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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Somalia	Nauru	Somalia
1960	4,607	2,876,331	-	-
1961	4,774	2,952,054	3.62%	2.63%
1962	4,979	3,030,091	4.29%	2.64%
1963	5,226	3,110,361	4.96%	2.65%
1964	5,515	3,192,796	5.53%	2.65%
1965	5,832	3,277,874	5.75%	2.66%
1966	6,043	3,365,106	3.62%	2.66%
1967	6,135	3,454,537	1.52%	2.66%
1968	6,328	3,546,590	3.15%	2.66%
1969	6,581	3,641,015	4%	2.66%
1970	6,710	3,738,448	1.96%	2.68%
1971	6,762	3,837,691	0.77%	2.65%
1972	6,812	3,939,436	0.74%	2.65%
1973	6,866	4,045,592	0.79%	2.69%
1974	6,923	4,151,842	0.83%	2.63%
1975	6,987	4,257,535	0.92%	2.55%
1976	7,064	4,365,812	1.1%	2.54%
1977	7,163	4,484,050	1.4%	2.71%
1978	7,298	4,814,892	1.88%	7.38%
1979	7,468	5,449,117	2.33%	13.2%
1980	7,649	5,936,154	2.42%	8.94%
1981	7,839	5,982,849	2.48%	0.79%
1982	8,040	6,003,840	2.56%	0.35%
1983	8,216	6,198,430	2.19%	3.24%
1984	8,377	6,428,389	1.96%	3.71%
1985	8,551	6,693,289	2.08%	4.12%
1986	8,742	6,974,788	2.23%	4.21%
1987	8,946	7,228,302	2.33%	3.63%
1988	9,165	7,235,360	2.45%	0.1%
1989	9,390	7,114,817	2.45%	-1.67%
1990	9,622	7,082,811	2.47%	-0.45%
1991	9,850	6,813,760	2.37%	-3.8%
1992	10,021	6,495,107	1.74%	-4.68%
1993	10,102	6,681,399	0.81%	2.87%
1994	10,137	7,026,797	0.35%	5.17%
1995	10,165	7,285,007	0.28%	3.67%
1996	10,183	7,554,474	0.18%	3.7%
1997	10,197	7,824,525	0.14%	3.57%
1998	10,198	8,155,417	0.01%	4.23%
1999	10,187	8,492,059	-0.11%	4.13%
2000	10,168	8,838,713	-0.19%	4.08%
2001	10,130	9,198,493	-0.37%	4.07%
2002	10,082	9,550,063	-0.47%	3.82%
2003	10,059	9,909,157	-0.23%	3.76%
2004	10,060	10,280,998	0.01%	3.75%
2005	10,049	10,644,228	-0.11%	3.53%
2006	10,034	10,975,502	-0.15%	3.11%
2007	10,020	11,322,582	-0.14%	3.16%
2008	10,009	11,663,084	-0.11%	3.01%
2009	10,016	11,961,201	0.07%	2.56%
2010	10,043	12,261,756	0.27%	2.51%
2011	10,098	12,348,830	0.55%	0.71%
2012	10,267	12,461,160	1.67%	0.91%
2013	10,517	12,869,594	2.43%	3.28%
2014	10,742	13,339,491	2.14%	3.65%
2015	10,954	13,806,963	1.97%	3.5%
2016	11,150	14,348,740	1.79%	3.92%
2017	11,324	14,916,629	1.56%	3.96%
2018	11,477	15,452,487	1.35%	3.59%
2019	11,587	16,030,971	0.96%	3.74%
2020	11,643	16,651,191	0.48%	3.87%
2021	11,709	17,271,431	0.57%	3.72%
2022	11,801	17,801,897	0.79%	3.07%
2023	11,875	18,358,615	0.63%	3.13%
2024	11,947	19,009,151	0.61%	3.54%
2025	12,030	19,654,737	0.7%	3.4%
2026	12,103	20,305,905	0.61%	3.31%
2027	12,196	20,959,056	0.77%	3.22%
2028	12,296	21,601,810	0.82%	3.07%
2029	12,403	22,247,714	0.87%	2.99%
2030	12,519	22,915,042	0.94%	3%
2031	12,645	23,589,793	1%	2.94%
2032	12,785	24,258,789	1.11%	2.84%
2033	12,921	24,921,830	1.06%	2.73%
2034	13,071	25,593,666	1.16%	2.7%
2035	13,230	26,294,943	1.22%	2.74%
2036	13,391	27,009,199	1.21%	2.72%
2037	13,541	27,731,170	1.12%	2.67%
2038	13,697	28,455,755	1.16%	2.61%
2039	13,857	29,167,897	1.17%	2.5%
2040	14,041	29,896,286	1.33%	2.5%
2041	14,220	30,635,956	1.27%	2.47%
2042	14,402	31,350,028	1.28%	2.33%
2043	14,579	32,057,980	1.23%	2.26%
2044	14,754	32,780,417	1.2%	2.25%
2045	14,920	33,510,163	1.13%	2.23%
2046	15,098	34,248,030	1.19%	2.2%
2047	15,268	34,996,366	1.12%	2.19%
2048	15,431	35,743,960	1.07%	2.14%
2049	15,595	36,474,683	1.06%	2.04%
2050	15,751	37,206,497	1%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nauru increased by 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nauru gained 954 (a 8.56% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Nauru was ranked 196th most populous country in 2006 and is 195th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Nauru's population will grow by 30.1% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.