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Along the coast (from Kisimayu city to Ras Kiyemboni and Bajun Archipelago) live the BAJUNI. They are fishermen, sailors,and merchants, derived from a mixture of coastal populations. Their ancestors included Arab or Persian settlers and seafaring peoples of India and the East Indies . Both BAJUNIS and Amarani or Baraawese (inhabitant of Baraawe city) speak dialects of kiswahili.Kimwini dialect in Baraawe and Kibajuni with related subdialects by BAJUNIS .
 Demographics of Somalia, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Population: 7,253,137
note: This estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2000 est.)Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (male 1,610,945; female 1,608,209)
15-64 years: 53% (male 1,938,263; female 1,892,752)
65 years and over: 3% (male 90,717; female 112,251) (2000 est.)Population growth rate: 2.9% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 47.7 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 18.69 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2000 est.) Infant mortality rate: 125.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 46.23 years
male: 44.66 years
female: 47.85 years (2000 est.)Total fertility rate: 7.18 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
noun: Somali(s)
adjective: SomaliEthnic groups: Somali 85%, Bantu 14%, others 1% (Including Arabs 30,000)Religions: Sunni Islam 100% Languages: Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 24%
male: 36%
female: 14% (1990 est.) |
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