Population in Algeria compared to Somalia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Somalia	Algeria	Somalia
1960	11,424,922	2,876,331	-	-
1961	11,628,883	2,952,054	1.79%	2.63%
1962	11,800,771	3,030,091	1.48%	2.64%
1963	11,982,118	3,110,361	1.54%	2.65%
1964	12,179,813	3,192,796	1.65%	2.65%
1965	12,365,976	3,277,874	1.53%	2.66%
1966	12,590,069	3,365,106	1.81%	2.66%
1967	12,876,118	3,454,537	2.27%	2.66%
1968	13,172,614	3,546,590	2.3%	2.66%
1969	13,475,960	3,641,015	2.3%	2.66%
1970	13,783,719	3,738,448	2.28%	2.68%
1971	14,098,936	3,837,691	2.29%	2.65%
1972	14,427,072	3,939,436	2.33%	2.65%
1973	14,771,147	4,045,592	2.38%	2.69%
1974	15,133,502	4,151,842	2.45%	2.63%
1975	15,678,596	4,257,535	3.6%	2.55%
1976	16,409,170	4,365,812	4.66%	2.54%
1977	17,015,994	4,484,050	3.7%	2.71%
1978	17,506,974	4,814,892	2.89%	7.38%
1979	18,036,655	5,449,117	3.03%	13.2%
1980	18,607,174	5,936,154	3.16%	8.94%
1981	19,220,704	5,982,849	3.3%	0.79%
1982	19,872,348	6,003,840	3.39%	0.35%
1983	20,558,115	6,198,430	3.45%	3.24%
1984	21,271,969	6,428,389	3.47%	3.71%
1985	22,008,544	6,693,289	3.46%	4.12%
1986	22,745,499	6,974,788	3.35%	4.21%
1987	23,443,624	7,228,302	3.07%	3.63%
1988	24,109,536	7,235,360	2.84%	0.1%
1989	24,754,485	7,114,817	2.68%	-1.67%
1990	25,375,810	7,082,811	2.51%	-0.45%
1991	25,987,928	6,813,760	2.41%	-3.8%
1992	26,628,568	6,495,107	2.47%	-4.68%
1993	27,277,048	6,681,399	2.44%	2.87%
1994	27,887,279	7,026,797	2.24%	5.17%
1995	28,470,191	7,285,007	2.09%	3.67%
1996	29,033,044	7,554,474	1.98%	3.7%
1997	29,579,301	7,824,525	1.88%	3.57%
1998	30,054,133	8,155,417	1.61%	4.23%
1999	30,474,354	8,492,059	1.4%	4.13%
2000	30,903,893	8,838,713	1.41%	4.08%
2001	31,331,221	9,198,493	1.38%	4.07%
2002	31,750,835	9,550,063	1.34%	3.82%
2003	32,175,818	9,909,157	1.34%	3.76%
2004	32,628,286	10,280,998	1.41%	3.75%
2005	33,109,249	10,644,228	1.47%	3.53%
2006	33,623,506	10,975,502	1.55%	3.11%
2007	34,189,416	11,322,582	1.68%	3.16%
2008	34,816,961	11,663,084	1.84%	3.01%
2009	35,490,445	11,961,201	1.93%	2.56%
2010	36,188,236	12,261,756	1.97%	2.51%
2011	36,903,376	12,348,830	1.98%	0.71%
2012	37,646,166	12,461,160	2.01%	0.91%
2013	38,414,171	12,869,594	2.04%	3.28%
2014	39,205,031	13,339,491	2.06%	3.65%
2015	40,019,529	13,806,963	2.08%	3.5%
2016	40,850,721	14,348,740	2.08%	3.92%
2017	41,689,299	14,916,629	2.05%	3.96%
2018	42,505,035	15,452,487	1.96%	3.59%
2019	43,294,546	16,030,971	1.86%	3.74%
2020	44,042,091	16,651,191	1.73%	3.87%
2021	44,761,099	17,271,431	1.63%	3.72%
2022	45,477,389	17,801,897	1.6%	3.07%
2023	46,164,219	18,358,615	1.51%	3.13%
2024	46,814,308	19,009,151	1.41%	3.54%
2025	47,435,316	19,654,737	1.33%	3.4%
2026	48,028,344	20,305,905	1.25%	3.31%
2027	48,593,419	20,959,056	1.18%	3.22%
2028	49,135,532	21,601,810	1.12%	3.07%
2029	49,655,386	22,247,714	1.06%	2.99%
2030	50,154,168	22,915,042	1%	3%
2031	50,637,369	23,589,793	0.96%	2.94%
2032	51,113,505	24,258,789	0.94%	2.84%
2033	51,584,249	24,921,830	0.92%	2.73%
2034	52,048,009	25,593,666	0.9%	2.7%
2035	52,516,794	26,294,943	0.9%	2.74%
2036	52,986,277	27,009,199	0.89%	2.72%
2037	53,452,788	27,731,170	0.88%	2.67%
2038	53,921,847	28,455,755	0.88%	2.61%
2039	54,396,263	29,167,897	0.88%	2.5%
2040	54,873,482	29,896,286	0.88%	2.5%
2041	55,351,998	30,635,956	0.87%	2.47%
2042	55,834,554	31,350,028	0.87%	2.33%
2043	56,319,606	32,057,980	0.87%	2.26%
2044	56,806,185	32,780,417	0.86%	2.25%
2045	57,290,162	33,510,163	0.85%	2.23%
2046	57,767,681	34,248,030	0.83%	2.2%
2047	58,234,183	34,996,366	0.81%	2.19%
2048	58,690,893	35,743,960	0.78%	2.14%
2049	59,136,165	36,474,683	0.76%	2.04%
2050	59,565,558	37,206,497	0.73%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.