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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	Switzerland	Somalia	Switzerland
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	8,888,822	3.13%	1.27%
2024	19,009,151	9,005,582	3.54%	1.31%
2025	19,654,737	9,051,441	3.4%	0.51%
2026	20,305,905	9,092,200	3.31%	0.45%
2027	20,959,056	9,128,649	3.22%	0.4%
2028	21,601,810	9,161,558	3.07%	0.36%
2029	22,247,714	9,190,268	2.99%	0.31%
2030	22,915,042	9,215,844	3%	0.28%
2031	23,589,793	9,239,801	2.94%	0.26%
2032	24,258,789	9,260,664	2.84%	0.23%
2033	24,921,830	9,278,524	2.73%	0.19%
2034	25,593,666	9,295,500	2.7%	0.18%
2035	26,294,943	9,310,659	2.74%	0.16%
2036	27,009,199	9,323,296	2.72%	0.14%
2037	27,731,170	9,334,565	2.67%	0.12%
2038	28,455,755	9,344,395	2.61%	0.11%
2039	29,167,897	9,353,187	2.5%	0.09%
2040	29,896,286	9,363,095	2.5%	0.11%
2041	30,635,956	9,372,148	2.47%	0.1%
2042	31,350,028	9,380,579	2.33%	0.09%
2043	32,057,980	9,389,228	2.26%	0.09%
2044	32,780,417	9,396,409	2.25%	0.08%
2045	33,510,163	9,402,783	2.23%	0.07%
2046	34,248,030	9,408,721	2.2%	0.06%
2047	34,996,366	9,415,274	2.19%	0.07%
2048	35,743,960	9,422,270	2.14%	0.07%
2049	36,474,683	9,427,479	2.04%	0.06%
2050	37,206,497	9,430,133	2.01%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Somalia increased by 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Somalia gained 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2006 and is 66th in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Somalia's population will grow by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people with a rank change from 66th to 57th. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.