Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Amharic (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Italian (secondary) · Italian (Romanesco) (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Mehri (secondary) · Somali (secondary) · Swahili (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Somalia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Somali	15428000	Somali	Islam
Rahanweyn	2576000	Maay	Islam
Somali Bantu	983000	Maay	Islam
Swahili, Barawani	337000	Swahili	Islam
Garre	146000	Garre	Islam
Arab, Omani	114000	Arabic, Omani	Islam
Oromo, Southern	113000	Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji	Islam
Deaf	80000	Language unknown	Unknown
Amhara, Ethiopian	56000	Amharic	Christianity
Zigula	42000	Mushungulu	Islam
Dabarre	42000	Dabarre	Islam
Jiiddo	42000	Jiiddu	Islam
Tunni	42000	Tunni	Islam
South Asian, general	28000	Gujarati	Islam
Arab, Yemeni	27000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Bajuni	14000	Swahili	Islam
Baloch, Southern	12000	Balochi, Southern	Islam
Madhiban	9100	Somali	Ethnic Religions
Arab, general	8000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Italian	7300	Italian	Christianity
Mahra	5300	Mehri	Islam
Aweer	400	Aweer	Islam

Languages

19 languages recorded here.

Amharic

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Omani

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

Aweer

Balochi, Southern

Dabarre

Garre

Gujarati

Italian

Jiiddu

Language unknown

Maay

Mehri

Mushungulu

Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji

Somali

Swahili

Tunni

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

rog3: SO
iso3: SOM
iso2: SO
ctry: Somalia
poplpeoples: 20113000
cntpeoples: 22
cntpeopleslr: 20
poplpeopleslr: 20049000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: som
officiallang: Somali
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 0.47906440732447
percentevangelical: 0.14544793794696
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 409
harvest_rog3: SO
harvest_iso3: SOM
harvest_iso2: SO
harvest_owcountrycode: SOMA
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: SO
harvest_countrynumber: 194
harvest_ctry: Somalia
harvest_ctryshort: Somalia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 索马里
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 索马里
harvest_countrynamedutch: Somalië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Somalie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Somalie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Somalia
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Somalia
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Somalia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Somalia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Somalia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Somalia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 소말리아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 소말리아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Somalia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Somalia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Somália
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Somália
harvest_countrynamerussian: Сомали
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Сомали
harvest_countrynamespanish: Somalia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Somalia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Somalia
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Somalia
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 1
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 014
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_maniregioncode: EA
harvest_capital: Mogadishu
harvest_population: 19655000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/somalia.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 41019703
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-so.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/somalia
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 2
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/somalia
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 1
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 76
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/SO_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.015519198
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 8.1000004
harvest_owcountrypage: somalia
harvest_literacyrate: 38
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 45
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: som
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: eng
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 99.67
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 0.33
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.04
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.28
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A004
harvest_internetusers: 1.9
harvest_flashmapzoom: 592
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -301
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -280
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 5
harvest_googlemaplng: 47
harvest_ctrylatitude: 5.152149
harvest_ctrylongitude: 46.199616
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/somalia_ethnic_grps_2002.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/somalia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 101
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.825164726058309
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=so&joshua=so
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-somalia
harvest_internetusage: 2
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-somalia/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/somalia/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 246201
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 637000
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 32
harvest_countryphonecode: 252
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=611
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 0.1
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 0
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 0.05
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .so
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00