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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Singapore	Somalia	Singapore	Somalia
1960	1,646,400	2,876,331	-	-
1961	1,702,400	2,952,054	3.4%	2.63%
1962	1,750,200	3,030,091	2.81%	2.64%
1963	1,795,000	3,110,361	2.56%	2.65%
1964	1,841,600	3,192,796	2.6%	2.65%
1965	1,886,900	3,277,874	2.46%	2.66%
1966	1,934,400	3,365,106	2.52%	2.66%
1967	1,977,600	3,454,537	2.23%	2.66%
1968	2,012,000	3,546,590	1.74%	2.66%
1969	2,042,500	3,641,015	1.52%	2.66%
1970	2,074,507	3,738,448	1.57%	2.68%
1971	2,112,900	3,837,691	1.85%	2.65%
1972	2,152,400	3,939,436	1.87%	2.65%
1973	2,193,000	4,045,592	1.89%	2.69%
1974	2,229,800	4,151,842	1.68%	2.63%
1975	2,262,600	4,257,535	1.47%	2.55%
1976	2,293,300	4,365,812	1.36%	2.54%
1977	2,325,300	4,484,050	1.4%	2.71%
1978	2,353,600	4,814,892	1.22%	7.38%
1979	2,383,500	5,449,117	1.27%	13.2%
1980	2,413,945	5,936,154	1.28%	8.94%
1981	2,532,835	5,982,849	4.93%	0.79%
1982	2,646,466	6,003,840	4.49%	0.35%
1983	2,681,061	6,198,430	1.31%	3.24%
1984	2,732,221	6,428,389	1.91%	3.71%
1985	2,735,957	6,693,289	0.14%	4.12%
1986	2,733,373	6,974,788	-0.09%	4.21%
1987	2,774,789	7,228,302	1.52%	3.63%
1988	2,846,108	7,235,360	2.57%	0.1%
1989	2,930,901	7,114,817	2.98%	-1.67%
1990	3,047,132	7,082,811	3.97%	-0.45%
1991	3,135,083	6,813,760	2.89%	-3.8%
1992	3,230,698	6,495,107	3.05%	-4.68%
1993	3,313,471	6,681,399	2.56%	2.87%
1994	3,419,048	7,026,797	3.19%	5.17%
1995	3,524,506	7,285,007	3.08%	3.67%
1996	3,670,704	7,554,474	4.15%	3.7%
1997	3,796,038	7,824,525	3.41%	3.57%
1998	3,927,213	8,155,417	3.46%	4.23%
1999	3,958,723	8,492,059	0.8%	4.13%
2000	4,027,887	8,838,713	1.75%	4.08%
2001	4,138,012	9,198,493	2.73%	4.07%
2002	4,175,950	9,550,063	0.92%	3.82%
2003	4,114,826	9,909,157	-1.46%	3.76%
2004	4,166,664	10,280,998	1.26%	3.75%
2005	4,265,762	10,644,228	2.38%	3.53%
2006	4,401,365	10,975,502	3.18%	3.11%
2007	4,588,599	11,322,582	4.25%	3.16%
2008	4,839,396	11,663,084	5.47%	3.01%
2009	4,987,573	11,961,201	3.06%	2.56%
2010	5,076,732	12,261,756	1.79%	2.51%
2011	5,183,688	12,348,830	2.11%	0.71%
2012	5,312,437	12,461,160	2.48%	0.91%
2013	5,399,162	12,869,594	1.63%	3.28%
2014	5,469,724	13,339,491	1.31%	3.65%
2015	5,535,002	13,806,963	1.19%	3.5%
2016	5,607,283	14,348,740	1.31%	3.92%
2017	5,612,253	14,916,629	0.09%	3.96%
2018	5,638,676	15,452,487	0.47%	3.59%
2019	5,703,569	16,030,971	1.15%	3.74%
2020	5,685,807	16,651,191	-0.31%	3.87%
2021	5,453,566	17,271,431	-4.08%	3.72%
2022	5,637,022	17,801,897	3.36%	3.07%
2023	5,917,648	18,358,615	4.98%	3.13%
2024	6,036,860	19,009,151	2.01%	3.54%
2025	6,076,565	19,654,737	0.66%	3.4%
2026	6,112,792	20,305,905	0.6%	3.31%
2027	6,147,775	20,959,056	0.57%	3.22%
2028	6,182,764	21,601,810	0.57%	3.07%
2029	6,214,576	22,247,714	0.51%	2.99%
2030	6,242,825	22,915,042	0.45%	3%
2031	6,270,800	23,589,793	0.45%	2.94%
2032	6,298,559	24,258,789	0.44%	2.84%
2033	6,325,401	24,921,830	0.43%	2.73%
2034	6,349,852	25,593,666	0.39%	2.7%
2035	6,368,948	26,294,943	0.3%	2.74%
2036	6,383,048	27,009,199	0.22%	2.72%
2037	6,394,813	27,731,170	0.18%	2.67%
2038	6,404,994	28,455,755	0.16%	2.61%
2039	6,411,057	29,167,897	0.09%	2.5%
2040	6,411,962	29,896,286	0.01%	2.5%
2041	6,408,383	30,635,956	-0.06%	2.47%
2042	6,402,235	31,350,028	-0.1%	2.33%
2043	6,394,872	32,057,980	-0.12%	2.26%
2044	6,384,418	32,780,417	-0.16%	2.25%
2045	6,372,013	33,510,163	-0.19%	2.23%
2046	6,358,982	34,248,030	-0.2%	2.2%
2047	6,343,000	34,996,366	-0.25%	2.19%
2048	6,327,523	35,743,960	-0.24%	2.14%
2049	6,312,515	36,474,683	-0.24%	2.04%
2050	6,294,905	37,206,497	-0.28%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Singapore increased by 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Singapore gained 570,663 (a 10.3% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Singapore was ranked 119th most populous country in 2005 and is 113th 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) Singapore's population will grow by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people with a rank change from 113th to 118th. The population of Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.