Nepal vs Somalia statistics compared

Nepal has a population of 29.7M (ranked 51/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Nepal's land area is 55,348 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 92nd vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Nepal ranks 101/197 ($42.9B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Nepal ranks 164/197 ($1,447), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Nepal and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Nepal and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Nepal

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Nepal	Somalia
1960	$508,334,414	$180,459,937
1961	$531,959,562	$191,659,914
1962	$574,091,101	$203,531,928
1963	$496,947,904	$216,145,936
1964	$496,098,775	$229,529,913
1965	$735,267,082	$243,725,898
1966	$906,811,944	$257,375,897
1967	$841,974,025	$271,781,887
1968	$772,231,387	$286,719,885
1969	$788,641,965	$306,357,285
1970	$865,975,309	$347,985,394
1971	$882,765,472	$347,039,446
1972	$1,024,098,400	$447,883,941
1973	$972,101,725	$483,699,611
1974	$1,217,953,547	$572,504,036
1975	$1,575,789,254	$757,015,879
1976	$1,452,788,985	$871,344,245
1977	$1,382,400,000	$498,550,725
1978	$1,604,162,497	$564,571,823
1979	$1,851,250,008	$589,566,929
1980	$1,945,916,583	$602,515,548
1981	$2,275,583,317	$699,302,473
1982	$2,395,423,742	$774,578,932
1983	$2,447,174,803	$735,408,642
1984	$2,581,207,388	$787,434,542
1985	$2,619,913,956	$875,702,247
1986	$2,850,782,044	$916,590,786
1987	$2,957,255,380	$1,018,972,664
1988	$3,487,009,748	$1,051,596,967
1989	$3,525,225,787	$1,181,360,844
1990	$3,627,560,239	$1,031,282,081
1991	$3,921,476,085	$717,974,930
1992	$3,401,211,581	$709,297,579
1993	$3,660,041,667	$1,260,132,956
1994	$4,066,775,510	$1,481,205,098
1995	$4,401,104,418	$1,534,756,135
1996	$4,521,580,381	$1,792,234,297
1997	$4,918,691,917	$2,191,749,014
1998	$4,856,255,044	$2,962,047,564
1999	$5,033,642,384	$3,045,751,528
2000	$5,494,252,208	$3,412,797,450
2001	$6,007,055,042	$2,252,847,465
2002	$6,050,875,807	$2,192,684,135
2003	$6,330,473,097	$2,836,724,352
2004	$7,273,938,315	$3,859,592,813
2005	$8,130,258,378	$4,683,246,454
2006	$9,043,715,356	$5,026,743,282
2007	$10,325,618,017	$5,430,713,729
2008	$12,545,438,605	$5,913,620,293
2009	$12,854,985,464	$2,948,594,552
2010	$16,002,656,434	$2,687,807,004
2011	$21,573,872,421	$2,906,000,097
2012	$21,703,100,877	$4,364,670,160
2013	$22,162,204,925	$5,062,881,600
2014	$22,731,612,922	$5,728,399,720
2015	$24,360,801,287	$6,152,149,100
2016	$24,524,109,484	$6,613,743,070
2017	$28,971,588,940	$7,621,501,710
2018	$33,111,525,237	$7,873,440,830
2019	$34,186,180,699	$8,655,023,960
2020	$33,433,659,301	$8,628,393,720
2021	$36,924,841,394	$9,483,997,390
2022	$41,182,939,601	$10,202,767,270
2023	$41,047,772,331	$10,968,517,090
2024	$42,914,268,287	$12,108,515,110

Nepal and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Nepal

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nepal	Somalia
1960	$50.2	$62.7
1961	$51.6	$64.9
1962	$54.6	$67.2
1963	$46.3	$69.5
1964	$45.3	$71.9
1965	$65.8	$74.4
1966	$79.5	$76.5
1967	$72.3	$78.7
1968	$64.9	$80.8
1969	$64.8	$84.1
1970	$69.6	$93.1
1971	$69.5	$90.4
1972	$78.8	$113.7
1973	$73.2	$119.6
1974	$89.8	$137.9
1975	$113.6	$177.8
1976	$102.5	$199.6
1977	$95.3	$111.2
1978	$108.1	$117.3
1979	$121.9	$108.2
1980	$125.1	$101.5
1981	$142.9	$116.9
1982	$147	$129
1983	$146.6	$118.6
1984	$151.1	$122.5
1985	$149.9	$130.8
1986	$159.5	$131.4
1987	$162	$141
1988	$187.1	$145.3
1989	$185	$166
1990	$185.8	$145.6
1991	$195.7	$105.4
1992	$165	$109.2
1993	$172.8	$188.6
1994	$187.3	$210.8
1995	$197.8	$210.7
1996	$198.8	$237.2
1997	$211.8	$280.1
1998	$205.1	$363
1999	$208.6	$359
2000	$223.8	$386
2001	$240.8	$244.9
2002	$238.9	$229.6
2003	$246.4	$286.3
2004	$279.6	$375
2005	$309	$440
2006	$340	$458
2007	$385	$480
2008	$465	$507
2009	$473	$246.5
2010	$585	$219.2
2011	$786	$235.3
2012	$788	$350
2013	$803	$393
2014	$821	$429
2015	$876	$446
2016	$877	$461
2017	$1,034	$511
2018	$1,179	$510
2019	$1,203	$540
2020	$1,154	$518
2021	$1,253	$549
2022	$1,386	$573
2023	$1,382	$597
2024	$1,447	$637

