Somalia vs Uganda statistics compared

Somalia has a population of 19M (ranked 68/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Somalia's land area is 242,217 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 42nd vs. 84th).

By GDP, Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Somalia and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Somalia and Uganda economies compared

GDP

Somalia

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP
	Somalia	Uganda
1960	$180,459,937	$423,145,605
1961	$191,659,914	$441,667,335
1962	$203,531,928	$449,158,233
1963	$216,145,936	$516,315,231
1964	$229,529,913	$589,247,687
1965	$243,725,898	$884,502,310
1966	$257,375,897	$925,381,492
1967	$271,781,887	$967,240,655
1968	$286,719,885	$1,037,379,252
1969	$306,357,285	$1,168,556,629
1970	$347,985,394	$1,259,554,809
1971	$347,039,446	$1,417,191,656
1972	$447,883,941	$1,490,970,181
1973	$483,699,611	$1,701,829,789
1974	$572,504,036	$2,098,944,967
1975	$757,015,879	$2,359,555,556
1976	$871,344,245	$2,447,300,000
1977	$498,550,725	$2,936,470,588
1978	$564,571,823	$2,420,260,870
1979	$589,566,929	$2,139,025,000
1980	$602,515,548	$1,244,610,000
1981	$699,302,473	$1,337,300,000
1982	$774,578,932	$2,177,500,000
1983	$735,408,642	$2,240,333,333
1984	$787,434,542	$3,615,647,477
1985	$875,702,247	$3,519,695,444
1986	$916,590,786	$3,923,244,050
1987	$1,018,972,664	$6,269,522,042
1988	$1,051,596,967	$6,508,931,652
1989	$1,181,360,844	$5,276,480,799
1990	$1,031,282,081	$4,304,399,310
1991	$717,974,930	$3,321,729,160
1992	$709,297,579	$2,857,457,762
1993	$1,260,132,956	$3,220,439,044
1994	$1,481,205,098	$3,990,430,447
1995	$1,534,756,135	$5,755,818,842
1996	$1,792,234,297	$6,044,585,327
1997	$2,191,749,014	$6,269,333,313
1998	$2,962,047,564	$6,584,815,847
1999	$3,045,751,528	$5,998,563,258
2000	$3,412,797,450	$6,193,246,837
2001	$2,252,847,465	$5,840,503,869
2002	$2,192,684,135	$6,178,563,591
2003	$2,836,724,352	$6,606,884,275
2004	$3,859,592,813	$7,939,487,548
2005	$4,683,246,454	$9,239,221,763
2006	$5,026,743,282	$9,977,647,683
2007	$5,430,713,729	$11,902,564,495
2008	$5,913,620,293	$14,440,404,132
2009	$2,948,594,552	$25,127,805,567
2010	$2,687,807,004	$26,673,441,431
2011	$2,906,000,097	$27,871,725,241
2012	$4,364,670,160	$27,305,915,911
2013	$5,062,881,600	$28,915,786,517
2014	$5,728,399,720	$32,612,397,257
2015	$6,152,149,100	$32,387,183,730
2016	$6,613,743,070	$29,203,988,696
2017	$7,621,501,710	$30,744,473,841
2018	$7,873,440,830	$32,927,025,620
2019	$8,655,023,960	$35,353,061,008
2020	$8,628,393,720	$37,600,368,240
2021	$9,483,997,390	$40,529,788,744
2022	$10,202,767,270	$45,565,333,216
2023	$10,968,517,090	$48,768,955,859
2024	$12,108,515,110	$53,651,874,314

Somalia and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita

Somalia

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Somalia	Uganda
1960	$62.7	$55.4
1961	$64.9	$56.2
1962	$67.2	$55.5
1963	$69.5	$62
1964	$71.9	$68.6
1965	$74.4	$100
1966	$76.5	$101.4
1967	$78.7	$102.8
1968	$80.8	$106.9
1969	$84.1	$116.7
1970	$93.1	$122
1971	$90.4	$133.5
1972	$113.7	$137
1973	$119.6	$152.7
1974	$137.9	$183.7
1975	$177.8	$201.2
1976	$199.6	$203.3
1977	$111.2	$237.6
1978	$117.3	$190.7
1979	$108.2	$164.5
1980	$101.5	$93.8
1981	$116.9	$98.6
1982	$129	$157
1983	$118.6	$157.5
1984	$122.5	$247.5
1985	$130.8	$234.3
1986	$131.4	$253.6
1987	$141	$393
1988	$145.3	$395
1989	$166	$310
1990	$145.6	$245
1991	$105.4	$183
1992	$109.2	$152.1
1993	$188.6	$165.6
1994	$210.8	$198.4
1995	$210.7	$278.5
1996	$237.2	$284.7
1997	$280.1	$286.8
1998	$363	$292.5
1999	$359	$257.9
2000	$386	$258.1
2001	$244.9	$236
2002	$229.6	$242
2003	$286.3	$250.7
2004	$375	$292.4
2005	$440	$330
2006	$458	$347
2007	$480	$401
2008	$507	$473
2009	$246.5	$799
2010	$219.2	$823
2011	$235.3	$836
2012	$350	$795
2013	$393	$818
2014	$429	$896
2015	$446	$863
2016	$461	$753
2017	$511	$765
2018	$510	$792
2019	$540	$822
2020	$518	$846
2021	$549	$883
2022	$573	$963
2023	$597	$1,002
2024	$637	$1,073

