Demographics of Chad

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Demographics of Chad
Chad single age population pyramid 2020.png
Population pyramid of Chad in 2020
Population17,963,211 (2022 est.)
Growth rate3.09% (2022 est.)
Birth rate40.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate9.45 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy59.15 years
  male57.32 years
  female61.06 years
Fertility rate5.46 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate65.48 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years47.43%
65 and over2.43%
Sex ratio
Total0.98 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.04 male(s)/female
Under 151.02 male(s)/female
65 and over0.69 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityChadian
Language
OfficialFrench, Arabic
Demographics of Chad, Data of Our World in Data, year 2022; Number of inhabitants in millions. Chad-demography.png
Demographics of Chad, Data of Our World in Data, year 2022; Number of inhabitants in millions.

The people of Chad speak more than 100 languages and divide themselves into many ethnic groups. However, language and ethnicity are not the same. Moreover, neither element can be tied to a particular physical type. [1]

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Although the possession of a common language shows that its speakers have lived together and have a common history, peoples also change languages. This is particularly so in Chad, where the openness of the terrain, marginal rainfall, frequent drought and famine, and low population densities have encouraged physical and linguistic mobility. Slave raids among[ specify ] non-Muslim peoples, internal slave trade, and exports of captives northward from the ninth to the twentieth centuries also have resulted in language changes.

Anthropologists view ethnicity as being more than genetics. Like language, ethnicity implies a shared heritage, partly economic, where people of the same ethnic group may share a livelihood, and partly social, taking the form of shared ways of doing things and organizing relations among individuals and groups. Ethnicity also involves a cultural component made up of shared values and a common worldview. Like language, ethnicity is not immutable. Shared ways of doing things change over time and alter a group's perception of its own identity.

Not only do the social aspects of ethnic identity change but the biological composition (or gene pool) also may change over time. Although most ethnic groups emphasize intermarriage, people are often proscribed from seeking partners among close relatives—a prohibition that promotes biological variation. In all groups, the departure of some individuals or groups and the integration of others also changes the biological component.

The Chadian government has avoided official recognition of ethnicity. With the exception of a few surveys conducted shortly after independence, little data were available on this important aspect of Chadian society. Nonetheless, ethnic identity was a significant component of life in Chad.

The peoples of Chad carry significant ancestry from Eastern, Central, Western, and Northern Africa. [2]

Chad's languages fall into ten major groups, each of which belongs to either the Nilo-Saharan, Afro-Asiatic, or Niger–Congo language family. These represent three of the four major language families in Africa; only the Khoisan languages of southern Africa are not represented. The presence of such different languages suggests that the Lake Chad Basin may have been an important point of dispersal in ancient times.

Population

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A tribal delegation in Chad
People of Chad Crowd in Chad.jpg
People of Chad

According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4] the total population was 17,179,740 in 2021, compared to only 2 429 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 45.4%, 51.7% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.9% was 65 years or the country is projected to have a population of 34 millions peoples in 2050 and 61 millions peoples in 2100 . [5]

Total populationPopulation aged 0–14 (%)Population aged 15–64 (%)Population aged 65+ (%)
19502 429 00037.857.84.4
19552 671 00039.156.84.1
19602 954 00040.355.93.8
19653 289 00041.554.73.8
19703 656 00042.054.23.8
19754 114 00042.853.43.8
19804 554 00044.052.33.7
19855 151 00045.251.23.6
19906 011 00045.850.73.5
19956 998 00045.950.83.3
20008 222 00045.951.03.1
20059 786 00045.851.23.0
201011 227 00045.451.72.9
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 20.V.2009): [6]
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total5 452 4835 587 39011 039 873100
0–41 129 6931 100 9852 230 67820.21
5–91 012 471987 2971 999 76818.11
10–14700 015650 6331 350 64812.23
15–19502 894557 4941 060 3889.61
20–24382 122482 768864 8907.83
25–29320 063433 622753 6856.83
30–34277 322335 402612 7245.55
35–39241 971260 515502 4854.55
40–44215 887214 181430 0683.90
45–49163 952139 357303 3082.75
50–54147 725133 019280 7442.54
55–5984 93862 817147 7551.34
60–6492 69685 024177 7201.61
65-6948 05437 39885 4520.77
70-7456 05949 289105 3480.95
75-7924 14817 37141 5180.38
80-8424 94721 48646 4330.42
85-899 0865 83314 9190.14
90-946 8525 46512 3170.11
95-995 1133 6098 7220.08
100+1 3231 2002 5230.02
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–142 842 1792 738 9155 581 09450.55
15–642 429 5692 704 1995 133 76846.50
65+175 582141 651317 2332.87
Unknown5 1532 6257 7780.07

