Belgium vs Somalia statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 136th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Belgium and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Somalia
1960	$11,810,619,368	$180,459,937
1961	$12,561,701,694	$191,659,914
1962	$13,436,827,167	$203,531,928
1963	$14,445,805,381	$216,145,936
1964	$16,168,044,450	$229,529,913
1965	$17,597,783,297	$243,725,898
1966	$18,894,891,312	$257,375,897
1967	$20,252,508,995	$271,781,887
1968	$21,654,856,965	$286,719,885
1969	$24,019,653,475	$306,357,285
1970	$26,706,196,047	$347,985,394
1971	$29,821,661,870	$347,039,446
1972	$37,209,418,019	$447,883,941
1973	$47,743,801,490	$483,699,611
1974	$56,033,077,879	$572,504,036
1975	$65,678,189,097	$757,015,879
1976	$71,113,882,968	$871,344,245
1977	$82,839,905,459	$498,550,725
1978	$101,246,526,194	$564,571,823
1979	$116,315,456,797	$589,566,929
1980	$126,829,314,388	$602,515,548
1981	$104,730,018,470	$699,302,473
1982	$92,095,926,188	$774,578,932
1983	$87,184,239,053	$735,408,642
1984	$83,349,530,159	$787,434,542
1985	$86,268,264,148	$875,702,247
1986	$120,018,787,249	$916,590,786
1987	$149,394,404,106	$1,018,972,664
1988	$162,299,103,675	$1,051,596,967
1989	$164,221,056,511	$1,181,360,844
1990	$205,331,747,948	$1,031,282,081
1991	$210,510,999,409	$717,974,930
1992	$234,781,652,447	$709,297,579
1993	$224,721,795,709	$1,260,132,956
1994	$244,884,129,491	$1,481,205,098
1995	$288,025,588,396	$1,534,756,135
1996	$279,201,433,225	$1,792,234,297
1997	$252,708,051,421	$2,191,749,014
1998	$258,528,339,631	$2,962,047,564
1999	$258,245,733,221	$3,045,751,528
2000	$236,792,460,312	$3,412,797,450
2001	$236,746,141,604	$2,252,847,465
2002	$258,383,599,375	$2,192,684,135
2003	$318,082,528,507	$2,836,724,352
2004	$369,214,712,443	$3,859,592,813
2005	$385,714,762,230	$4,683,246,454
2006	$408,259,840,869	$5,026,743,282
2007	$470,922,156,309	$5,430,713,729
2008	$517,328,087,920	$5,913,620,293
2009	$485,014,525,992	$2,948,594,552
2010	$481,556,503,720	$2,687,807,004
2011	$527,196,649,049	$2,906,000,097
2012	$498,414,364,945	$4,364,670,160
2013	$524,097,026,599	$5,062,881,600
2014	$537,987,419,164	$5,728,399,720
2015	$461,044,767,545	$6,152,149,100
2016	$474,271,566,740	$6,613,743,070
2017	$500,908,767,352	$7,621,501,710
2018	$542,638,913,428	$7,873,440,830
2019	$536,726,344,405	$8,655,023,960
2020	$529,694,473,502	$8,628,393,720
2021	$598,522,422,242	$9,483,997,390
2022	$593,614,574,326	$10,202,767,270
2023	$644,655,275,112	$10,968,517,090
2024	$664,564,181,487	$12,108,515,110

Belgium and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Somalia
1960	$1,290	$62.7
1961	$1,368	$64.9
1962	$1,457	$67.2
1963	$1,555	$69.5
1964	$1,724	$71.9
1965	$1,860	$74.4
1966	$1,983	$76.5
1967	$2,114	$78.7
1968	$2,251	$80.8
1969	$2,490	$84.1
1970	$2,766	$93.1
1971	$3,083	$90.4
1972	$3,832	$113.7
1973	$4,901	$119.6
1974	$5,734	$137.9
1975	$6,701	$177.8
1976	$7,243	$199.6
1977	$8,427	$111.2
1978	$10,290	$117.3
1979	$11,811	$108.2
1980	$12,864	$101.5
1981	$10,623	$116.9
1982	$9,344	$129
1983	$8,846	$118.6
1984	$8,457	$122.5
1985	$8,751	$130.8
1986	$12,170	$131.4
1987	$15,136	$141
1988	$16,391	$145.3
1989	$16,525	$166
1990	$20,600	$145.6
1991	$21,042	$105.4
1992	$23,373	$109.2
1993	$22,284	$188.6
1994	$24,209	$210.8
1995	$28,414	$210.7
1996	$27,490	$237.2
1997	$24,821	$280.1
1998	$25,338	$363
1999	$25,253	$359
2000	$23,099	$386
2001	$23,015	$244.9
2002	$25,006	$229.6
2003	$30,655	$286.3
2004	$35,429	$375
2005	$36,810	$440
2006	$38,705	$458
2007	$44,319	$480
2008	$48,303	$507
2009	$44,923	$246.5
2010	$44,197	$219.2
2011	$47,761	$235.3
2012	$44,874	$350
2013	$46,965	$393
2014	$47,996	$429
2015	$40,894	$446
2016	$41,855	$461
2017	$44,035	$511
2018	$47,487	$510
2019	$46,717	$540
2020	$45,906	$518
2021	$51,658	$549
2022	$50,822	$573
2023	$54,690	$597
2024	$55,955	$637

