Someone tell these people we are not the UN so y'all don't need to exaggerate your numbers , Somali waa in Is Taqaan Sxb, Isaq is the fourth largest tribe in Somalia period.
Yea.
But the khat chewers have every incentive to inflate their population figures:
1. international recognition
2. more aid
3. internal clan politics
But the thing is, the world doesn't need to listen to khat chewers to estimate Somaliland's population. It's developed much more scientific methodologies for gauging population, and it's shown that Somaliland has a very low population even by comparison to the rest of Somalia.
But the khat chewers keep on running around with exaggerated population figures, and making themselves look like fools. At a recent Brookings Insitute panel, a khat-chewer was laughed off by the experts after stating during the Q/A that Somaliland had a population of 3.5 million. LOL! Vanda Brown, a Somalia expert, said "that's much much too high."!