Somalia vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Somalia has a population of 19M (ranked 68/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Somalia's land area is 242,217 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 42nd vs. 78th).

By GDP, Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Somalia and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Somalia and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Somalia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Somalia	United Kingdom
1960	$180,459,937	$73,233,967,692
1961	$191,659,914	$77,741,965,703
1962	$203,531,928	$81,247,564,157
1963	$216,145,936	$86,561,961,812
1964	$229,529,913	$94,407,558,351
1965	$243,725,898	$101,824,755,079
1966	$257,375,897	$108,572,752,102
1967	$271,781,887	$113,116,888,211
1968	$286,719,885	$107,759,910,068
1969	$306,357,285	$116,464,702,803
1970	$347,985,394	$130,671,946,244
1971	$347,039,446	$148,113,896,325
1972	$447,883,941	$169,965,034,965
1973	$483,699,611	$192,537,971,583
1974	$572,504,036	$206,131,369,799
1975	$757,015,879	$241,756,637,168
1976	$871,344,245	$232,614,555,256
1977	$498,550,725	$263,066,457,352
1978	$564,571,823	$335,883,029,722
1979	$589,566,929	$438,994,070,309
1980	$602,515,548	$564,947,710,899
1981	$699,302,473	$540,765,675,241
1982	$774,578,932	$515,048,916,841
1983	$735,408,642	$489,618,008,186
1984	$787,434,542	$461,487,097,632
1985	$875,702,247	$489,285,164,271
1986	$916,590,786	$601,452,653,181
1987	$1,018,972,664	$745,162,608,269
1988	$1,051,596,967	$910,122,732,124
1989	$1,181,360,844	$926,884,816,754
1990	$1,031,282,081	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$717,974,930	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$709,297,579	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$1,260,132,956	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$1,481,205,098	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$1,534,756,135	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$1,792,234,297	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$2,191,749,014	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$2,962,047,564	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$3,045,751,528	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$3,412,797,450	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$2,252,847,465	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$2,192,684,135	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$2,836,724,352	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$3,859,592,813	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$4,683,246,454	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$5,026,743,282	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$5,430,713,729	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$5,913,620,293	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$2,948,594,552	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$2,687,807,004	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$2,906,000,097	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$4,364,670,160	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$5,062,881,600	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$5,728,399,720	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$6,152,149,100	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$6,613,743,070	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$7,621,501,710	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$7,873,440,830	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$8,655,023,960	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$8,628,393,720	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$9,483,997,390	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$10,202,767,270	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$10,968,517,090	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$12,108,515,110	$3,643,834,188,783

Somalia and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Somalia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Somalia	United Kingdom
1960	$62.7	$1,398
1961	$64.9	$1,472
1962	$67.2	$1,526
1963	$69.5	$1,613
1964	$71.9	$1,748
1965	$74.4	$1,874
1966	$76.5	$1,987
1967	$78.7	$2,059
1968	$80.8	$1,952
1969	$84.1	$2,101
1970	$93.1	$2,348
1971	$90.4	$2,650
1972	$113.7	$3,030
1973	$119.6	$3,426
1974	$137.9	$3,666
1975	$177.8	$4,300
1976	$199.6	$4,138
1977	$111.2	$4,681
1978	$117.3	$5,977
1979	$108.2	$7,805
1980	$101.5	$10,032
1981	$116.9	$9,599
1982	$129	$9,146
1983	$118.6	$8,692
1984	$122.5	$8,179
1985	$130.8	$8,652
1986	$131.4	$10,611
1987	$141	$13,119
1988	$145.3	$15,987
1989	$166	$16,239
1990	$145.6	$19,095
1991	$105.4	$19,901
1992	$109.2	$20,487
1993	$188.6	$18,389
1994	$210.8	$19,709
1995	$210.7	$23,169
1996	$237.2	$24,406
1997	$280.1	$26,766
1998	$363	$28,275
1999	$359	$28,762
2000	$386	$28,281
2001	$244.9	$27,907
2002	$229.6	$30,078
2003	$286.3	$34,443
2004	$375	$40,367
2005	$440	$42,105
2006	$458	$44,512
2007	$480	$50,398
2008	$507	$47,396
2009	$246.5	$38,744
2010	$219.2	$39,599
2011	$235.3	$42,110
2012	$350	$42,490
2013	$393	$43,419
2014	$429	$47,427
2015	$446	$44,984
2016	$461	$40,988
2017	$511	$40,629
2018	$510	$43,315
2019	$540	$42,794
2020	$518	$40,405
2021	$549	$46,926
2022	$573	$46,063
2023	$597	$49,201
2024	$637	$52,637