Nepal vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nepal

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nepal	Somalia
1950	37.6	41.5
1951	37.6	41.7
1952	37.7	41.9
1953	37.7	42.1
1954	37.8	42.3
1955	37.9	42.5
1956	37.9	42.7
1957	38	42.9
1958	38.1	43.1
1959	38.4	43.3
1960	38.7	43.5
1961	39	43.7
1962	39.3	44
1963	39.6	44.2
1964	40.2	44.4
1965	40.7	44.6
1966	41.2	44.8
1967	41.7	45.1
1968	42.2	45.3
1969	42.7	45.5
1970	43.2	45.6
1971	43.6	45.8
1972	44.1	46
1973	44.5	46.2
1974	44.9	44.3
1975	45.5	44.5
1976	46	44.7
1977	46.6	47
1978	47.2	47
1979	47.8	47.4
1980	48.3	47.6
1981	48.7	47.8
1982	49.2	48
1983	49.7	48.2
1984	50.2	48.4
1985	50.9	48.3
1986	51.6	48.4
1987	52.4	49
1988	53.1	43.9
1989	54	46.6
1990	54.8	46.9
1991	55.6	25.4
1992	56.7	25
1993	57.6	50.6
1994	58.6	50.3
1995	59.3	50.6
1996	60	50.5
1997	60.8	50.3
1998	61.5	50.8
1999	62	50.6
2000	62.6	50.7
2001	63.3	50.8
2002	63.5	50.8
2003	64.2	50.7
2004	64.7	50.7
2005	65.3	50.9
2006	65.9	50.9
2007	66.2	50.9
2008	66.4	51.5
2009	66.6	52.1
2010	66.8	48.9
2011	67.1	32.5
2012	67.4	49.1
2013	67.6	54
2014	67.8	54.4
2015	67.4	55.1
2016	68.4	55.3
2017	68.7	52.2
2018	69	54.8
2019	69.3	57.2
2020	69.1	57.1
2021	68.4	55.7
2022	70.1	53.9
2023	70.4	58.8
2024	70.6	59
2025	70.9	59.1

Nepal and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Nepal

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Nepal	Somalia
1960	10,123,658	2,876,331
1961	10,318,396	2,952,054
1962	10,521,116	3,030,091
1963	10,729,818	3,110,361
1964	10,946,392	3,192,796
1965	11,173,411	3,277,874
1966	11,408,710	3,365,106
1967	11,652,716	3,454,537
1968	11,906,266	3,546,590
1969	12,167,036	3,641,015
1970	12,436,190	3,738,448
1971	12,710,061	3,837,691
1972	12,989,099	3,939,436
1973	13,275,239	4,045,592
1974	13,568,435	4,151,842
1975	13,870,695	4,257,535
1976	14,177,649	4,365,812
1977	14,499,175	4,484,050
1978	14,839,695	4,814,892
1979	15,190,590	5,449,117
1980	15,553,105	5,936,154
1981	15,922,423	5,982,849
1982	16,297,987	6,003,840
1983	16,689,119	6,198,430
1984	17,085,242	6,428,389
1985	17,477,692	6,693,289
1986	17,868,124	6,974,788
1987	18,250,505	7,228,302
1988	18,638,661	7,235,360
1989	19,057,807	7,114,817
1990	19,524,573	7,082,811
1991	20,036,500	6,813,760
1992	20,609,707	6,495,107
1993	21,180,159	6,681,399
1994	21,717,479	7,026,797
1995	22,245,439	7,285,007
1996	22,741,862	7,554,474
1997	23,219,463	7,824,525
1998	23,680,357	8,155,417
1999	24,125,199	8,492,059
2000	24,546,509	8,838,713
2001	24,946,748	9,198,493
2002	25,328,981	9,550,063
2003	25,688,758	9,909,157
2004	26,016,656	10,280,998
2005	26,309,458	10,644,228
2006	26,565,425	10,975,502
2007	26,788,492	11,322,582
2008	26,990,037	11,663,084
2009	27,173,035	11,961,201
2010	27,341,952	12,261,756
2011	27,464,494	12,348,830
2012	27,534,915	12,461,160
2013	27,589,996	12,869,594
2014	27,672,370	13,339,491
2015	27,823,629	13,806,963
2016	27,955,462	14,348,740
2017	28,011,258	14,916,629
2018	28,079,689	15,452,487
2019	28,414,064	16,030,971
2020	28,966,574	16,651,191
2021	29,475,010	17,271,431
2022	29,715,436	17,801,897
2023	29,694,614	18,358,615
2024	29,651,054	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Nepal and Somalia

