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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Somalia	Australia	Somalia
1960	10,276,477	2,876,331	-	-
1961	10,483,000	2,952,054	2.01%	2.63%
1962	10,742,000	3,030,091	2.47%	2.64%
1963	10,950,000	3,110,361	1.94%	2.65%
1964	11,167,000	3,192,796	1.98%	2.65%
1965	11,388,000	3,277,874	1.98%	2.66%
1966	11,651,000	3,365,106	2.31%	2.66%
1967	11,799,000	3,454,537	1.27%	2.66%
1968	12,009,000	3,546,590	1.78%	2.66%
1969	12,263,000	3,641,015	2.12%	2.66%
1970	12,507,000	3,738,448	1.99%	2.68%
1971	12,937,000	3,837,691	3.44%	2.65%
1972	13,177,000	3,939,436	1.86%	2.65%
1973	13,380,000	4,045,592	1.54%	2.69%
1974	13,723,000	4,151,842	2.56%	2.63%
1975	13,893,000	4,257,535	1.24%	2.55%
1976	14,033,000	4,365,812	1.01%	2.54%
1977	14,192,000	4,484,050	1.13%	2.71%
1978	14,358,000	4,814,892	1.17%	7.38%
1979	14,514,000	5,449,117	1.09%	13.2%
1980	14,692,000	5,936,154	1.23%	8.94%
1981	14,923,260	5,982,849	1.57%	0.79%
1982	15,184,247	6,003,840	1.75%	0.35%
1983	15,393,472	6,198,430	1.38%	3.24%
1984	15,579,391	6,428,389	1.21%	3.71%
1985	15,788,312	6,693,289	1.34%	4.12%
1986	16,018,350	6,974,788	1.46%	4.21%
1987	16,263,874	7,228,302	1.53%	3.63%
1988	16,532,164	7,235,360	1.65%	0.1%
1989	16,814,416	7,114,817	1.71%	-1.67%
1990	17,065,128	7,082,811	1.49%	-0.45%
1991	17,284,036	6,813,760	1.28%	-3.8%
1992	17,478,635	6,495,107	1.13%	-4.68%
1993	17,634,808	6,681,399	0.89%	2.87%
1994	17,805,468	7,026,797	0.97%	5.17%
1995	18,004,882	7,285,007	1.12%	3.67%
1996	18,224,767	7,554,474	1.22%	3.7%
1997	18,423,037	7,824,525	1.09%	3.57%
1998	18,607,584	8,155,417	1%	4.23%
1999	18,812,264	8,492,059	1.1%	4.13%
2000	19,028,802	8,838,713	1.15%	4.08%
2001	19,274,701	9,198,493	1.29%	4.07%
2002	19,495,210	9,550,063	1.14%	3.82%
2003	19,720,737	9,909,157	1.16%	3.76%
2004	19,932,722	10,280,998	1.07%	3.75%
2005	20,176,844	10,644,228	1.22%	3.53%
2006	20,450,966	10,975,502	1.36%	3.11%
2007	20,827,622	11,322,582	1.84%	3.16%
2008	21,249,199	11,663,084	2.02%	3.01%
2009	21,691,653	11,961,201	2.08%	2.56%
2010	22,031,750	12,261,756	1.57%	2.51%
2011	22,340,024	12,348,830	1.4%	0.71%
2012	22,733,465	12,461,160	1.76%	0.91%
2013	23,128,129	12,869,594	1.74%	3.28%
2014	23,475,686	13,339,491	1.5%	3.65%
2015	23,815,995	13,806,963	1.45%	3.5%
2016	24,190,907	14,348,740	1.57%	3.92%
2017	24,592,588	14,916,629	1.66%	3.96%
2018	24,963,258	15,452,487	1.51%	3.59%
2019	25,334,826	16,030,971	1.49%	3.74%
2020	25,649,248	16,651,191	1.24%	3.87%
2021	25,685,412	17,271,431	0.14%	3.72%
2022	26,014,399	17,801,897	1.28%	3.07%
2023	26,652,777	18,358,615	2.45%	3.13%
2024	27,204,809	19,009,151	2.07%	3.54%
2025	27,470,426	19,654,737	0.98%	3.4%
2026	27,728,157	20,305,905	0.94%	3.31%
2027	27,979,877	20,959,056	0.91%	3.22%
2028	28,228,958	21,601,810	0.89%	3.07%
2029	28,471,054	22,247,714	0.86%	2.99%
2030	28,707,292	22,915,042	0.83%	3%
2031	28,940,769	23,589,793	0.81%	2.94%
2032	29,169,013	24,258,789	0.79%	2.84%
2033	29,392,748	24,921,830	0.77%	2.73%
2034	29,614,137	25,593,666	0.75%	2.7%
2035	29,835,307	26,294,943	0.75%	2.74%
2036	30,056,752	27,009,199	0.74%	2.72%
2037	30,273,692	27,731,170	0.72%	2.67%
2038	30,488,994	28,455,755	0.71%	2.61%
2039	30,703,245	29,167,897	0.7%	2.5%
2040	30,916,122	29,896,286	0.69%	2.5%
2041	31,132,858	30,635,956	0.7%	2.47%
2042	31,352,893	31,350,028	0.71%	2.33%
2043	31,572,750	32,057,980	0.7%	2.26%
2044	31,790,565	32,780,417	0.69%	2.25%
2045	32,009,555	33,510,163	0.69%	2.23%
2046	32,232,946	34,248,030	0.7%	2.2%
2047	32,452,651	34,996,366	0.68%	2.19%
2048	32,672,016	35,743,960	0.68%	2.14%
2049	32,891,546	36,474,683	0.67%	2.04%
2050	33,105,190	37,206,497	0.65%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.