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Somalia

Eastern AfricaSOMDemonym: Somali
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Population
15.89M
15,893,219 people
Area
638K km²
637,657 km²
Density
24.9 /km²
people per km²
Capital
Mogadishu
Africa
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Geography

Location & land

Region
Africa
Subregion
Eastern Africa
Coordinates
10.00° N, 49.00° E
Area
638K km²
Neighbours
3
Regional blocs
African Union, Arab League
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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital
Mogadishu
ISO alpha-2
SO
ISO alpha-3
SOM
Numeric code
706
Calling code
+252
Internet TLD
.so
Languages

Spoken here

Somali · SoomaaligaArabic · العربية
Currency

Money

Somali shilling
Sh · SOS
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Economy, health & development

Live rate

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Borders

3 neighbouring countries

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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.