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Chad not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.

Live births per yearDeaths per yearNatural change per yearCBR [lower-roman 1] CDR [lower-roman 1] NC [lower-roman 1] TFR [lower-roman 1] IMR [lower-roman 1] Life expectancy (years)
1950  117,000  70,000  47,00046.727.818.96.06197.636.21
1951  119,000  72,000  47,00046.528.118.46.07196.536.34
1952  121,000  73,000  48,00046.428.118.36.09194.436.50
1953  123,000  74,000  49,00046.427.918.56.11192.336.84
1954  125,000  75,000  50,00046.327.718.56.13190.337.03
1955  127,000  76,000  51,00046.227.618.66.15188.337.21
1956  130,000  77,000  53,00046.127.318.86.17186.337.45
1957  132,000  78,000  54,00046.027.118.96.19184.337.66
1958  134,000  78,000  56,00045.926.819.16.21182.337.94
1959  136,000  79,000  57,00045.926.519.36.23180.338.19
1960  139,000  80,000  59,00045.726.319.46.25178.438.37
1961  141,000  80,000  61,00045.726.019.66.27176.538.63
1962  144,000  81,000  62,00045.625.819.86.29174.638.84
1963  146,000  82,000  64,00045.525.619.96.30172.839.07
1964  149,000  83,000  66,00045.425.320.26.32171.039.33
1965  152,000  85,000  67,00045.425.420.06.34169.739.12
1966  155,000  86,000  69,00045.425.320.26.36166.839.15
1967  158,000  87,000  71,00045.625.020.66.39164.239.48
1968  162,000  87,000  75,00045.824.621.26.43161.339.90
1969  166,000  88,000  79,00046.224.321.96.48158.340.27
1970  172,000  88,000  83,00046.724.122.66.53155.240.60
1971  177,000  92,000  85,00047.224.422.76.58153.540.19
1972  188,000  90,000  97,00049.023.625.46.85149.141.40
1973  192,000  92,000  100,00049.023.525.56.87148.741.78
1974  196,000  94,000  102,00048.823.525.46.86147.841.79
1975  200,000  96,000  104,00048.723.425.46.88147.041.87
1976  203,000  97,000  107,00048.623.125.56.89145.542.04
1977  206,000  98,000  109,00048.422.925.56.90144.642.26
1978  209,000  98,000  111,00048.222.725.56.89143.642.50
1979  212,000  99,000  113,00048.122.425.76.91142.642.81
1980  218,000  100,000  118,00048.222.126.16.91141.443.06
1981  205,000  97,000  108,00046.321.924.56.94141.043.31
1982  212,000  97,000  115,00046.921.425.56.96139.543.73
1983  242,000  102,000  140,00049.821.128.86.98138.044.18
1984  252,000  105,000  147,00050.421.029.47.02136.244.52
1985  245,000  103,000  142,00049.320.728.57.04135.045.05
1986  252,000  104,000  148,00049.420.428.97.07132.145.21
1987  268,000  116,000  153,00050.721.828.87.11130.442.80
1988  283,000  110,000  173,00051.720.231.57.15128.945.79
1989  295,000  114,000  182,00052.120.132.07.19127.045.88
1990  307,000  121,000  185,00052.420.731.67.22125.344.69
1991  312,000  120,000  192,00052.120.032.07.26124.245.94
1992  336,000  125,000  211,00053.319.933.47.30122.546.10
1993  349,000  129,000  221,00053.519.733.87.34120.946.32
1994  343,000  129,000  214,00052.119.532.57.31119.646.45
1995  355,000  131,000  224,00052.119.232.97.29118.246.71
1996  381,000  136,000  245,00053.018.934.07.29117.047.01
1997  390,000  139,000  251,00052.418.733.77.27115.647.22
1998  403,000  143,000  260,00052.218.533.77.27114.047.22
1999  413,000  146,000  267,00051.718.333.47.26112.447.37
2000  424,000  149,000  275,00051.318.133.27.25110.747.44
2001  436,000  151,000  285,00051.117.733.47.23108.847.85
2002  444,000  154,000  290,00050.317.432.97.20106.847.95
2003  457,000  157,000  300,00049.917.132.87.18105.148.21
2004  481,000  162,000  318,00050.317.033.37.16103.448.23
2005  503,000  168,000  335,00050.316.833.57.13101.548.31
2006  517,000  173,000  344,00049.916.733.27.1299.748.29
2007  533,000  175,000  359,00049.716.333.47.0997.548.75
2008  546,000  177,000  368,00049.216.033.27.0695.449.02
2009  562,000  181,000  381,00048.915.833.27.0293.249.20
2010  580,000  183,000  397,00048.815.433.36.9991.149.58
2011  595,000  185,000  410,00048.415.133.36.9588.950.01
2012  612,000  187,000  426,00048.014.633.46.9186.650.54
2013  626,000  190,000  437,00047.514.433.16.8484.550.78
2014  643,000  192,000  451,00047.014.033.06.7882.651.20
2015  657,000  194,000  463,00046.413.732.76.7180.651.59
2016  663,000  194,000  469,00045.513.332.26.6278.552.08
2017  676,000  197,000  479,00044.813.031.86.5476.352.31
2018  691,000  197,000  494,00044.412.731.76.4674.252.83
2019  714,000  200,000  514,00044.212.431.96.4172.253.26
2020  730,000  208,000  522,00043.812.531.46.3570.252.78
2021  745,000  215,000  530,00043.412.530.96.2668.252.53
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects, 2022 [7]