Somalia vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Somalia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Somalia	United Kingdom
1950	41.5	68.6
1951	41.7	68.2
1952	41.9	69.5
1953	42.1	69.8
1954	42.3	70.2
1955	42.5	70.1
1956	42.7	70.4
1957	42.9	70.5
1958	43.1	70.7
1959	43.3	70.8
1960	43.5	71
1961	43.7	70.8
1962	44	70.9
1963	44.2	70.8
1964	44.4	71.5
1965	44.6	71.5
1966	44.8	71.4
1967	45.1	72.1
1968	45.3	71.7
1969	45.5	71.7
1970	45.6	71.9
1971	45.8	72.2
1972	46	72
1973	46.2	72.2
1974	44.3	72.4
1975	44.5	72.7
1976	44.7	72.6
1977	47	73.1
1978	47	73
1979	47.4	73.2
1980	47.6	73.6
1981	47.8	73.9
1982	48	74
1983	48.2	74.3
1984	48.4	74.7
1985	48.3	74.5
1986	48.4	74.8
1987	49	75.1
1988	43.9	75.3
1989	46.6	75.4
1990	46.9	75.7
1991	25.4	75.9
1992	25	76.3
1993	50.6	76.2
1994	50.3	76.7
1995	50.6	76.6
1996	50.5	76.9
1997	50.3	77.1
1998	50.8	77.3
1999	50.6	77.4
2000	50.7	77.8
2001	50.8	78.1
2002	50.8	78.2
2003	50.7	78.3
2004	50.7	78.9
2005	50.9	79.1
2006	50.9	79.3
2007	50.9	79.5
2008	51.5	79.7
2009	52.1	80.2
2010	48.9	80.4
2011	32.5	80.8
2012	49.1	80.9
2013	54	80.9
2014	54.4	81.2
2015	55.1	80.9
2016	55.3	81.1
2017	52.2	81.2
2018	54.8	81.1
2019	57.2	81.4
2020	57.1	80.4
2021	55.7	80.7
2022	53.9	81.1
2023	58.8	81.3
2024	59	81.4
2025	59.1	81.6