Fertility rate

Nepal

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nepal	Somalia
1960	6.07	7.25
1961	6.09	7.25
1962	6.08	7.26
1963	6.06	7.26
1964	6.04	7.26
1965	6.01	7.26
1966	5.98	7.26
1967	5.95	7.25
1968	5.94	7.23
1969	5.89	7.21
1970	5.87	7.18
1971	5.85	7.15
1972	5.8	7.12
1973	5.7	7.09
1974	5.75	7.06
1975	5.73	7.03
1976	5.72	7.02
1977	5.69	7
1978	5.68	7.13
1979	5.64	7.16
1980	5.6	7.18
1981	5.58	7.23
1982	5.55	7.25
1983	5.54	7.28
1984	5.51	7.3
1985	5.46	7.33
1986	5.4	7.35
1987	5.35	7.37
1988	5.31	7.4
1989	5.26	7.42
1990	5.21	7.44
1991	5.15	7.47
1992	5.07	7.5
1993	5.04	7.53
1994	4.96	7.54
1995	4.87	7.58
1996	4.67	7.62
1997	4.44	7.66
1998	4.28	7.66
1999	4.13	7.66
2000	3.98	7.65
2001	3.79	7.64
2002	3.6	7.63
2003	3.44	7.6
2004	3.28	7.57
2005	3.12	7.53
2006	2.97	7.49
2007	2.86	7.46
2008	2.74	7.42
2009	2.63	7.38
2010	2.54	7.32
2011	2.46	7.27
2012	2.42	7.21
2013	2.36	7.14
2014	2.32	7.06
2015	2.27	6.98
2016	2.23	6.88
2017	2.17	6.77
2018	2.12	6.66
2019	2.08	6.56
2020	2.05	6.45
2021	2.03	6.35
2022	2	6.26
2023	1.98	6.13

Nepal and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Nepal

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nepal	Somalia
1960	19.5	18.1
1961	19.5	17.9
1962	19.6	17.8
1963	19.6	17.7
1964	19.6	17.6
1965	19.6	17.5
1966	19.6	17.5
1967	19.7	17.5
1968	19.7	17.5
1969	19.7	17.5
1970	19.7	17.5
1971	19.7	17.6
1972	19.7	17.6
1973	19.7	17.6
1974	19.7	17.7
1975	19.7	17.7
1976	19.7	17.7
1977	19.7	17.7
1978	19.6	17.7
1979	19.6	17.6
1980	19.6	17.6
1981	19.5	17.5
1982	19.5	17.4
1983	19.5	17.4
1984	19.5	17.3
1985	19.4	17.2
1986	19.4	17.1
1987	19.3	17
1988	19.2	16.8
1989	19.2	16.7
1990	19.2	16.5
1991	19.2	16.5
1992	19.2	16.7
1993	19.2	16.8
1994	19.2	16.7
1995	19.2	16.6
1996	19.2	16.5
1997	19.2	16.4
1998	19.2	16.4
1999	19.3	16.3
2000	19.3	16.3
2001	19.4	16.2
2002	19.5	16.2
2003	19.7	16.1
2004	19.8	16
2005	20	15.9
2006	20.3	15.7
2007	20.5	15.6
2008	20.8	15.6
2009	21	15.6
2010	21.3	15.7
2011	21.6	15.8
2012	21.8	16
2013	22	16
2014	22.2	16
2015	22.4	16.1
2016	22.7	16.1
2017	22.9	16.2
2018	23.2	16.2
2019	23.7	16.3
2020	24.5	16.3
2021	25	16.4
2022	25.4	16.5
2023	25.7	16.5
2024	26	16.6

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