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Somalia

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Somalia is a country. The capital city is Mogadishu, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 627,340 km², a population of 18,358,615 people and uses the currency Somali shilling. The Prime Minister is Hassan Ali Khayre.

Key facts

currency: Somali shilling
capital city: Mogadishu
region: Eastern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 627,340 km²
population: 18,358,615 people
political leader: Hassan Ali Khayre (Prime Minister)

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expense: 0.00 % of GDP
GDP: 10,968,517,090.00 current US$
self-employed workers: 51.35 % of total employment
tax revenue: 0.00 % of GDP
unemployment: 18.94 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 45.17 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 14,000 people
democracy score: 0.00
democracy type: Unknown
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 3,862,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 27.60 % of population
military expenditure: 1.53 % of GDP
net migration: 46,217 people
press freedom: 1.37
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 19.71 %
birth rate: 43.09 per 1,000 people
death rate: 11.01 per 1,000 people
hospital beds: 0.87 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 56
suicide mortality rate: 7.90 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 441,290.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 0.87 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 48.90 % of population
fertility rate: 6.20 births per woman
forest area: 58,265 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 32.50 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 11.50
methane emissions: 25.39 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 4.74 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 9,160,786 people
male population: 9,197,829 people
renewable energy consumption: 95.40 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 635,102.22 km²
rural population: 9,561,167 people
urban land area: 1,451.27 km²
urban population: 8,797,448 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.68 % of total population

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Somalia is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Eastern Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of artists from Somalia by birth year

Distribution of competitions in Somalia by start date

Distribution of sites in Somalia by inscription year

Distribution of companies in Somalia by foundation year

Evolution of historical cases in Somalia

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Somalia with forecast

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Map of the distribution of universities in Somalia by total students

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Share of medals won by Somalia in the Olympics

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Correlation of methane emissions and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Somalia

Correlation of birth rate and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Somalia

Correlation of access to electricity and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in Somalia

Correlation of life expectancy and vulnerable employment by countries yearly in Somalia

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