Population in Somalia compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Somalia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	Sri Lanka	Somalia	Sri Lanka
1960	2,876,331	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,952,054	9,899,372	2.63%	2.46%
1962	3,030,091	10,143,754	2.64%	2.47%
1963	3,110,361	10,395,040	2.65%	2.48%
1964	3,192,796	10,653,397	2.65%	2.49%
1965	3,277,874	10,916,965	2.66%	2.47%
1966	3,365,106	11,183,928	2.66%	2.45%
1967	3,454,537	11,457,328	2.66%	2.44%
1968	3,546,590	11,736,088	2.66%	2.43%
1969	3,641,015	12,013,858	2.66%	2.37%
1970	3,738,448	12,287,110	2.68%	2.27%
1971	3,837,691	12,551,910	2.65%	2.16%
1972	3,939,436	12,809,205	2.65%	2.05%
1973	4,045,592	13,060,916	2.69%	1.97%
1974	4,151,842	13,305,693	2.63%	1.87%
1975	4,257,535	13,548,984	2.55%	1.83%
1976	4,365,812	13,796,770	2.54%	1.83%
1977	4,484,050	14,049,371	2.71%	1.83%
1978	4,814,892	14,310,128	7.38%	1.86%
1979	5,449,117	14,579,614	13.2%	1.88%
1980	5,936,154	14,847,974	8.94%	1.84%
1981	5,982,849	15,099,414	0.79%	1.69%
1982	6,003,840	15,286,567	0.35%	1.24%
1983	6,198,430	15,388,794	3.24%	0.67%
1984	6,428,389	15,441,860	3.71%	0.34%
1985	6,693,289	15,544,154	4.12%	0.66%
1986	6,974,788	15,731,256	4.21%	1.2%
1987	7,228,302	15,916,576	3.63%	1.18%
1988	7,235,360	16,078,621	0.1%	1.02%
1989	7,114,817	16,248,557	-1.67%	1.06%
1990	7,082,811	16,352,458	-0.45%	0.64%
1991	6,813,760	16,475,354	-3.8%	0.75%
1992	6,495,107	16,739,284	-4.68%	1.6%
1993	6,681,399	17,025,918	2.87%	1.71%
1994	7,026,797	17,275,773	5.17%	1.47%
1995	7,285,007	17,564,068	3.67%	1.67%
1996	7,554,474	17,905,018	3.7%	1.94%
1997	7,824,525	18,248,200	3.57%	1.92%
1998	8,155,417	18,596,003	4.23%	1.91%
1999	8,492,059	18,944,731	4.13%	1.88%
2000	8,838,713	19,293,054	4.08%	1.84%
2001	9,198,493	19,600,362	4.07%	1.59%
2002	9,550,063	19,805,752	3.82%	1.05%
2003	9,909,157	19,951,521	3.76%	0.74%
2004	10,280,998	20,087,605	3.75%	0.68%
2005	10,644,228	20,216,524	3.53%	0.64%
2006	10,975,502	20,352,411	3.11%	0.67%
2007	11,322,582	20,492,545	3.16%	0.69%
2008	11,663,084	20,629,378	3.01%	0.67%
2009	11,961,201	20,756,435	2.56%	0.62%
2010	12,261,756	20,879,089	2.51%	0.59%
2011	12,348,830	21,009,048	0.71%	0.62%
2012	12,461,160	21,169,458	0.91%	0.76%
2013	12,869,594	20,585,000	3.28%	-2.76%
2014	13,339,491	20,778,000	3.65%	0.94%
2015	13,806,963	20,970,000	3.5%	0.92%
2016	14,348,740	21,209,000	3.92%	1.14%
2017	14,916,629	21,453,000	3.96%	1.15%
2018	15,452,487	21,670,000	3.59%	1.01%
2019	16,030,971	21,803,000	3.74%	0.61%
2020	16,651,191	21,919,000	3.87%	0.53%
2021	17,271,431	22,156,000	3.72%	1.08%
2022	17,801,897	22,181,000	3.07%	0.11%
2023	18,358,615	22,037,000	3.13%	-0.65%
2024	19,009,151	21,916,000	3.54%	-0.55%
2025	19,654,737	22,035,440	3.4%	0.54%
2026	20,305,905	22,148,172	3.31%	0.51%
2027	20,959,056	22,255,601	3.22%	0.49%
2028	21,601,810	22,357,682	3.07%	0.46%
2029	22,247,714	22,453,922	2.99%	0.43%
2030	22,915,042	22,546,245	3%	0.41%
2031	23,589,793	22,635,106	2.94%	0.39%
2032	24,258,789	22,720,118	2.84%	0.38%
2033	24,921,830	22,802,043	2.73%	0.36%
2034	25,593,666	22,879,527	2.7%	0.34%
2035	26,294,943	22,952,739	2.74%	0.32%
2036	27,009,199	23,022,027	2.72%	0.3%
2037	27,731,170	23,088,877	2.67%	0.29%
2038	28,455,755	23,152,480	2.61%	0.28%
2039	29,167,897	23,211,633	2.5%	0.26%
2040	29,896,286	23,265,986	2.5%	0.23%
2041	30,635,956	23,315,260	2.47%	0.21%
2042	31,350,028	23,359,578	2.33%	0.19%
2043	32,057,980	23,398,752	2.26%	0.17%
2044	32,780,417	23,433,096	2.25%	0.15%
2045	33,510,163	23,464,943	2.23%	0.14%
2046	34,248,030	23,492,738	2.2%	0.12%
2047	34,996,366	23,512,629	2.19%	0.08%
2048	35,743,960	23,525,953	2.14%	0.06%
2049	36,474,683	23,533,940	2.04%	0.03%
2050	37,206,497	23,538,230	2.01%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Somalia increased by 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Somalia gained 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2005 and is 66th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.