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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Somalia	Colombia	Somalia
1960	15,606,209	2,876,331	-	-
1961	16,095,203	2,952,054	3.13%	2.63%
1962	16,599,029	3,030,091	3.13%	2.64%
1963	17,113,823	3,110,361	3.1%	2.65%
1964	17,637,411	3,192,796	3.06%	2.65%
1965	18,169,050	3,277,874	3.01%	2.66%
1966	18,702,688	3,365,106	2.94%	2.66%
1967	19,235,618	3,454,537	2.85%	2.66%
1968	19,766,796	3,546,590	2.76%	2.66%
1969	20,291,942	3,641,015	2.66%	2.66%
1970	20,811,782	3,738,448	2.56%	2.68%
1971	21,319,096	3,837,691	2.44%	2.65%
1972	21,819,563	3,939,436	2.35%	2.65%
1973	22,325,374	4,045,592	2.32%	2.69%
1974	22,833,469	4,151,842	2.28%	2.63%
1975	23,344,644	4,257,535	2.24%	2.55%
1976	23,858,810	4,365,812	2.2%	2.54%
1977	24,393,494	4,484,050	2.24%	2.71%
1978	24,950,337	4,814,892	2.28%	7.38%
1979	25,515,626	5,449,117	2.27%	13.2%
1980	26,104,498	5,936,154	2.31%	8.94%
1981	26,713,267	5,982,849	2.33%	0.79%
1982	27,338,331	6,003,840	2.34%	0.35%
1983	27,988,173	6,198,430	2.38%	3.24%
1984	28,642,690	6,428,389	2.34%	3.71%
1985	29,268,470	6,693,289	2.18%	4.12%
1986	29,879,112	6,974,788	2.09%	4.21%
1987	30,499,467	7,228,302	2.08%	3.63%
1988	31,130,524	7,235,360	2.07%	0.1%
1989	31,776,279	7,114,817	2.07%	-1.67%
1990	32,440,069	7,082,811	2.09%	-0.45%
1991	33,098,372	6,813,760	2.03%	-3.8%
1992	33,760,571	6,495,107	2%	-4.68%
1993	34,441,473	6,681,399	2.02%	2.87%
1994	35,127,410	7,026,797	1.99%	5.17%
1995	35,804,662	7,285,007	1.93%	3.67%
1996	36,462,745	7,554,474	1.84%	3.7%
1997	37,121,149	7,824,525	1.81%	3.57%
1998	37,792,165	8,155,417	1.81%	4.23%
1999	38,454,863	8,492,059	1.75%	4.13%
2000	39,089,934	8,838,713	1.65%	4.08%
2001	39,709,262	9,198,493	1.58%	4.07%
2002	40,324,680	9,550,063	1.55%	3.82%
2003	40,937,429	9,909,157	1.52%	3.76%
2004	41,543,171	10,280,998	1.48%	3.75%
2005	42,128,977	10,644,228	1.41%	3.53%
2006	42,691,084	10,975,502	1.33%	3.11%
2007	43,235,374	11,322,582	1.27%	3.16%
2008	43,758,808	11,663,084	1.21%	3.01%
2009	44,271,541	11,961,201	1.17%	2.56%
2010	44,777,319	12,261,756	1.14%	2.51%
2011	45,259,614	12,348,830	1.08%	0.71%
2012	45,715,810	12,461,160	1.01%	0.91%
2013	46,151,584	12,869,594	0.95%	3.28%
2014	46,565,429	13,339,491	0.9%	3.65%
2015	46,969,940	13,806,963	0.87%	3.5%
2016	47,437,512	14,348,740	1%	3.92%
2017	48,131,078	14,916,629	1.46%	3.96%
2018	49,024,465	15,452,487	1.86%	3.59%
2019	49,907,985	16,030,971	1.8%	3.74%
2020	50,629,997	16,651,191	1.45%	3.87%
2021	51,188,173	17,271,431	1.1%	3.72%
2022	51,737,944	17,801,897	1.07%	3.07%
2023	52,321,152	18,358,615	1.13%	3.13%
2024	52,886,363	19,009,151	1.08%	3.54%
2025	53,425,632	19,654,737	1.02%	3.4%
2026	53,936,234	20,305,905	0.96%	3.31%
2027	54,422,275	20,959,056	0.9%	3.22%
2028	54,885,123	21,601,810	0.85%	3.07%
2029	55,322,627	22,247,714	0.8%	2.99%
2030	55,736,477	22,915,042	0.75%	3%
2031	56,125,966	23,589,793	0.7%	2.94%
2032	56,490,496	24,258,789	0.65%	2.84%
2033	56,832,264	24,921,830	0.61%	2.73%
2034	57,151,619	25,593,666	0.56%	2.7%
2035	57,445,755	26,294,943	0.51%	2.74%
2036	57,716,869	27,009,199	0.47%	2.72%
2037	57,965,300	27,731,170	0.43%	2.67%
2038	58,190,082	28,455,755	0.39%	2.61%
2039	58,394,310	29,167,897	0.35%	2.5%
2040	58,576,452	29,896,286	0.31%	2.5%
2041	58,736,886	30,635,956	0.27%	2.47%
2042	58,878,126	31,350,028	0.24%	2.33%
2043	59,000,362	32,057,980	0.21%	2.26%
2044	59,104,592	32,780,417	0.18%	2.25%
2045	59,190,826	33,510,163	0.15%	2.23%
2046	59,259,758	34,248,030	0.12%	2.2%
2047	59,313,132	34,996,366	0.09%	2.19%
2048	59,351,262	35,743,960	0.06%	2.14%
2049	59,375,012	36,474,683	0.04%	2.04%
2050	59,385,355	37,206,497	0.02%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.