Fertility and births

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR): [8]

YearCBR (Total)TFR (Total)CBR (Urban)TFR (Urban)CBR (Rural)TFR (Rural)
1996-9747,86,6 (6,3)44,46,1 (5,7)48,86,8 (6,5)
200444,66,3 (6,1)41,85,7 (5,5)45,36,5 (6,2)
2014-1540,56,4 (6,1)36,05,4 (5,1)41,86,8 (6,5)

Fertility data as of 2014-2015 (DHS Program): [9]

RegionTotal fertility ratePercentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnantMean number of children ever born to women age 40-49
Batha 7.312.28.3
Borkou, Tibesti 5.39.66.4
Chari Baguirmi 6.616.17.7
Guéra 6.714.68.4
Hadjer-Lamis 6.814.58.4
Kanem 6.014.87.1
Lac 5.414.77.9
Logone Occidental 6.412.77.6
Logone Oriental 7.612.78.3
Mandoul 6.512.77.7
Mayo Kebbi Est 6.715.07.3
Mayo Kebbi Ouest 7.513.87.9
Moyen Chari 5.512.66.8
Ouaddaï 6.113.17.1
Salamat 6.519.78.0
Tandjilé 7.113.18.0
Wadi Fira 5.912.26.5
N’Djaména 5.29.46.5
Barh El Gazal 5.614.57.1
Ennedi Est, Ennedi Ouest 5.013.46.3
Sila 6.719.67.7

Religions

The separation of religion from social structure in Chad represents a false dichotomy, for they are perceived as two sides of the same coin. Three religious traditions coexist in Chad- classical African religions, Islam, and Christianity. None is monolithic. The first tradition includes a variety of ancestor and/or place-oriented religions whose expression is highly specific. Islam, although characterized by an orthodox set of beliefs and observances, also is expressed in diverse ways. Christianity arrived in Chad much more recently with the arrival of Europeans. Its followers are divided into Roman Catholics and Protestants (including several denominations); as with Chadian Islam, Chadian Christianity retains aspects of pre-Christian religious belief.