Somalia vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Somalia

Uganda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Somalia	Uganda
1950	41.5	39.7
1951	41.7	40.2
1952	41.9	40.8
1953	42.1	41.3
1954	42.3	41.8
1955	42.5	42.4
1956	42.7	43
1957	42.9	43.7
1958	43.1	44.3
1959	43.3	45
1960	43.5	45.6
1961	43.7	46.3
1962	44	46.8
1963	44.2	47.4
1964	44.4	47.8
1965	44.6	48.3
1966	44.8	48.5
1967	45.1	49
1968	45.3	49.3
1969	45.5	49.5
1970	45.6	49.6
1971	45.8	47.1
1972	46	47.2
1973	46.2	47
1974	44.3	46.9
1975	44.5	46.5
1976	44.7	46.2
1977	47	45.8
1978	47	45.6
1979	47.4	45.4
1980	47.6	43.5
1981	47.8	43.5
1982	48	43.3
1983	48.2	43.5
1984	48.4	43.7
1985	48.3	45.5
1986	48.4	45.7
1987	49	47.4
1988	43.9	47.5
1989	46.6	47.5
1990	46.9	47.6
1991	25.4	47.5
1992	25	47.7
1993	50.6	47.7
1994	50.3	47.7
1995	50.6	47.7
1996	50.5	47.8
1997	50.3	48
1998	50.8	48.3
1999	50.6	49
2000	50.7	49.6
2001	50.8	50.6
2002	50.8	51.4
2003	50.7	52.4
2004	50.7	53.7
2005	50.9	54.9
2006	50.9	56.1
2007	50.9	57.2
2008	51.5	58.3
2009	52.1	59.2
2010	48.9	60
2011	32.5	60.8
2012	49.1	61.6
2013	54	62.4
2014	54.4	63.1
2015	55.1	63.8
2016	55.3	64.5
2017	52.2	65.2
2018	54.8	65.8
2019	57.2	66.4
2020	57.1	66.4
2021	55.7	66.4
2022	53.9	67.7
2023	58.8	68.3
2024	59	68.5
2025	59.1	68.7

Somalia and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population

Somalia

Uganda

Table

Year	Population
	Somalia	Uganda
1960	2,876,331	7,640,973
1961	2,952,054	7,862,217
1962	3,030,091	8,092,231
1963	3,110,361	8,333,663
1964	3,192,796	8,586,363
1965	3,277,874	8,849,203
1966	3,365,106	9,122,864
1967	3,454,537	9,408,924
1968	3,546,590	9,708,632
1969	3,641,015	10,014,858
1970	3,738,448	10,321,603
1971	3,837,691	10,618,206
1972	3,939,436	10,885,796
1973	4,045,592	11,144,236
1974	4,151,842	11,424,846
1975	4,257,535	11,725,240
1976	4,365,812	12,037,294
1977	4,484,050	12,359,669
1978	4,814,892	12,692,113
1979	5,449,117	13,002,163
1980	5,936,154	13,275,741
1981	5,982,849	13,556,452
1982	6,003,840	13,873,631
1983	6,198,430	14,221,881
1984	6,428,389	14,607,677
1985	6,693,289	15,023,681
1986	6,974,788	15,467,579
1987	7,228,302	15,954,170
1988	7,235,360	16,470,483
1989	7,114,817	17,010,698
1990	7,082,811	17,569,897
1991	6,813,760	18,155,901
1992	6,495,107	18,785,032
1993	6,681,399	19,445,161
1994	7,026,797	20,108,801
1995	7,285,007	20,665,667
1996	7,554,474	21,231,550
1997	7,824,525	21,856,046
1998	8,155,417	22,515,806
1999	8,492,059	23,257,281
2000	8,838,713	24,000,150
2001	9,198,493	24,745,676
2002	9,550,063	25,532,870
2003	9,909,157	26,352,124
2004	10,280,998	27,154,515
2005	10,644,228	27,963,289
2006	10,975,502	28,794,003
2007	11,322,582	29,653,430
2008	11,663,084	30,539,553
2009	11,961,201	31,451,151
2010	12,261,756	32,390,802
2011	12,348,830	33,354,543
2012	12,461,160	34,337,438
2013	12,869,594	35,337,042
2014	13,339,491	36,395,539
2015	13,806,963	37,531,446
2016	14,348,740	38,799,152
2017	14,916,629	40,177,388
2018	15,452,487	41,565,831
2019	16,030,971	42,999,637
2020	16,651,191	44,457,152
2021	17,271,431	45,910,930
2022	17,801,897	47,312,719
2023	18,358,615	48,656,601
2024	19,009,151	50,015,092