Belgium vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Somalia
1950	66.3	41.5
1951	66.7	41.7
1952	68	41.9
1953	68.4	42.1
1954	68.6	42.3
1955	68.5	42.5
1956	68.8	42.7
1957	69.2	42.9
1958	69.9	43.1
1959	70.3	43.3
1960	69.6	43.5
1961	70.5	43.7
1962	70.2	44
1963	70	44.2
1964	70.7	44.4
1965	70.6	44.6
1966	70.6	44.8
1967	70.9	45.1
1968	70.6	45.3
1969	70.7	45.5
1970	70.9	45.6
1971	71.1	45.8
1972	71.4	46
1973	71.6	46.2
1974	72	44.3
1975	72	44.5
1976	72.1	44.7
1977	72.8	47
1978	72.7	47
1979	73.2	47.4
1980	73.2	47.6
1981	73.7	47.8
1982	73.9	48
1983	73.9	48.2
1984	74.4	48.4
1985	74.5	48.3
1986	74.7	48.4
1987	75.3	49
1988	75.6	43.9
1989	75.6	46.6
1990	76.1	46.9
1991	76.2	25.4
1992	76.4	25
1993	76.4	50.6
1994	76.7	50.3
1995	76.8	50.6
1996	77.2	50.5
1997	77.4	50.3
1998	77.5	50.8
1999	77.6	50.6
2000	77.8	50.7
2001	78.1	50.8
2002	78.2	50.8
2003	78.3	50.7
2004	79	50.7
2005	79.1	50.9
2006	79.4	50.9
2007	79.5	50.9
2008	79.6	51.5
2009	79.8	52.1
2010	80	48.9
2011	80.4	32.5
2012	80.3	49.1
2013	80.5	54
2014	81.1	54.4
2015	80.9	55.1
2016	81.3	55.3
2017	81.4	52.2
2018	81.5	54.8
2019	81.8	57.2
2020	80.8	57.1
2021	81.7	55.7
2022	81.2	53.9
2023	82.1	58.8
2024	82.3	59
2025	82.4	59.1

Belgium and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Somalia
1960	9,153,489	2,876,331
1961	9,183,948	2,952,054
1962	9,220,578	3,030,091
1963	9,289,770	3,110,361
1964	9,378,113	3,192,796
1965	9,463,667	3,277,874
1966	9,527,807	3,365,106
1967	9,580,991	3,454,537
1968	9,618,756	3,546,590
1969	9,646,032	3,641,015
1970	9,655,549	3,738,448
1971	9,673,162	3,837,691
1972	9,711,115	3,939,436
1973	9,741,720	4,045,592
1974	9,772,419	4,151,842
1975	9,800,700	4,257,535
1976	9,818,227	4,365,812
1977	9,830,358	4,484,050
1978	9,839,534	4,814,892
1979	9,848,382	5,449,117
1980	9,859,242	5,936,154
1981	9,858,982	5,982,849
1982	9,856,303	6,003,840
1983	9,855,520	6,198,430
1984	9,855,372	6,428,389
1985	9,858,308	6,693,289
1986	9,861,823	6,974,788
1987	9,870,234	7,228,302
1988	9,901,664	7,235,360
1989	9,937,697	7,114,817
1990	9,967,379	7,082,811
1991	10,004,486	6,813,760
1992	10,045,158	6,495,107
1993	10,084,475	6,681,399
1994	10,115,603	7,026,797
1995	10,136,811	7,285,007
1996	10,156,637	7,554,474
1997	10,181,245	7,824,525
1998	10,203,008	8,155,417
1999	10,226,419	8,492,059
2000	10,251,250	8,838,713
2001	10,286,570	9,198,493
2002	10,332,785	9,550,063
2003	10,376,133	9,909,157
2004	10,421,137	10,280,998
2005	10,478,617	10,644,228
2006	10,547,958	10,975,502
2007	10,625,700	11,322,582
2008	10,709,973	11,663,084
2009	10,796,493	11,961,201
2010	10,895,586	12,261,756
2011	11,038,264	12,348,830
2012	11,106,932	12,461,160
2013	11,159,407	12,869,594
2014	11,209,057	13,339,491
2015	11,274,196	13,806,963
2016	11,331,422	14,348,740
2017	11,375,158	14,916,629
2018	11,427,054	15,452,487
2019	11,488,980	16,030,971
2020	11,538,604	16,651,191
2021	11,586,195	17,271,431
2022	11,680,210	17,801,897
2023	11,787,423	18,358,615
2024	11,876,844	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Belgium and Somalia

