Somalia
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PROFILE
- Area: 637,657 sq. km (246,201 sq. mi.)
- Population: 10,817,354 (2016 est.)
- Population growth rate: 1.92% (2016 est.)
- Life expectancy: 52.4 years (2016)
- Languages: Somali (official), Arabic (official), Italian, English
- Religions: Sunni Muslim (Islam) (official)
- Formal name: Federal Republic of Somalia
- Alternate names: Jamhuuriyada Demuqraadiga Soomaaliyeed, Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, Republic of Somalia, Somali Democratic Republic, Somalie, Soomaaliya
- Government type: federal parliamentary republic
- Leaders: chief of state: President HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud; head of government: Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali SHARMARKE
- Capital: Mogadishu
- Administrative divisions: 18 regions
- GDP per capita (PPP): $400 (2014 est.)
- Exports: livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap metal
- Imports: manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat
- Currency: Somali shilling (SOS)
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