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Somalia
Federal Republic of Somalia
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Population
19.66M
Capital
Mogadishu
Area
637,657 km²
Currency
SOS
Somali shilling
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$11.97B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$630
as of 2024
Population
19.01M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
3.5%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
—
no data
Unemployment (% of labor force)
18.9%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
27.9%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
58.97
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
3.7%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
0.0%
as of 2023
Urban population (% of total)
54.6%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
6.01
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
—
no data
Trade (% of GDP)
130.3%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
627,340
as of 2023
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About Somalia
- Languages
- Arabic, Somali
- Currencies
- Somali shilling (SOS)
- Timezones
- UTC+03:00
- Demonym
- Somali
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- SO · SOM
- Map
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