Somalia and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Somalia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Somalia	United Kingdom
1960	2,876,331	52,400,000
1961	2,952,054	52,800,000
1962	3,030,091	53,250,000
1963	3,110,361	53,650,000
1964	3,192,796	54,000,000
1965	3,277,874	54,348,050
1966	3,365,106	54,648,500
1967	3,454,537	54,943,600
1968	3,546,590	55,211,700
1969	3,641,015	55,441,750
1970	3,738,448	55,663,250
1971	3,837,691	55,896,223
1972	3,939,436	56,086,065
1973	4,045,592	56,194,527
1974	4,151,842	56,229,974
1975	4,257,535	56,225,800
1976	4,365,812	56,211,968
1977	4,484,050	56,193,492
1978	4,814,892	56,196,504
1979	5,449,117	56,246,951
1980	5,936,154	56,314,216
1981	5,982,849	56,333,829
1982	6,003,840	56,313,641
1983	6,198,430	56,332,848
1984	6,428,389	56,422,072
1985	6,693,289	56,550,268
1986	6,974,788	56,681,396
1987	7,228,302	56,802,050
1988	7,235,360	56,928,327
1989	7,114,817	57,076,711
1990	7,082,811	57,247,586
1991	6,813,760	57,424,897
1992	6,495,107	57,580,402
1993	6,681,399	57,718,614
1994	7,026,797	57,865,745
1995	7,285,007	58,019,030
1996	7,554,474	58,166,950
1997	7,824,525	58,316,954
1998	8,155,417	58,487,141
1999	8,492,059	58,682,466
2000	8,838,713	58,892,514
2001	9,198,493	59,119,673
2002	9,550,063	59,370,479
2003	9,909,157	59,647,577
2004	10,280,998	59,987,905
2005	10,644,228	60,401,206
2006	10,975,502	60,846,820
2007	11,322,582	61,322,463
2008	11,663,084	61,806,995
2009	11,961,201	62,276,270
2010	12,261,756	62,766,365
2011	12,348,830	63,258,810
2012	12,461,160	63,711,000
2013	12,869,594	64,139,000
2014	13,339,491	64,620,000
2015	13,806,963	65,088,000
2016	14,348,740	65,607,000
2017	14,916,629	65,966,000
2018	15,452,487	66,289,000
2019	16,030,971	66,631,000
2020	16,651,191	66,744,000
2021	17,271,431	66,984,000
2022	17,801,897	67,604,000
2023	18,358,615	68,492,000
2024	19,009,151	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Somalia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Somalia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Somalia	United Kingdom
1960	7.25	2.69
1961	7.25	2.78
1962	7.26	2.86
1963	7.26	2.88
1964	7.26	2.93
1965	7.26	2.86
1966	7.26	2.78
1967	7.25	2.68
1968	7.23	2.6
1969	7.21	2.51
1970	7.18	2.44
1971	7.15	2.41
1972	7.12	2.2
1973	7.09	2.04
1974	7.06	1.92
1975	7.03	1.81
1976	7.02	1.74
1977	7	1.69
1978	7.13	1.75
1979	7.16	1.86
1980	7.18	1.9
1981	7.23	1.82
1982	7.25	1.78
1983	7.28	1.77
1984	7.3	1.77
1985	7.33	1.79
1986	7.35	1.78
1987	7.37	1.81
1988	7.4	1.82
1989	7.42	1.79
1990	7.44	1.83
1991	7.47	1.82
1992	7.5	1.79
1993	7.53	1.76
1994	7.54	1.74
1995	7.58	1.71
1996	7.62	1.73
1997	7.66	1.72
1998	7.66	1.71
1999	7.66	1.68
2000	7.65	1.64
2001	7.64	1.63
2002	7.63	1.63
2003	7.6	1.7
2004	7.57	1.75
2005	7.53	1.76
2006	7.49	1.82
2007	7.46	1.86
2008	7.42	1.91
2009	7.38	1.89
2010	7.32	1.92
2011	7.27	1.91
2012	7.21	1.92
2013	7.14	1.83
2014	7.06	1.81
2015	6.98	1.8
2016	6.88	1.79
2017	6.77	1.74
2018	6.66	1.68
2019	6.56	1.63
2020	6.45	1.57
2021	6.35	1.58
2022	6.26	1.56
2023	6.13	1.56

Somalia and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Somalia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Somalia	United Kingdom
1960	18.1	35.5
1961	17.9	35.4
1962	17.8	35.3
1963	17.7	35.3
1964	17.6	35.2
1965	17.5	35.1
1966	17.5	34.9
1967	17.5	34.8
1968	17.5	34.6
1969	17.5	34.4
1970	17.5	34.2
1971	17.6	34.1
1972	17.6	34
1973	17.6	34
1974	17.7	34
1975	17.7	34
1976	17.7	34
1977	17.7	34.1
1978	17.7	34.2
1979	17.6	34.3
1980	17.6	34.4
1981	17.5	34.5
1982	17.4	34.8
1983	17.4	35
1984	17.3	35.2
1985	17.2	35.3
1986	17.1	35.4
1987	17	35.4
1988	16.8	35.7
1989	16.7	35.9
1990	16.5	36
1991	16.5	36.1
1992	16.7	36.2
1993	16.8	36.3
1994	16.7	36.5
1995	16.6	36.6
1996	16.5	36.8
1997	16.4	37
1998	16.4	37.2
1999	16.3	37.4
2000	16.3	37.7
2001	16.2	37.9
2002	16.2	38.1
2003	16.1	38.2
2004	16	38.4
2005	15.9	38.5
2006	15.7	38.6
2007	15.6	38.8
2008	15.6	38.9
2009	15.6	39
2010	15.7	39.2
2011	15.8	39.3
2012	16	39.5
2013	16	39.6
2014	16	39.7
2015	16.1	39.8
2016	16.1	39.8
2017	16.2	39.9
2018	16.2	40
2019	16.3	40.1
2020	16.3	40.2
2021	16.4	40.3
2022	16.5	40.5
2023	16.5	40.8
2024	16.6	41

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