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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Somalia	Egypt	Somalia
1960	26,896,479	2,876,331	-	-
1961	27,600,898	2,952,054	2.62%	2.63%
1962	28,337,013	3,030,091	2.67%	2.64%
1963	29,091,869	3,110,361	2.66%	2.65%
1964	29,858,922	3,192,796	2.64%	2.65%
1965	30,629,174	3,277,874	2.58%	2.66%
1966	31,406,541	3,365,106	2.54%	2.66%
1967	32,196,360	3,454,537	2.51%	2.66%
1968	32,998,319	3,546,590	2.49%	2.66%
1969	33,811,615	3,641,015	2.46%	2.66%
1970	34,623,990	3,738,448	2.4%	2.68%
1971	35,433,368	3,837,691	2.34%	2.65%
1972	36,258,328	3,939,436	2.33%	2.65%
1973	37,102,043	4,045,592	2.33%	2.69%
1974	37,969,667	4,151,842	2.34%	2.63%
1975	38,875,327	4,257,535	2.39%	2.55%
1976	39,795,557	4,365,812	2.37%	2.54%
1977	40,748,870	4,484,050	2.4%	2.71%
1978	41,761,431	4,814,892	2.48%	7.38%
1979	42,818,628	5,449,117	2.53%	13.2%
1980	43,950,413	5,936,154	2.64%	8.94%
1981	45,147,224	5,982,849	2.72%	0.79%
1982	46,407,611	6,003,840	2.79%	0.35%
1983	47,786,402	6,198,430	2.97%	3.24%
1984	49,247,334	6,428,389	3.06%	3.71%
1985	50,734,968	6,693,289	3.02%	4.12%
1986	52,206,295	6,974,788	2.9%	4.21%
1987	53,674,435	7,228,302	2.81%	3.63%
1988	55,187,681	7,235,360	2.82%	0.1%
1989	56,710,642	7,114,817	2.76%	-1.67%
1990	58,396,618	7,082,811	2.97%	-0.45%
1991	60,028,997	6,813,760	2.8%	-3.8%
1992	61,480,660	6,495,107	2.42%	-4.68%
1993	62,915,681	6,681,399	2.33%	2.87%
1994	64,285,589	7,026,797	2.18%	5.17%
1995	65,652,622	7,285,007	2.13%	3.67%
1996	67,028,048	7,554,474	2.1%	3.7%
1997	68,431,740	7,824,525	2.09%	3.57%
1998	69,943,294	8,155,417	2.21%	4.23%
1999	71,520,954	8,492,059	2.26%	4.13%
2000	73,083,284	8,838,713	2.18%	4.08%
2001	74,652,029	9,198,493	2.15%	4.07%
2002	76,239,137	9,550,063	2.13%	3.82%
2003	77,853,548	9,909,157	2.12%	3.76%
2004	79,477,443	10,280,998	2.09%	3.75%
2005	81,101,004	10,644,228	2.04%	3.53%
2006	82,700,403	10,975,502	1.97%	3.11%
2007	84,276,225	11,322,582	1.91%	3.16%
2008	85,864,789	11,663,084	1.88%	3.01%
2009	87,501,636	11,961,201	1.91%	2.56%
2010	89,196,072	12,261,756	1.94%	2.51%
2011	91,093,059	12,348,830	2.13%	0.71%
2012	93,161,001	12,461,160	2.27%	0.91%
2013	95,333,553	12,869,594	2.33%	3.28%
2014	97,528,654	13,339,491	2.3%	3.65%
2015	99,597,342	13,806,963	2.12%	3.5%
2016	101,644,589	14,348,740	2.06%	3.92%
2017	103,696,057	14,916,629	2.02%	3.96%
2018	105,682,094	15,452,487	1.92%	3.59%
2019	107,553,158	16,030,971	1.77%	3.74%
2020	109,315,124	16,651,191	1.64%	3.87%
2021	110,957,008	17,271,431	1.5%	3.72%
2022	112,618,250	17,801,897	1.5%	3.07%
2023	114,535,772	18,358,615	1.7%	3.13%
2024	116,538,258	19,009,151	1.75%	3.54%
2025	118,365,997	19,654,737	1.57%	3.4%
2026	120,101,181	20,305,905	1.47%	3.31%
2027	121,847,622	20,959,056	1.45%	3.22%
2028	123,608,457	21,601,810	1.45%	3.07%
2029	125,373,058	22,247,714	1.43%	2.99%
2030	127,139,323	22,915,042	1.41%	3%
2031	128,912,256	23,589,793	1.39%	2.94%
2032	130,695,084	24,258,789	1.38%	2.84%
2033	132,485,612	24,921,830	1.37%	2.73%
2034	134,287,838	25,593,666	1.36%	2.7%
2035	136,097,214	26,294,943	1.35%	2.74%
2036	137,913,263	27,009,199	1.33%	2.72%
2037	139,738,699	27,731,170	1.32%	2.67%
2038	141,565,835	28,455,755	1.31%	2.61%
2039	143,393,267	29,167,897	1.29%	2.5%
2040	145,213,662	29,896,286	1.27%	2.5%
2041	147,018,554	30,635,956	1.24%	2.47%
2042	148,800,785	31,350,028	1.21%	2.33%
2043	150,547,655	32,057,980	1.17%	2.26%
2044	152,255,332	32,780,417	1.13%	2.25%
2045	153,919,190	33,510,163	1.09%	2.23%
2046	155,535,951	34,248,030	1.05%	2.2%
2047	157,114,404	34,996,366	1.01%	2.19%
2048	158,657,392	35,743,960	0.98%	2.14%
2049	160,161,615	36,474,683	0.95%	2.04%
2050	161,630,197	37,206,497	0.92%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Egypt increased by 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Egypt gained 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Egypt was ranked 14th most populous country in 2005 and is 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 35% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.