Somalia
Soomaaliya
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 2.6%
- people aged 65 or older
- 514.5K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 3.5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 13.2 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 3.5%
- women 5.2%, men 1.3%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2011
Languages
12 languages, 7 of them endangered
- BoonSeverely endangered
- AweerDefinitely endangered
- ChimwiiniDefinitely endangered
- DabarreVulnerable
- GarreVulnerable
- JiidduVulnerable
- TunniVulnerable
- Borana
- Kiswahili
- Maay-Maay language
- Somali
- Standard Arabic
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- The zaffa in the traditional wedding2025
- Xeer Ciise: Oral customary laws of Somali-Issa communities in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia2024
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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