The latest officially reported population of Somalia was 19,009,151 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Somalia's population is 20,177,806 people compared to 12,387,398 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Somalia's population is 1.63 times bigger than South Sudan's.
- Somalia is ranked the 66th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 81st.
- The countries together account for 0.39% of the world: 0.24% for Somalia vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Somalia has had an average growth rate of +3.61% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Somalia has increased from 10.6M people to 20.2M (89.6% growth), while South Sudan has grown from 7.59M to 12.4M (63.2% growth).
- Somalia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 67.4M people compared to the peak of 23.8M people in 2100 for South Sudan.
Somalia vs South Sudan: live population counter
Somalia
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South Sudan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
20177806
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12387398
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| Population rank | 66/197 | 81/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.24% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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1.14 minutes
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| One birth every |
40 seconds
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1.6 minutes
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| One death every |
2.91 minutes
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4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.6 minutes
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +26,859 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,782 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,536 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.54% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 9/197 | 6/197 |
Somalia and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Somalia
Population
Growth rate
South Sudan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Somalia
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South Sudan
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Somalia
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South Sudan
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| 1960 | 2,876,331 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,952,054 | 2,976,724 | 2.63% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 3,030,091 | 3,024,308 | 2.64% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 3,110,361 | 3,072,669 | 2.65% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 3,192,796 | 3,129,918 | 2.65% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 3,277,874 | 3,189,835 | 2.66% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 3,365,106 | 3,236,423 | 2.66% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 3,454,537 | 3,277,648 | 2.66% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 3,546,590 | 3,321,528 | 2.66% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 3,641,015 | 3,365,533 | 2.66% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 3,738,448 | 3,409,614 | 2.68% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 3,837,691 | 3,468,646 | 2.65% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 3,939,436 | 3,542,497 | 2.65% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 4,045,592 | 3,627,383 | 2.69% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 4,151,842 | 3,723,259 | 2.63% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 4,257,535 | 3,821,494 | 2.55% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 4,365,812 | 3,921,910 | 2.54% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 4,484,050 | 4,024,032 | 2.71% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 4,814,892 | 4,127,657 | 7.38% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 5,449,117 | 4,232,605 | 13.2% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 5,936,154 | 4,339,030 | 8.94% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 5,982,849 | 4,447,272 | 0.79% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 6,003,840 | 4,557,686 | 0.35% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 6,198,430 | 4,661,574 | 3.24% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 6,428,389 | 4,750,627 | 3.71% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 6,693,289 | 4,834,296 | 4.12% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 6,974,788 | 4,921,240 | 4.21% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 7,228,302 | 4,962,395 | 3.63% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 7,235,360 | 4,848,029 | 0.1% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 7,114,817 | 4,713,229 | -1.67% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 7,082,811 | 4,737,633 | -0.45% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 6,813,760 | 4,836,677 | -3.8% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 6,495,107 | 4,909,749 | -4.68% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 6,681,399 | 4,956,002 | 2.87% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 7,026,797 | 5,071,184 | 5.17% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 7,285,007 | 5,225,836 | 3.67% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 7,554,474 | 5,356,925 | 3.7% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 7,824,525 | 5,509,136 | 3.57% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 8,155,417 | 5,620,068 | 4.23% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 8,492,059 | 5,771,628 | 4.13% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 8,838,713 | 6,032,267 | 4.08% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 9,198,493 | 6,308,391 | 4.07% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 9,550,063 | 6,596,806 | 3.82% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 9,909,157 | 6,903,127 | 3.76% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 10,280,998 | 7,233,041 | 3.75% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 10,644,228 | 7,590,143 | 3.53% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 10,975,502 | 7,976,526 | 3.11% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 11,322,582 | 8,388,788 | 3.16% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 11,663,084 | 8,817,647 | 3.01% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 11,961,201 | 9,243,556 | 2.56% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 12,261,756 | 9,745,953 | 2.51% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 12,348,830 | 10,288,109 | 0.71% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 12,461,160 | 10,756,240 | 0.91% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 12,869,594 | 11,166,275 | 3.28% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 13,339,491 | 11,235,073 | 3.65% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 13,806,963 | 11,107,561 | 3.5% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 14,348,740 | 10,830,102 | 3.92% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 14,916,629 | 10,259,154 | 3.96% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 15,452,487 | 10,122,977 | 3.59% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 16,030,971 | 10,423,384 | 3.74% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 16,651,191 | 10,698,467 | 3.87% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 17,271,431 | 10,865,780 | 3.72% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 17,801,897 | 11,021,177 | 3.07% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 18,358,615 | 11,483,374 | 3.13% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 19,009,151 | 11,943,408 | 3.54% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 19,654,737 | 12,188,793 | 3.4% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 20,305,905 | 12,436,036 | 3.31% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 20,959,056 | 12,687,301 | 3.22% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 21,601,810 | 12,941,503 | 3.07% | 2% |
| 2029 | 22,247,714 | 13,198,080 | 2.99% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 22,915,042 | 13,457,446 | 3% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 23,589,793 | 13,725,413 | 2.94% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 24,258,789 | 13,996,343 | 2.84% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 24,921,830 | 14,261,762 | 2.73% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 25,593,666 | 14,527,550 | 2.7% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 26,294,943 | 14,798,602 | 2.74% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 27,009,199 | 15,070,098 | 2.72% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 27,731,170 | 15,335,700 | 2.67% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 28,455,755 | 15,595,968 | 2.61% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 29,167,897 | 15,850,696 | 2.5% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 29,896,286 | 16,101,470 | 2.5% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 30,635,956 | 16,350,149 | 2.47% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 31,350,028 | 16,593,361 | 2.33% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 32,057,980 | 16,829,209 | 2.26% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 32,780,417 | 17,060,176 | 2.25% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 33,510,163 | 17,286,412 | 2.23% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 34,248,030 | 17,509,693 | 2.2% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 34,996,366 | 17,728,331 | 2.19% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 35,743,960 | 17,938,437 | 2.14% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 36,474,683 | 18,142,893 | 2.04% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 37,206,497 | 18,341,968 | 2.01% | 1.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Somalia increased by 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Somalia gained 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).
Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2005 and is 66th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Somalia's population will grow by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people with a rank change from 66th to 57th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.
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Population differences between Somalia and South Sudan
|
Somalia
|
South Sudan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 59.1 years | 57.9 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 16.6 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 6.13 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 78.5 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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