4 228 000   192 000   86 000   106 000 45.5 20.4 25.1 7.03 135.9 44.18
1976   4 334 000   198 000   87 000   111 000 45.7 20.1 25.5 7.02 134.0 44.57
1977   4 450 000   204 000   82 000   122 000 45.8 18.3 27.5 7.00 122.6 46.92
1978   4 778 000   214 000   84 000   130 000 46.8 18.4 28.4 7.13 121.7 46.95
1979   5 409 000   241 000   93 000   148 000 47.1 18.2 28.8 7.16 120.7 47.31
1980   5 892 000   277 000   106 000   171 000 47.3 18.1 29.2 7.18 119.8 47.49
1981   5 935 000   291 000   110 000   181 000 47.7 18.1 29.7 7.23 119.0 47.67
1982   5 952 000   286 000   107 000   179 000 48.0 18.0 30.0 7.25 118.2 47.83
1983   6 143 000   296 000   109 000   187 000 48.3 17.8 30.5 7.28 116.6 48.17
1984   6 369 000   307 000   112 000   196 000 48.5 17.6 30.9 7.30 115.2 48.46
1985   6 631 000   322 000   117 000   205 000 48.7 17.7 31.0 7.33 114.8 48.28
1986   6 909 000   336 000   121 000   215 000 48.9 17.6 31.2 7.35 114.1 48.37
1987   7 158 000   351 000   124 000   227 000 49.0 17.3 31.7 7.37 113.1 48.90
1988   7 160 000   362 000   151 000   211 000 49.1 20.5 28.6 7.40 115.8 43.84
1989   7 035 000   352 000   131 000   221 000 49.2 18.3 30.8 7.42 110.1 46.72
1990   6 999 000   349 000   128 000   221 000 49.0 18.0 31.0 7.44 108.3 47.11
1991   6 733 000   346 000 284 000   63 000 49.4 40.5 8.9 7.47 237.4 26.57
1992   6 428 000   327 000   251 000   76 000 50.2 38.6 11.7 7.50 236.3 27.31
1993   6 621 000   328 000   101 000   227 000 50.4 15.5 34.9 7.53 104.6 50.65
1994   6 960 000   351 000   111 000   240 000 50.3 15.9 34.4 7.54 105.1 50.33
1995   7 211 000   360 000   113 000   247 000 50.1 15.8 34.4 7.58 104.5 50.60
1996   7 472 000   376 000   119 000   257 000 50.1 15.9 34.2 7.62 104.8 50.45
1997   7 734 000   388 000   124 000   264 000 50.3 16.1 34.2 7.66 106.8 50.20
1998   8 057 000   403 000   127 000   276 000 50.2 15.8 34.4 7.65 104.6 50.66
1999   8 384 000   419 000   133 000   286 000 50.1 15.9 34.2 7.63 104.7 50.53
2000   8 721 000   434 000   137 000   297 000 49.9 15.8 34.1 7.61 104.6 50.66
2001   9 071 000   450 000   142 000   308 000 49.7 15.7 34.0 7.58 104.4 50.74
2002   9 411 000   467 000   148 000   320 000 49.7 15.7 34.0 7.58 104.4 50.73
2003   9 758 000   482 000   153 000   329 000 49.4 15.7 33.7 7.55 104.5 50.61
2004   10 117 000   498 000   159 000   339 000 49.2 15.7 33.5 7.52 104.6 50.54
2005   10 467 000   513 000   163 000   350 000 49.0 15.6 33.4 7.48 104.4 50.66
2006   10 785 000   527 000   168 000   359 000 48.7 15.6 33.2 7.46 104.1 50.60
2007   11 118 000   539 000   173 000   366 000 48.5 15.5 32.9 7.42 103.5 50.52
2008   11 445 000   555 000   174 000   381 000 48.2 15.1 33.1 7.39 101.3 51.12
2009   11 730 000   565 000   172 000   393 000 47.9 14.6 33.4 7.34 98.7 51.85
2010   12 027 000   576 000   185 000   390 000 47.7 15.4 32.3 7.30 102.5 50.56
2011   12 217 000   589 000   184 000   405 000 47.5 14.9 32.7 7.26 100.0 51.30
2012   12 440 000   590 000   169 000   420 000 47.3 13.6 33.7 7.20 91.4 53.16
2013   12 852 000   604 000   169 000   435 000 47.0 13.1 33.9 7.13 88.7 53.84
2014   13 309 000   622 000   170 000   452 000 46.7 12.8 33.9 7.06 86.1 54.28
2015   13 764 000   640 000   171 000   469 000 46.5 12.4 34.0 6.98 83.9 54.86
2016   14 293 000   657 000   175 000   482 000 46.2 12.3 33.9 6.89 82.0 55.04
2017   14 864 000   675 000   177 000   498 000 45.5 11.9 33.6 6.74 79.8 55.65
2018   15 411 000   693 000   176 000   516 000 45.0 11.4 33.5 6.63 77.2 56.38
2019   15 981 000   711 000   176 000   535 000 44.6 11.0 33.5 6.53 75.0 57.08
2020   16 537 000   728 000   188 000   540 000 44.0 11.4 32.6 6.42 72.9 55.97
2021   17 271 000   762 000   195 000   566 000 44.1 11.3 32.8 6.35 70.0 57.2
2022   17 802 000   780 000   228 000   551 000 43.8 12.8 31.0 6.26 86.7 53.9
2023   18 356 000   789 000   181 000   608 000 43.0 9.8 33.1 6.13 66.3 58.8
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Demographic statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review.[41]

