Somalia troubles
Last reviewed: 24-07-2008
GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO ESTABLISH SECURITY
- More than 2.6 million need food aid
- More than 1 million displaced
- Infrastructure in tatters and little law and order
KEY FACTS
Total population (2007) | 8.4 million (U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division estimate, 2006) |
Life expectancy (2000-2005) | 47.1 (UNDP 2007) |
Internally displaced people | 1 million (UNHCR, November 2007) |
Refugees from Somalia (2007) | 457,000 (UNHCR) |
People in need of emergency health care | 2 million (WHO, 2006) |
People in need of food aid | 2.6 million (FEWS NET, May 2008) |
Doctors per 100,000 people | 4 (UNDP 2007) |
Population with access to safe water (2004) | 29 percent (UNDP 2007) |
Children under five under height for age (1996-2005) | 29 percent (UNDP 2007) |
Children under five underweight (1996-2005) | 26 percent (UNDP 2007) |
Under-five mortality rate (2004) | 225 per 1,000 live births (UNDP 2007) |
Children attending primary school (2000-2006) | Boys - 24 percent; Girls - 20 percent (UNICEF 2008) |
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