Health in Somalia

Somalia's health care system is significantly underdeveloped. The following information provides an overview of the state of health in Somalia, with data sourced from the CIA World Factbook.

Population: 12.3 million (2014 est.)

0–14 years: 45.6% (male 2,881,283/female 2,740,209)
 * Age structure

15–64 years: 52.5% (male 3,219,425/female 3,226,432)

65 years and over: 2% (male 144,056/female 105,407) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.8% (2014 est.)

Birth rate: 40.87 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Death rate: 13.91 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)

at birth: 0.894 male(s)/female
 * Sex ratio

under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female

total population: 1.028 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

100.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
 * Infant mortality rate

male: 108.89 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 92.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

total population: 51.8 years
 * Life expectancy at birth

male: 49.58 years

female: 53.65 years (2014 est.)

6.08 children born/woman (2014 est.)
 * Total fertility rate

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.5% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 31,200 (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths: 2,500 (2009 est.)
 * HIV/AIDS

degree of risk: high
 * Major infectious diseases

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Rift Valley fever

water contact disease: schistosomiasis

animal contact disease: rabies (2009)