The current population of Somalia is 20,177,806 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 19,009,151 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Somalia accounts for 0.24% of the world's population.
- Somalia is ranked 66/197 by population and was ranked 75th in 2005.
- Somalia is projected to reach 67.4M people in 2100.
- For the last 20 years, Somalia has had an average growth rate of 4.48% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 10.6M people to 20.2M (89.6% growth in 20 years).
Somalia population clock
Somalia
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World
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
20177806
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8266870341
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| Population rank | 66/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.24% | N/A |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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0.41 seconds
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| One birth every |
40 seconds
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0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.91 minutes
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0.52 seconds
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| Daily growth/decline | +1,782 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,536 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.54% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 9/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
19.6 minutes
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N/A |
| Annual migration change | +26,859 | N/A |
Somalia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,876,331 | - |
| 1961 | 2,952,054 | 2.63% |
| 1962 | 3,030,091 | 2.64% |
| 1963 | 3,110,361 | 2.65% |
| 1964 | 3,192,796 | 2.65% |
| 1965 | 3,277,874 | 2.66% |
| 1966 | 3,365,106 | 2.66% |
| 1967 | 3,454,537 | 2.66% |
| 1968 | 3,546,590 | 2.66% |
| 1969 | 3,641,015 | 2.66% |
| 1970 | 3,738,448 | 2.68% |
| 1971 | 3,837,691 | 2.65% |
| 1972 | 3,939,436 | 2.65% |
| 1973 | 4,045,592 | 2.69% |
| 1974 | 4,151,842 | 2.63% |
| 1975 | 4,257,535 | 2.55% |
| 1976 | 4,365,812 | 2.54% |
| 1977 | 4,484,050 | 2.71% |
| 1978 | 4,814,892 | 7.38% |
| 1979 | 5,449,117 | 13.2% |
| 1980 | 5,936,154 | 8.94% |
| 1981 | 5,982,849 | 0.79% |
| 1982 | 6,003,840 | 0.35% |
| 1983 | 6,198,430 | 3.24% |
| 1984 | 6,428,389 | 3.71% |
| 1985 | 6,693,289 | 4.12% |
| 1986 | 6,974,788 | 4.21% |
| 1987 | 7,228,302 | 3.63% |
| 1988 | 7,235,360 | 0.1% |
| 1989 | 7,114,817 | -1.67% |
| 1990 | 7,082,811 | -0.45% |
| 1991 | 6,813,760 | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 6,495,107 | -4.68% |
| 1993 | 6,681,399 | 2.87% |
| 1994 | 7,026,797 | 5.17% |
| 1995 | 7,285,007 | 3.67% |
| 1996 | 7,554,474 | 3.7% |
| 1997 | 7,824,525 | 3.57% |
| 1998 | 8,155,417 | 4.23% |
| 1999 | 8,492,059 | 4.13% |
| 2000 | 8,838,713 | 4.08% |
| 2001 | 9,198,493 | 4.07% |
| 2002 | 9,550,063 | 3.82% |
| 2003 | 9,909,157 | 3.76% |
| 2004 | 10,280,998 | 3.75% |
| 2005 | 10,644,228 | 3.53% |
| 2006 | 10,975,502 | 3.11% |
| 2007 | 11,322,582 | 3.16% |
| 2008 | 11,663,084 | 3.01% |
| 2009 | 11,961,201 | 2.56% |
| 2010 | 12,261,756 | 2.51% |
| 2011 | 12,348,830 | 0.71% |
| 2012 | 12,461,160 | 0.91% |
| 2013 | 12,869,594 | 3.28% |
| 2014 | 13,339,491 | 3.65% |
| 2015 | 13,806,963 | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 14,348,740 | 3.92% |
| 2017 | 14,916,629 | 3.96% |
| 2018 | 15,452,487 | 3.59% |
| 2019 | 16,030,971 | 3.74% |
| 2020 | 16,651,191 | 3.87% |
| 2021 | 17,271,431 | 3.72% |
| 2022 | 17,801,897 | 3.07% |
| 2023 | 18,358,615 | 3.13% |
| 2024 | 19,009,151 | 3.54% |
| 2025 | 19,654,737 | 3.4% |
| 2026 | 20,305,905 | 3.31% |
| 2027 | 20,959,056 | 3.22% |
| 2028 | 21,601,810 | 3.07% |
| 2029 | 22,247,714 | 2.99% |
| 2030 | 22,915,042 | 3% |
| 2031 | 23,589,793 | 2.94% |
| 2032 | 24,258,789 | 2.84% |
| 2033 | 24,921,830 | 2.73% |
| 2034 | 25,593,666 | 2.7% |
| 2035 | 26,294,943 | 2.74% |
| 2036 | 27,009,199 | 2.72% |
| 2037 | 27,731,170 | 2.67% |
| 2038 | 28,455,755 | 2.61% |
| 2039 | 29,167,897 | 2.5% |
| 2040 | 29,896,286 | 2.5% |
| 2041 | 30,635,956 | 2.47% |
| 2042 | 31,350,028 | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 32,057,980 | 2.26% |
| 2044 | 32,780,417 | 2.25% |
| 2045 | 33,510,163 | 2.23% |
| 2046 | 34,248,030 | 2.2% |
| 2047 | 34,996,366 | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 35,743,960 | 2.14% |
| 2049 | 36,474,683 | 2.04% |
| 2050 | 37,206,497 | 2.01% |
Somalia has a population of 20.2M as of 2025, compared to 13.8M in 2015, 10.6M in 2005, and 7.29M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 4.61% per year. Somalia is ranked 2nd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Somalia will have 33,510,163 people (66.1% growth) with a rank change from 66th to 59th.
By the year 2100, Somalia's population is projected to grow by 233.9% to 67.4M people.
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Somalia population statistics
|
Somalia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 59.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 16.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 6.13 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 78.5 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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