The number of followers of each tradition in Chad is unknown. Estimates made in 1962 suggested that 35 percent of Chadians practiced classical African religions, 55 percent were Muslims, and 10 percent were Christians. In the 1970s and 1980s, this distribution undoubtedly changed. Observers report that Islam has spread among the Hadjarai peoples and other non-Muslim populations of the Saharan and sahelian zones. However, the proportion of Muslims may have fallen, because the birthrate among the followers of traditional religions and Christians in southern Chad is thought to be higher than that among Muslims. In addition, the upheavals since the mid-1970s have resulted in the departure of some missionaries; whether or not Chadian Christians have been numerous enough and sufficiently organized to attract more converts since that time is unknown.

Other demographic statistics

Population, fertility rate and net reproduction rate, United Nations estimates Chad Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg
Population, fertility rate and net reproduction rate, United Nations estimates

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022. [10]

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook. [11]

Population

17,963,211 (2022 est.)
15,833,116 (July 2018 est.)
12,075,985 (2017 est.)

Religions

Muslim 52.1%, Protestant 23.9%, Roman Catholic 20%, animist 0.3%, other Christian 0.2%, none 2.8%, unspecified 0.7% (2014-15 est.)

Age structure

Population pyramid of Chad in 2020 Chad single age population pyramid 2020.png
Population pyramid of Chad in 2020
0-14 years: 47.43% (male 4,050,505/female 3,954,413)
15-24 years: 19.77% (male 1,676,495/female 1,660,417)
25-54 years: 27.14% (male 2,208,181/female 2,371,490)
55-64 years: 3.24% (male 239,634/female 306,477)
65 years and over: 2.43% (2020 est.) (male 176,658/female 233,087)
0-14 years: 48.12% (male 3,856,001 /female 3,763,622)
15-24 years: 19.27% (male 1,532,687 /female 1,518,940)
25-54 years: 26.95% (male 2,044,795 /female 2,222,751)
55-64 years: 3.25% (male 228,930 /female 286,379)
65 years and over: 2.39% (male 164,257 /female 214,754) (2018 est.)

Median age

total: 16.1 years. Country comparison to the world: 223rd
male: 15.6 years
female: 16.5 years (2020 est.)
total: 15.8 years. Country comparison to the world: 226th
male: 15.3 years
female: 16.3 years (2018 est.)
Total: 17.8 years
Male: 16.8 years
Female: 18.8 years (2017 est.)

Population growth rate

3.09% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 10th
3.23% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 5th

Birth rate

40.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 6th
43 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 4th

Death rate

9.45 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 49th
10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 26th

Net migration rate

-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 105th
-3.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 176th

Total fertility rate

5.35 children born/woman (2023 est.) Country comparison to the world: 6th
5.46 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 5th
5.9 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 4th

Mother's mean age at first birth

18.1 years (2014/15 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 25-49

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 100.2 (2015 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 95.2 (2015 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 4.9 (2015 est.)
potential support ratio: 20.3 (2015 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

8.1% (2019)
5.7% (2014/15)

Urbanization

urban population: 24.1% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 4.1% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 23.1% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: 3.88% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Sex ratio

At birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 59.15 years. Country comparison to the world: 222nd
male: 57.32 years
female: 61.06 years (2022 est.)
total population: 57.5 years (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 214th
male: 55.7 years (2018 est.)
female: 59.3 years (2018 est.)
Total population: 50.6 years
Male: 49.4 years
Female: 51.9 years (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 1.3% (2017 est.)
People living with HIV/AIDS: 110,000(2017 est.)
Deaths: 3,100 (2017 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

28.8% (2015)

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: malaria and dengue fever
water contact diseases: schistosomiasis
animal contact diseases: rabies
respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis

note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Chad 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

Child marriage

women married by age 15: 24.2% (2019)
women married by age 18: 60.6% (2019)
men married by age 18: 8.1% (2019 est.)