Fertility rates in Somalia and Uganda

Fertility rate

Somalia

Uganda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Somalia	Uganda
1960	7.25	6.91
1961	7.25	6.93
1962	7.26	6.96
1963	7.26	6.98
1964	7.26	7.01
1965	7.26	7.04
1966	7.26	7.07
1967	7.25	7.1
1968	7.23	7.13
1969	7.21	7.12
1970	7.18	7.15
1971	7.15	7.18
1972	7.12	7.19
1973	7.09	7.19
1974	7.06	7.19
1975	7.03	7.2
1976	7.02	7.19
1977	7	7.18
1978	7.13	7.16
1979	7.16	7.14
1980	7.18	7.11
1981	7.23	7.12
1982	7.25	7.11
1983	7.28	7.07
1984	7.3	7.02
1985	7.33	7.04
1986	7.35	7.08
1987	7.37	7.12
1988	7.4	7.1
1989	7.42	7.05
1990	7.44	7.01
1991	7.47	6.94
1992	7.5	6.91
1993	7.53	6.89
1994	7.54	6.9
1995	7.58	6.87
1996	7.62	6.84
1997	7.66	6.86
1998	7.66	6.84
1999	7.66	6.83
2000	7.65	6.79
2001	7.64	6.76
2002	7.63	6.74
2003	7.6	6.67
2004	7.57	6.61
2005	7.53	6.53
2006	7.49	6.43
2007	7.46	6.33
2008	7.42	6.2
2009	7.38	6.12
2010	7.32	6.02
2011	7.27	5.89
2012	7.21	5.73
2013	7.14	5.56
2014	7.06	5.41
2015	6.98	5.25
2016	6.88	5.11
2017	6.77	4.99
2018	6.66	4.87
2019	6.56	4.74
2020	6.45	4.62
2021	6.35	4.51
2022	6.26	4.39
2023	6.13	4.28

Somalia and Uganda demographics compared

Median age

Somalia

Uganda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Somalia	Uganda
1960	18.1	17.1
1961	17.9	16.9
1962	17.8	16.8
1963	17.7	16.7
1964	17.6	16.6
1965	17.5	16.6
1966	17.5	16.6
1967	17.5	16.6
1968	17.5	16.6
1969	17.5	16.6
1970	17.5	16.6
1971	17.6	16.6
1972	17.6	16.5
1973	17.6	16.3
1974	17.7	16.3
1975	17.7	16.2
1976	17.7	16.2
1977	17.7	16.2
1978	17.7	16.1
1979	17.6	16.1
1980	17.6	16
1981	17.5	15.9
1982	17.4	15.9
1983	17.4	15.9
1984	17.3	15.9
1985	17.2	15.9
1986	17.1	15.9
1987	17	15.9
1988	16.8	15.9
1989	16.7	15.8
1990	16.5	15.8
1991	16.5	15.8
1992	16.7	15.7
1993	16.8	15.7
1994	16.7	15.6
1995	16.6	15.4
1996	16.5	15.3
1997	16.4	15.1
1998	16.4	15
1999	16.3	15
2000	16.3	15
2001	16.2	15
2002	16.2	15
2003	16.1	15
2004	16	15
2005	15.9	15
2006	15.7	15
2007	15.6	15
2008	15.6	15.1
2009	15.6	15.1
2010	15.7	15.2
2011	15.8	15.3
2012	16	15.4
2013	16	15.5
2014	16	15.6
2015	16.1	15.8
2016	16.1	16
2017	16.2	16.3
2018	16.2	16.5
2019	16.3	16.8
2020	16.3	17
2021	16.4	17.2
2022	16.5	17.4
2023	16.5	17.6
2024	16.6	17.8

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