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.)

Age structure

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

Sex ratio

at birth: 0.894 male(s)/female
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.)

Infant mortality rate

100.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
male: 108.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 92.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth in Somalia

total population: 51.8 years
male: 49.58 years
female: 53.65 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate

6.08 children born/woman (2014 est.)

HIV/AIDS

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.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: high
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)