Somalia
Soomaaliya
Somalia is a federal parliamentary republic, located in Eastern Africa. Islam is the predominant religion. Its capital is Mogadishu. About 19.7 million people live there (2025).
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Population
- 19,654,739 (2025)
- Region
- Africa (Eastern Africa)
- Area
- 637,657 km²
- Demonym
- Somali
- Languages
- Somali, Arabic
- Form of Government
- Federal parliamentary republic
- Religion
- Islam (99.9%)
Folk/Indigenous religions (0.1%) - Currency
- Somali shilling (SOS)
- GDP
- $13.0B (2025)