



This is the first time a UN agency has published the district breakdown of the 2014 population estimation. It seems that it was somewhat political in that it divided Mudug in two and gave North and South Mudug an equal population, but if you look closer you will see that North Mudug is far larger than South Mudug. They reveal this when they have to give the population breakdown in termsof urban, rural and IDP. North Mudug having 337K urban population to South Mudug's 44K. North Mudug has a larger population than well populated regions like Hiiraan or Middle Shabelle.

Interesting fact is that Afmadow/Xagar district has more people than Kismayo district. And that the largest district in Sanaag is Las Qorey/Badhan. Bandar Beyla is the smallest district at 15K, and Hargeysa is the largest district at 960K. Some gobols are not growing at all, and are losing population to Banadir, which is now past the 2 million mark.
This is the first district breakdown since 2005, 11 years ago.
Source: http://www.fsnau.org/ipc/population-table
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