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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Israel was 9,974,400 in 2024 vs 19,009,151 people in Somalia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Israel's population is 10,224,104 people compared to 20,177,806 in Somalia.

Population statistics:

  • Somalia's population is 1.97 times bigger than Israel's.
  • Israel is ranked the 96th most populous country in the world, while Somalia is the 66th.
  • The countries together account for 0.37% of the world: 0.12% for Israel vs 0.24% for Somalia.
  • For the last 10 years, Israel has had an average growth rate of +1.96% per year vs +3.61% in Somalia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Israel has increased from 6.93M people to 10.2M (47.5% growth), while Somalia has grown from 10.6M to 20.2M (89.6% growth).
  • Israel is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21M people compared to the peak of 67.4M people in 2100 for Somalia.

Israel vs Somalia: live population counter

Israel Somalia
Current population
10224104
20177806
Population rank 96/197 66/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 0.24%
One net population change
4.19 minutes
48.5 seconds
One birth every
2.87 minutes
40 seconds
One death every
10.3 minutes
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
49.5 minutes
19.6 minutes
Annual migration change +10,612 +26,859
Daily growth/decline +344 +1,782
Annual growth/decline +125,400 +650,536
Annual growth/decline rate +1.27% +3.54%
Population growth rate rank 86/197 9/197

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

Israel
Population

Growth rate
Somalia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Israel Somalia Israel Somalia
1960 2,114,020 2,876,331 - -
1961 2,185,000 2,952,054 3.36% 2.63%
1962 2,293,000 3,030,091 4.94% 2.64%
1963 2,379,000 3,110,361 3.75% 2.65%
1964 2,475,000 3,192,796 4.04% 2.65%
1965 2,563,000 3,277,874 3.56% 2.66%
1966 2,629,000 3,365,106 2.58% 2.66%
1967 2,745,000 3,454,537 4.41% 2.66%
1968 2,803,000 3,546,590 2.11% 2.66%
1969 2,877,000 3,641,015 2.64% 2.66%
1970 2,974,000 3,738,448 3.37% 2.68%
1971 3,069,000 3,837,691 3.19% 2.65%
1972 3,148,000 3,939,436 2.57% 2.65%
1973 3,278,000 4,045,592 4.13% 2.69%
1974 3,377,000 4,151,842 3.02% 2.63%
1975 3,455,000 4,257,535 2.31% 2.55%
1976 3,533,000 4,365,812 2.26% 2.54%
1977 3,613,000 4,484,050 2.26% 2.71%
1978 3,690,000 4,814,892 2.13% 7.38%
1979 3,786,000 5,449,117 2.6% 13.2%
1980 3,878,000 5,936,154 2.43% 8.94%
1981 3,956,000 5,982,849 2.01% 0.79%
1982 4,031,000 6,003,840 1.9% 0.35%
1983 4,105,000 6,198,430 1.84% 3.24%
1984 4,159,000 6,428,389 1.32% 3.71%
1985 4,233,000 6,693,289 1.78% 4.12%
1986 4,299,000 6,974,788 1.56% 4.21%
1987 4,369,000 7,228,302 1.63% 3.63%
1988 4,442,000 7,235,360 1.67% 0.1%
1989 4,518,000 7,114,817 1.71% -1.67%
1990 4,660,000 7,082,811 3.14% -0.45%
1991 4,949,000 6,813,760 6.2% -3.8%
1992 5,123,000 6,495,107 3.52% -4.68%
1993 5,261,000 6,681,399 2.69% 2.87%
1994 5,399,000 7,026,797 2.62% 5.17%
1995 5,545,000 7,285,007 2.7% 3.67%
1996 5,692,000 7,554,474 2.65% 3.7%
1997 5,836,000 7,824,525 2.53% 3.57%
1998 5,971,000 8,155,417 2.31% 4.23%
1999 6,125,000 8,492,059 2.58% 4.13%
2000 6,289,000 8,838,713 2.68% 4.08%
2001 6,439,000 9,198,493 2.39% 4.07%
2002 6,570,000 9,550,063 2.03% 3.82%
2003 6,689,700 9,909,157 1.82% 3.76%
2004 6,809,000 10,280,998 1.78% 3.75%
2005 6,930,100 10,644,228 1.78% 3.53%
2006 7,053,700 10,975,502 1.78% 3.11%
2007 7,180,100 11,322,582 1.79% 3.16%
2008 7,308,800 11,663,084 1.79% 3.01%
2009 7,485,600 11,961,201 2.42% 2.56%
2010 7,623,600 12,261,756 1.84% 2.51%
2011 7,765,800 12,348,830 1.87% 0.71%
2012 7,910,500 12,461,160 1.86% 0.91%
2013 8,059,500 12,869,594 1.88% 3.28%
2014 8,215,700 13,339,491 1.94% 3.65%
2015 8,380,100 13,806,963 2% 3.5%
2016 8,546,000 14,348,740 1.98% 3.92%
2017 8,713,300 14,916,629 1.96% 3.96%
2018 8,882,800 15,452,487 1.95% 3.59%
2019 9,054,000 16,030,971 1.93% 3.74%
2020 9,215,100 16,651,191 1.78% 3.87%
2021 9,371,400 17,271,431 1.7% 3.72%
2022 9,557,500 17,801,897 1.99% 3.07%
2023 9,849,000 18,358,615 3.05% 3.13%
2024 9,974,400 19,009,151 1.27% 3.54%
2025 10,112,712 19,654,737 1.39% 3.4%
2026 10,251,384 20,305,905 1.37% 3.31%
2027 10,390,790 20,959,056 1.36% 3.22%
2028 10,530,831 21,601,810 1.35% 3.07%
2029 10,670,808 22,247,714 1.33% 2.99%
2030 10,812,707 22,915,042 1.33% 3%
2031 10,958,256 23,589,793 1.35% 2.94%
2032 11,102,895 24,258,789 1.32% 2.84%
2033 11,245,826 24,921,830 1.29% 2.73%
2034 11,390,158 25,593,666 1.28% 2.7%
2035 11,537,556 26,294,943 1.29% 2.74%
2036 11,685,531 27,009,199 1.28% 2.72%
2037 11,835,669 27,731,170 1.28% 2.67%
2038 11,990,527 28,455,755 1.31% 2.61%
2039 12,147,999 29,167,897 1.31% 2.5%
2040 12,306,173 29,896,286 1.3% 2.5%
2041 12,464,653 30,635,956 1.29% 2.47%
2042 12,626,052 31,350,028 1.29% 2.33%
2043 12,788,911 32,057,980 1.29% 2.26%
2044 12,952,526 32,780,417 1.28% 2.25%
2045 13,114,360 33,510,163 1.25% 2.23%
2046 13,274,365 34,248,030 1.22% 2.2%
2047 13,433,565 34,996,366 1.2% 2.19%
2048 13,590,900 35,743,960 1.17% 2.14%
2049 13,750,245 36,474,683 1.17% 2.04%
2050 13,911,988 37,206,497 1.18% 2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Israel increased by 1,450,000 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, Israel gained 1,844,004 (a 22% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Israel was ranked 98th most populous country in 2005 and is 96th 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) Israel's population will grow by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 96th to 88th. The population of Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.

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