The latest officially reported population of Somalia was 19,009,151 in 2024 vs 9,034,102 people in Switzerland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Somalia's population is 20,177,806 people compared to 9,112,950 in Switzerland.
Population statistics:
- Somalia's population is 2.21 times bigger than Switzerland's.
- Somalia is ranked the 66th most populous country in the world, while Switzerland is the 100th.
- The countries together account for 0.35% of the world: 0.24% for Somalia vs 0.11% for Switzerland.
- For the last 10 years, Somalia has had an average growth rate of +3.61% per year vs +1.01% in Switzerland.
- Since 2005, the population of Somalia has increased from 10.6M people to 20.2M (89.6% growth), while Switzerland has grown from 7.44M to 9.11M (22.5% growth).
- Somalia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 67.4M people compared to the peak of 9.46M people in 2052 for Switzerland.
Somalia vs Switzerland: live population counter
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| Current population |
20177806
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9112950
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| Population rank | 66/197 | 100/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.24% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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3.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
40 seconds
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6.57 minutes
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| One death every |
2.91 minutes
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7.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.6 minutes
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13.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +26,859 | +40,099 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,782 | +400 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,536 | +146,009 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.54% | +1.64% |
| Population growth rate rank | 9/197 | 70/197 |
Somalia and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,876,331 | 5,327,827 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,952,054 | 5,434,294 | 2.63% | 2% |
| 1962 | 3,030,091 | 5,573,815 | 2.64% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 3,110,361 | 5,694,247 | 2.65% | 2.16% |
| 1964 | 3,192,796 | 5,789,228 | 2.65% | 1.67% |
| 1965 | 3,277,874 | 5,856,472 | 2.66% | 1.16% |
| 1966 | 3,365,106 | 5,918,002 | 2.66% | 1.05% |
| 1967 | 3,454,537 | 5,991,785 | 2.66% | 1.25% |
| 1968 | 3,546,590 | 6,067,714 | 2.66% | 1.27% |
| 1969 | 3,641,015 | 6,136,387 | 2.66% | 1.13% |
| 1970 | 3,738,448 | 6,180,877 | 2.68% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 3,837,691 | 6,213,399 | 2.65% | 0.53% |
| 1972 | 3,939,436 | 6,260,956 | 2.65% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 4,045,592 | 6,307,347 | 2.69% | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 4,151,842 | 6,341,405 | 2.63% | 0.54% |
| 1975 | 4,257,535 | 6,338,632 | 2.55% | -0.04% |
| 1976 | 4,365,812 | 6,302,504 | 2.54% | -0.57% |
| 1977 | 4,484,050 | 6,281,174 | 2.71% | -0.34% |
| 1978 | 4,814,892 | 6,281,738 | 7.38% | 0.009% |
| 1979 | 5,449,117 | 6,294,365 | 13.2% | 0.2% |
| 1980 | 5,936,154 | 6,319,408 | 8.94% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 5,982,849 | 6,354,074 | 0.79% | 0.55% |
| 1982 | 6,003,840 | 6,391,309 | 0.35% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 6,198,430 | 6,418,773 | 3.24% | 0.43% |
| 1984 | 6,428,389 | 6,441,865 | 3.71% | 0.36% |
| 1985 | 6,693,289 | 6,470,365 | 4.12% | 0.44% |
| 1986 | 6,974,788 | 6,504,124 | 4.21% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 7,228,302 | 6,545,106 | 3.63% | 0.63% |
| 1988 | 7,235,360 | 6,593,386 | 0.1% | 0.74% |
| 1989 | 7,114,817 | 6,646,912 | -1.67% | 0.81% |
| 1990 | 7,082,811 | 6,715,519 | -0.45% | 1.03% |
| 1991 | 6,813,760 | 6,799,978 | -3.8% | 1.26% |
| 1992 | 6,495,107 | 6,875,364 | -4.68% | 1.11% |
| 1993 | 6,681,399 | 6,938,265 | 2.87% | 0.91% |
| 1994 | 7,026,797 | 6,993,795 | 5.17% | 0.8% |
| 1995 | 7,285,007 | 7,040,687 | 3.67% | 0.67% |
| 1996 | 7,554,474 | 7,071,850 | 3.7% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 7,824,525 | 7,088,906 | 3.57% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 8,155,417 | 7,110,001 | 4.23% | 0.3% |
