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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Somalia	Nepal	Somalia
1960	10,123,658	2,876,331	-	-
1961	10,318,396	2,952,054	1.92%	2.63%
1962	10,521,116	3,030,091	1.96%	2.64%
1963	10,729,818	3,110,361	1.98%	2.65%
1964	10,946,392	3,192,796	2.02%	2.65%
1965	11,173,411	3,277,874	2.07%	2.66%
1966	11,408,710	3,365,106	2.11%	2.66%
1967	11,652,716	3,454,537	2.14%	2.66%
1968	11,906,266	3,546,590	2.18%	2.66%
1969	12,167,036	3,641,015	2.19%	2.66%
1970	12,436,190	3,738,448	2.21%	2.68%
1971	12,710,061	3,837,691	2.2%	2.65%
1972	12,989,099	3,939,436	2.2%	2.65%
1973	13,275,239	4,045,592	2.2%	2.69%
1974	13,568,435	4,151,842	2.21%	2.63%
1975	13,870,695	4,257,535	2.23%	2.55%
1976	14,177,649	4,365,812	2.21%	2.54%
1977	14,499,175	4,484,050	2.27%	2.71%
1978	14,839,695	4,814,892	2.35%	7.38%
1979	15,190,590	5,449,117	2.36%	13.2%
1980	15,553,105	5,936,154	2.39%	8.94%
1981	15,922,423	5,982,849	2.37%	0.79%
1982	16,297,987	6,003,840	2.36%	0.35%
1983	16,689,119	6,198,430	2.4%	3.24%
1984	17,085,242	6,428,389	2.37%	3.71%
1985	17,477,692	6,693,289	2.3%	4.12%
1986	17,868,124	6,974,788	2.23%	4.21%
1987	18,250,505	7,228,302	2.14%	3.63%
1988	18,638,661	7,235,360	2.13%	0.1%
1989	19,057,807	7,114,817	2.25%	-1.67%
1990	19,524,573	7,082,811	2.45%	-0.45%
1991	20,036,500	6,813,760	2.62%	-3.8%
1992	20,609,707	6,495,107	2.86%	-4.68%
1993	21,180,159	6,681,399	2.77%	2.87%
1994	21,717,479	7,026,797	2.54%	5.17%
1995	22,245,439	7,285,007	2.43%	3.67%
1996	22,741,862	7,554,474	2.23%	3.7%
1997	23,219,463	7,824,525	2.1%	3.57%
1998	23,680,357	8,155,417	1.98%	4.23%
1999	24,125,199	8,492,059	1.88%	4.13%
2000	24,546,509	8,838,713	1.75%	4.08%
2001	24,946,748	9,198,493	1.63%	4.07%
2002	25,328,981	9,550,063	1.53%	3.82%
2003	25,688,758	9,909,157	1.42%	3.76%
2004	26,016,656	10,280,998	1.28%	3.75%
2005	26,309,458	10,644,228	1.13%	3.53%
2006	26,565,425	10,975,502	0.97%	3.11%
2007	26,788,492	11,322,582	0.84%	3.16%
2008	26,990,037	11,663,084	0.75%	3.01%
2009	27,173,035	11,961,201	0.68%	2.56%
2010	27,341,952	12,261,756	0.62%	2.51%
2011	27,464,494	12,348,830	0.45%	0.71%
2012	27,534,915	12,461,160	0.26%	0.91%
2013	27,589,996	12,869,594	0.2%	3.28%
2014	27,672,370	13,339,491	0.3%	3.65%
2015	27,823,629	13,806,963	0.55%	3.5%
2016	27,955,462	14,348,740	0.47%	3.92%
2017	28,011,258	14,916,629	0.2%	3.96%
2018	28,079,689	15,452,487	0.24%	3.59%
2019	28,414,064	16,030,971	1.19%	3.74%
2020	28,966,574	16,651,191	1.94%	3.87%
2021	29,475,010	17,271,431	1.76%	3.72%
2022	29,715,436	17,801,897	0.82%	3.07%
2023	29,694,614	18,358,615	-0.07%	3.13%
2024	29,651,054	19,009,151	-0.15%	3.54%
2025	29,618,120	19,654,737	-0.11%	3.4%
2026	29,629,406	20,305,905	0.04%	3.31%
2027	29,727,164	20,959,056	0.33%	3.22%
2028	29,947,588	21,601,810	0.74%	3.07%
2029	30,232,115	22,247,714	0.95%	2.99%
2030	30,509,999	22,915,042	0.92%	3%
2031	30,780,916	23,589,793	0.89%	2.94%
2032	31,045,411	24,258,789	0.86%	2.84%
2033	31,304,035	24,921,830	0.83%	2.73%
2034	31,555,068	25,593,666	0.8%	2.7%
2035	31,798,003	26,294,943	0.77%	2.74%
2036	32,033,714	27,009,199	0.74%	2.72%
2037	32,262,286	27,731,170	0.71%	2.67%
2038	32,484,801	28,455,755	0.69%	2.61%
2039	32,700,695	29,167,897	0.66%	2.5%
2040	32,909,540	29,896,286	0.64%	2.5%
2041	33,112,254	30,635,956	0.62%	2.47%
2042	33,309,062	31,350,028	0.59%	2.33%
2043	33,499,440	32,057,980	0.57%	2.26%
2044	33,683,331	32,780,417	0.55%	2.25%
2045	33,861,058	33,510,163	0.53%	2.23%
2046	34,032,994	34,248,030	0.51%	2.2%
2047	34,197,261	34,996,366	0.48%	2.19%
2048	34,352,077	35,743,960	0.45%	2.14%
2049	34,500,201	36,474,683	0.43%	2.04%
2050	34,642,021	37,206,497	0.41%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nepal increased by 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nepal gained 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2006 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.