  • One birth every 46 seconds
  • One death every 3 minutes
  • One net migrant every 16 minutes
  • Net gain of one person every 1 minutes

The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook[42] unless otherwise indicated.

Population

18,100,000 (2023 est.)[1]
11,259,029 (July 2018 est.)
10,428,043 (2014 est.)

Religions

Sunni Muslim (Islam) (official, according to the 2012 Transitional Federal Charter)

Age structure

Population pyramid of Somalia in 2020
0-14 years: 42.38% (male 2,488,604/female 2,493,527)
15-24 years: 19.81% (male 1,167,807/female 1,161,040)
25-54 years: 30.93% (male 1,881,094/female 1,755,166)
55-64 years: 4.61% (male 278,132/female 264,325)
65 years and over: 2.27% (2020 est.) (male 106,187/female 161,242)
0-14 years: 42.87% (male 2,410,215 /female 2,416,629)
15-24 years: 19.35% (male 1,097,358 /female 1,081,762)
25-54 years: 31.23% (male 1,821,823 /female 1,694,873)
55-64 years: 4.35% (male 245,744 /female 243,893)
65 years and over: 2.19% (male 95,845 /female 150,887) (2018 est.)

Birth rate

37.98 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 8th
39.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 9th
40.87 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Death rate

11.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 17th
12.8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)
13.91 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate

5.22 children born/woman (2023 est.) Country comparison to the world: 8th
5.31 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 9th
5.7 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 6th

Population growth rate

2.42% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 27th
2.08% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 45th
1.75% (2014 est.)

Median age

total: 18.5 years. Country comparison to the world: 210th
male: 18.7 years
female: 18.3 years (2020 est.)
Total: 18.2 years. Country comparison to the world: 211th
Male: 18.4 years
Female: 18 years (2018 est.)

Net migration rate

-2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 171st
-5.6 migrants/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 199th
-9.51 migrants/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

6.9% (2018/19)

Dependency ratios

Total dependency ratio: 97.4 (2015 est.)
Youth dependency ratio: 92.1 (2015 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio: 5.3 (2015 est.)
Potential support ratio: 18.8 (2015 est.)

Urbanization

Main article: List of cities in Somalia by population
urban population: 47.3% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 4.2% annual rate of change (2020–25 est.)
Urban population: 45% of total population (2018)
Rate of urbanization: 4.23% annual rate of change (2015–20 est.)
Urban population: 37.7% of total population (2011)
Rate of urbanization: 3.79 annual rate of change (2010–15 est.)

Sex ratio

At birth: 1.03 males/female
Under 15 years: 1 male/female
15–64 years: 1.07 males/female
65 years and over: 0.66 males/female
Total population: 1.01 males/female (2015 est. )

Infant mortality rate

Total: 93 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 101.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 84.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 55.72 years. Country comparison to the world: 225th male: 53.39 years female: 58.12 years (2022 est.)

Total population: 53.2 years
Male: 51 years
Female: 55.4 years (2018 est.)
Total population: 51.58 years
Male: 49.58 years
Female: 53.65 years (2014 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Rift Valley fever
water contact diseases: schistosomiasis
animal contact diseases: rabies

note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Somalia is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS

11,000 (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS – deaths

<1000 (2017 est.)

Major infectious diseases

Degree of risk: high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
Vector-borne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Rift Valley fever
Water contact disease: schistosomiasis
Animal contact disease: rabies (2013)

Nationality

Noun: Somali (singular) or Somali (plural)
Adjective: Somali

Ethnic groups

Languages


Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: N/A[45]

See also

Notes

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.

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