| 1999 | 8,492,059 | 7,143,991 | 4.13% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 8,838,713 | 7,184,250 | 4.08% | 0.56% |
| 2001 | 9,198,493 | 7,229,854 | 4.07% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 9,550,063 | 7,284,753 | 3.82% | 0.76% |
| 2003 | 9,909,157 | 7,339,001 | 3.76% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 10,280,998 | 7,389,625 | 3.75% | 0.69% |
| 2005 | 10,644,228 | 7,437,115 | 3.53% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 10,975,502 | 7,483,934 | 3.11% | 0.63% |
| 2007 | 11,322,582 | 7,551,117 | 3.16% | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 11,663,084 | 7,647,675 | 3.01% | 1.28% |
| 2009 | 11,961,201 | 7,743,831 | 2.56% | 1.26% |
| 2010 | 12,261,756 | 7,824,909 | 2.51% | 1.05% |
| 2011 | 12,348,830 | 7,912,398 | 0.71% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 12,461,160 | 7,996,861 | 0.91% | 1.07% |
| 2013 | 12,869,594 | 8,089,346 | 3.28% | 1.16% |
| 2014 | 13,339,491 | 8,188,649 | 3.65% | 1.23% |
| 2015 | 13,806,963 | 8,282,396 | 3.5% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 14,348,740 | 8,373,338 | 3.92% | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 14,916,629 | 8,451,840 | 3.96% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 15,452,487 | 8,514,329 | 3.59% | 0.74% |
| 2019 | 16,030,971 | 8,575,280 | 3.74% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 16,651,191 | 8,638,167 | 3.87% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 17,271,431 | 8,704,546 | 3.72% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | 17,801,897 | 8,777,088 | 3.07% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 18,358,615 | 8,888,093 | 3.13% | 1.26% |
| 2024 | 19,009,151 | 9,034,102 | 3.54% | 1.64% |
| 2025 | 19,654,737 | 9,080,106 | 3.4% | 0.51% |
| 2026 | 20,305,905 | 9,120,994 | 3.31% | 0.45% |
| 2027 | 20,959,056 | 9,157,559 | 3.22% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 21,601,810 | 9,190,572 | 3.07% | 0.36% |
| 2029 | 22,247,714 | 9,219,373 | 2.99% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 22,915,042 | 9,245,030 | 3% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 23,589,793 | 9,269,063 | 2.94% | 0.26% |
| 2032 | 24,258,789 | 9,289,991 | 2.84% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 24,921,830 | 9,307,909 | 2.73% | 0.19% |
| 2034 | 25,593,666 | 9,324,938 | 2.7% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 26,294,943 | 9,340,145 | 2.74% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 27,009,199 | 9,352,822 | 2.72% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 27,731,170 | 9,364,126 | 2.67% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 28,455,755 | 9,373,988 | 2.61% | 0.11% |
| 2039 | 29,167,897 | 9,382,808 | 2.5% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 29,896,286 | 9,392,748 | 2.5% | 0.11% |
| 2041 | 30,635,956 | 9,401,829 | 2.47% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 31,350,028 | 9,410,286 | 2.33% | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 32,057,980 | 9,418,963 | 2.26% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 32,780,417 | 9,426,166 | 2.25% | 0.08% |
| 2045 | 33,510,163 | 9,432,561 | 2.23% | 0.07% |
| 2046 | 34,248,030 | 9,438,518 | 2.2% | 0.06% |
| 2047 | 34,996,366 | 9,445,091 | 2.19% | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 35,743,960 | 9,452,109 | 2.14% | 0.07% |
| 2049 | 36,474,683 | 9,457,335 | 2.04% | 0.06% |
| 2050 | 37,206,497 | 9,459,997 | 2.01% | 0.03% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Somalia increased by 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Somalia gained 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).
Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2005 and is 66th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Zurich | 449K |
| Geneva | 207K |
| Basel | 176K |
| Bern | 146K |
| Lausanne | 144K |
| Winterthur | 119K |
| Biel/Bienne | 55.9K |
| Thun | 43.9K |
| Bellinzona | 43.8K |
| Koniz | 43K |
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Population differences between Somalia and Switzerland
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| Life expectancy | 59.1 years | 84.2 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 43.2 years |
| Median age | 16.6 years | 43.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 6.13 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 78.5 ppl/mi² | 592 ppl/mi² |
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