Currently, 34% of the Somali population live in towns and cities with the percentage rapidly increasing.

Because of the social and governmental institutions in Minnesota, about 30,000 of the Somali populations stayed.

Distribution of blood groups in the East African Somali population (1987)

Over 3.5 million people - almost half the Somali population - are now facing severe food shortages.

As of 2012, the Somali population comprises around 5,000 individuals.

But domestically grown food is not enough to provide for even half the Somali population.

Across the country, nearly half of the Somali population - 3.7 million people - are in crisis, 2.8 million in the south alone.

The Iraqi and Somali immigrant populations have increased significantly in recent years.

Through commerce, Islam spread amongst the Somali population in the coastal cities.

With a steadily enlarging Somali population, the likelihood of a third referendum appearing successful had grown even more dim.