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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	Somalia	Pakistan	Somalia
1960	45,709,310	2,876,331	-	-
1961	46,921,277	2,952,054	2.65%	2.63%
1962	48,156,128	3,030,091	2.63%	2.64%
1963	49,447,776	3,110,361	2.68%	2.65%
1964	50,799,999	3,192,796	2.73%	2.65%
1965	52,209,010	3,277,874	2.77%	2.66%
1966	53,678,667	3,365,106	2.81%	2.66%
1967	55,214,768	3,454,537	2.86%	2.66%
1968	56,810,507	3,546,590	2.89%	2.66%
1969	58,460,939	3,641,015	2.91%	2.66%
1970	60,166,719	3,738,448	2.92%	2.68%
1971	61,847,899	3,837,691	2.79%	2.65%
1972	63,583,194	3,939,436	2.81%	2.65%
1973	65,461,912	4,045,592	2.95%	2.69%
1974	67,415,487	4,151,842	2.98%	2.63%
1975	69,461,175	4,257,535	3.03%	2.55%
1976	71,620,254	4,365,812	3.11%	2.54%
1977	73,901,827	4,484,050	3.19%	2.71%
1978	76,307,379	4,814,892	3.26%	7.38%
1979	78,997,039	5,449,117	3.52%	13.2%
1980	82,291,010	5,936,154	4.17%	8.94%
1981	85,802,049	5,982,849	4.27%	0.79%
1982	89,089,246	6,003,840	3.83%	0.35%
1983	92,227,711	6,198,430	3.52%	3.24%
1984	95,164,936	6,428,389	3.18%	3.71%
1985	98,229,285	6,693,289	3.22%	4.12%
1986	101,606,764	6,974,788	3.44%	4.21%
1987	105,130,717	7,228,302	3.47%	3.63%
1988	108,724,739	7,235,360	3.42%	0.1%
1989	112,336,629	7,114,817	3.32%	-1.67%
1990	116,155,576	7,082,811	3.4%	-0.45%
1991	120,060,406	6,813,760	3.36%	-3.8%
1992	123,546,848	6,495,107	2.9%	-4.68%
1993	127,020,117	6,681,399	2.81%	2.87%
1994	130,748,083	7,026,797	2.93%	5.17%
1995	134,582,253	7,285,007	2.93%	3.67%
1996	138,557,092	7,554,474	2.95%	3.7%
1997	142,531,804	7,824,525	2.87%	3.57%
1998	146,522,356	8,155,417	2.8%	4.23%
1999	150,565,377	8,492,059	2.76%	4.13%
2000	154,879,127	8,838,713	2.87%	4.08%
2001	159,270,907	9,198,493	2.84%	4.07%
2002	163,222,549	9,550,063	2.48%	3.82%
2003	167,110,248	9,909,157	2.38%	3.76%
2004	171,286,000	10,280,998	2.5%	3.75%
2005	175,453,212	10,644,228	2.43%	3.53%
2006	179,682,690	10,975,502	2.41%	3.11%
2007	184,493,231	11,322,582	2.68%	3.16%
2008	189,499,113	11,663,084	2.71%	3.01%
2009	194,376,534	11,961,201	2.57%	2.56%
2010	199,239,047	12,261,756	2.5%	2.51%
2011	203,746,065	12,348,830	2.26%	0.71%
2012	207,667,125	12,461,160	1.92%	0.91%
2013	211,073,978	12,869,594	1.64%	3.28%
2014	214,264,647	13,339,491	1.51%	3.65%
2015	217,290,883	13,806,963	1.41%	3.5%
2016	220,138,869	14,348,740	1.31%	3.92%
2017	223,273,967	14,916,629	1.42%	3.96%
2018	226,928,892	15,452,487	1.64%	3.59%
2019	230,800,899	16,030,971	1.71%	3.74%
2020	235,001,746	16,651,191	1.82%	3.87%
2021	239,477,801	17,271,431	1.9%	3.72%
2022	243,700,667	17,801,897	1.76%	3.07%
2023	247,504,495	18,358,615	1.56%	3.13%
2024	251,269,164	19,009,151	1.52%	3.54%
2025	255,219,564	19,654,737	1.57%	3.4%
2026	259,299,796	20,305,905	1.6%	3.31%
2027	263,515,827	20,959,056	1.63%	3.22%
2028	267,881,923	21,601,810	1.66%	3.07%
2029	272,337,520	22,247,714	1.66%	2.99%
2030	276,883,261	22,915,042	1.67%	3%
2031	281,528,070	23,589,793	1.68%	2.94%
2032	286,241,141	24,258,789	1.67%	2.84%
2033	291,012,268	24,921,830	1.67%	2.73%
2034	295,820,153	25,593,666	1.65%	2.7%
2035	300,643,518	26,294,943	1.63%	2.74%
2036	305,491,504	27,009,199	1.61%	2.72%
2037	310,353,293	27,731,170	1.59%	2.67%
2038	315,227,709	28,455,755	1.57%	2.61%
2039	320,105,882	29,167,897	1.55%	2.5%
2040	324,937,703	29,896,286	1.51%	2.5%
2041	329,746,478	30,635,956	1.48%	2.47%
2042	334,551,874	31,350,028	1.46%	2.33%
2043	339,334,851	32,057,980	1.43%	2.26%
2044	344,095,467	32,780,417	1.4%	2.25%
2045	348,837,732	33,510,163	1.38%	2.23%
2046	353,552,859	34,248,030	1.35%	2.2%
2047	358,207,159	34,996,366	1.32%	2.19%
2048	362,796,532	35,743,960	1.28%	2.14%
2049	367,344,429	36,474,683	1.25%	2.04%
2050	371,863,804	37,206,497	1.23%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.