The Somali Republic alone had over four million people by 1961.

Evidence

The results of the referendum held in the Republic in June 1961, however, imply a population of the order of over four million there alone. No accurate assessment of the total Somali population will be possible until reliable census information is available. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 714

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Somaliland and Somalia united into the Somali Republic in mid-1960. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 421

Related

• The 1961 referendum ratified the union of Somaliland and Somalia (similarity 0.81)
• Somali speakers form one of Africa’s largest ethnic blocks despite small numbers (similarity 0.81)
• Somaliland’s 2001 referendum returned 97 percent support for independence (similarity 0.81)
• Recorded Somali referendum votes exceeded the plausible electorate size (similarity 0.81)
• Somaliland and Somalia united into the Somali Republic in mid-1960. (similarity 0.81)
• Somaliland’s secession reverted to its pre-union 1960 independence status. (similarity 0.79)
• The 1961 constitution embedded the Act of Union of the two territories. (similarity 0.78)