Fertility rate

Belgium

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Somalia
1960	2.54	7.25
1961	2.63	7.25
1962	2.59	7.26
1963	2.68	7.26
1964	2.71	7.26
1965	2.61	7.26
1966	2.52	7.26
1967	2.41	7.25
1968	2.31	7.23
1969	2.27	7.21
1970	2.25	7.18
1971	2.21	7.15
1972	2.09	7.12
1973	1.95	7.09
1974	1.83	7.06
1975	1.74	7.03
1976	1.73	7.02
1977	1.71	7
1978	1.69	7.13
1979	1.69	7.16
1980	1.68	7.18
1981	1.66	7.23
1982	1.61	7.25
1983	1.57	7.28
1984	1.54	7.3
1985	1.51	7.33
1986	1.54	7.35
1987	1.54	7.37
1988	1.57	7.4
1989	1.58	7.42
1990	1.62	7.44
1991	1.66	7.47
1992	1.65	7.5
1993	1.61	7.53
1994	1.56	7.54
1995	1.56	7.58
1996	1.59	7.62
1997	1.6	7.66
1998	1.6	7.66
1999	1.62	7.66
2000	1.67	7.65
2001	1.67	7.64
2002	1.65	7.63
2003	1.67	7.6
2004	1.72	7.57
2005	1.76	7.53
2006	1.8	7.49
2007	1.82	7.46
2008	1.85	7.42
2009	1.84	7.38
2010	1.86	7.32
2011	1.81	7.27
2012	1.8	7.21
2013	1.76	7.14
2014	1.74	7.06
2015	1.7	6.98
2016	1.68	6.88
2017	1.65	6.77
2018	1.62	6.66
2019	1.6	6.56
2020	1.55	6.45
2021	1.6	6.35
2022	1.53	6.26
2023	1.47	6.13

Belgium and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Somalia
1960	34.9	18.1
1961	34.9	17.9
1962	34.9	17.8
1963	34.9	17.7
1964	34.8	17.6
1965	34.8	17.5
1966	34.7	17.5
1967	34.7	17.5
1968	34.7	17.5
1969	34.6	17.5
1970	34.5	17.5
1971	34.4	17.6
1972	34.3	17.6
1973	34.3	17.6
1974	34.3	17.7
1975	34.2	17.7
1976	34.1	17.7
1977	34.1	17.7
1978	34.1	17.7
1979	34.1	17.6
1980	34.2	17.6
1981	34.3	17.5
1982	34.5	17.4
1983	34.8	17.4
1984	35	17.3
1985	35.2	17.2
1986	35.4	17.1
1987	35.6	17
1988	35.9	16.8
1989	36.1	16.7
1990	36.3	16.5
1991	36.5	16.5
1992	36.7	16.7
1993	37	16.8
1994	37.2	16.7
1995	37.5	16.6
1996	37.8	16.5
1997	38.1	16.4
1998	38.3	16.4
1999	38.6	16.3
2000	38.9	16.3
2001	39.2	16.2
2002	39.4	16.2
2003	39.7	16.1
2004	40	16
2005	40.2	15.9
2006	40.4	15.7
2007	40.6	15.6
2008	40.7	15.6
2009	40.8	15.6
2010	40.8	15.7
2011	40.9	15.8
2012	41.1	16
2013	41.2	16
2014	41.3	16
2015	41.4	16.1
2016	41.4	16.1
2017	41.6	16.2
2018	41.7	16.2
2019	41.8	16.3
2020	41.9	16.3
2021	42	16.4
2022	42.2	16.5
2023	42.4	16.5
2024	42.7	16.6

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