Nationality

Noun: Chadian(s)
Adjective: Chadian

Ethnic groups

The peoples of Chad carry significant ancestry from Eastern, Central, Western, and Northern Africa. [2]

200 distinct groups

About 5,000 French citizens live in Chad.

Religions

Languages

Arabic (official), French (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 languages and dialects

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 22.3% (2016 est.)
male: 31.3% (2016 est.)
female: 14% (2016 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 7 years
male: 9 years
female: 6 years (2015)
total: 8 years (2014)
male: 9 years (2014)
female: 6 years (2014)

Notes

  1. "Chad Demographics Profile 2016". indexmundi.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 Haber, Marc; Mezzavilla, Massimo; Bergström, Anders; Prado-Martinez, Javier; Hallast, Pille; Saif-Ali, Riyadh; Al-Habori, Molham; Dedoussis, George; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Blue-Smith, Jason; Wells, R. Spencer; Xue, Yali; Zalloua, Pierre A.; Tyler-Smith, Chris (2016-12-01). "Chad Genetic Diversity Reveals an African History Marked by Multiple Holocene Eurasian Migrations". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 99 (6): 1316–1324. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.10.012. ISSN   0002-9297. PMC   5142112 . PMID   27889059.
  3. "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  5. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
  6. "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics".
  7. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2022). "World Population Prospects 2022 Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XLS (91MB)). United Nations Population Division . 27 (Online ed.). New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. rows 3461:3549,cols X,AE,S,AH,S,AA,AV,AI. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09.
  8. "MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys". worldbank.org. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  9. "Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples au Tchad" (PDF). The DHS Program (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  10. "Chad Population 2022", World Population Review
  11. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : "The World FactBook - Chad", The World Factbook , July 12, 2018
  12. "Tchad: Enquête Démographique et de Santé, 2014-2015" (PDF) (in French). Institut National de la Statistique, des Études Économiques et Démographiques. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

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Demographic features of the population of the Republic of the Congo include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Senegal</span>

Demographic features of the population of Senegal include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Sierra Leone</span>

The demographics of Sierra Leone are made up of an indigenous population from 18 ethnic groups. The Temne in the north and the Mende in the south are the largest. About 60,000 are Krio, the descendants of freed slaves who returned to Sierra Leone from Great Britain, North America and slave ships captured on the high seas. In addition, about 5,000 Lebanese, 1,000 Indians, and 5,000 Europeans reside in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Sudan</span> Demographics of the country

The demographics of Sudan include the Sudanese people and their characteristics, Sudan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Madagascar</span>

Demographic features of the population of Madagascar include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Uganda</span> Aspect of human geography in Uganda

Demographic features of the population of Uganda include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of the Gambia</span> Demographics of the West African country

The demographic characteristics of the population of The Gambia are known through national censuses, conducted in ten-year intervals and analyzed by The Gambian Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) since 1963. The latest census was conducted in 2013. The population of The Gambia at the 2013 census was 1.8 million. The population density is 176.1 per square kilometer, and the overall life expectancy in The Gambia is 64.1 years. Since the first census of 1963, the population of The Gambia has increased every ten years by an average of 43.2 percent. Since 1950s, the birth rate has constantly exceeded the death rate; the natural growth rate is positive. The Gambia is in the second stage of demographic transition. In terms of age structure, The Gambia is dominated by 15- to 24-year-old segment (57.6%). The median age of the population is 19.9 years, and the gender ratio of the total population is 0.98 males per female.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Somalia</span>

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.

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