| Location: | Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia |
| Population: | 8,025,190
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2003 est.) |
| Capital: | Mogadishu |
| GDP per capita: | purchasing power parity - $550 (2001 est.) |
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