Eastern Africa
Somalia
Federal Republic of Somalia
Core facts
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Population
- 19,655,000
- Area
- 637,657 km^2
- Country code
- SOM
- Flag emoji
- 🇸🇴
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 30.8 per km^2
- Calling code
- +252
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic, Somali
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- الصومال, Soomaaliya
- Demonyms (EN)
- Somali / Somali
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+03:00
- Alternative spellings
- SO, aṣ-Ṣūmāl, Federal Republic of Somalia, Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fiderāliyya
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 10.00, 49.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- DJI, ETH, KEN
- Border countries count
- 3
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Somali shilling (Sh)
- Top-level domain
- .so
- FIFA code
- SOM
- Capital coordinates
- 2.07, 45.33
- Postal code format
- @@ #####
- Gini index
- 36.8 (2017)
- Coat of arms
