Somalis around the World.

[Tuushi]

Arabman`s wiki link of Somalis in another thread seemed very interesting.

It lists where Somalis are mostly concentrated.According to the info there,Canada with total general population of like 10 percent of the USA,apparently has more Somalis.Made no sense to me.

Although i have never been to Ethiopia,it supposedly has the highest number of Somalis outside of Somalia.Almost quadruple the number in Kenya.Which i always believed had very high number.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_people

[LobsterUnit]

Wikipedia is a wholly untrustworthy source of info. Last time i checked people from snet where editing that joint.

[Arabman]

...the Somali Region has a total population of 4,445,219...Ethnic groups include Somalis (97.2%), Amhara (0.66%), Oromo (0.46%), foreign-born Somalis (0.20%) and Gurages (0.12%).



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Region#Demographics

[Tuushi]

I am not really writing thesis on this.Wiki`s credibility isnt a big concern.I only found this interesting.

[Arabman]

Wikipedia is a wholly untrustworthy source of info. Last time i checked people from snet where editing that joint.

Let's put that to test; go to Somaliland's page and change every Somaliland word to IctiraafRaadisland.

[Gabre]

If you consider Somaliland to be a separate country from Somalia, then technically the most Somali country by population is actually Ethiopia.

An interesting thing to ponder about is what it means to be Somali. Many of the Somali people in Ethiopia are mixed, and as you go further west things get very fuzzy. There are many whole Somali tribes that saddle both non-Somali and Somali identities. They might exclusively (or prefer to) speak Afaan Oromoo and have given up the nomadic lifestyle for farming in mixed societies, yet still know their clan name. If it means being Muslim, you'll find many Christian Somalis there as well. The straightforward identity of who's Somali in Somalia isn't so clear in Ethiopia. Demographic trends in the horn point to things only getting more muddier.

[STARKAST]

Gabre STFU, thank you very much.

Somali Galbeed, don't forget that word/fact.

[jamal9]

Somalia 8.7 million
Ethiopia 4.6 million
Kenya 900,000
Djibouti 464,600
Yemen 200,000
Canada 150,000
UK 108,000
USA 85,700
Sweden 40,165
South Africa 40,000
Netherlands 33,750
Norway 27,523
UAE 25,000
Saudi Arabia 20,000
Denmark 16,550
Finland 9,000
Italy 6,414
Australia 6,403


Come on, Canada has more skinnys than USA? Doesn't make sense