Somalia

Print

Primary tabs

Official Name
Federal Republic of Somalia
Population Full

15,443,000 (2019 UNDESA)

General Remarks
Population figure unreliable, as many areas not open for census enumeration
Principal Languages
Somali, Standard Arabic
Literacy Rate
38% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
ACHPR (1985), ICCPR (1990), UNCRPD (2019)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Lamberti 1986
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Somalia is 13. All are living languages. Of these, 10 are indigenous and 3 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional, 3 are developing, 1 is vigorous, 5 are in trouble, and 1 is dying. Also listed is 1 unestablished language.