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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	Tanzania	Somalia	Tanzania
1960	2,876,331	9,901,419	-	-
1961	2,952,054	10,187,886	2.63%	2.89%
1962	3,030,091	10,487,756	2.64%	2.94%
1963	3,110,361	10,799,528	2.65%	2.97%
1964	3,192,796	11,127,826	2.65%	3.04%
1965	3,277,874	11,470,728	2.66%	3.08%
1966	3,365,106	11,827,459	2.66%	3.11%
1967	3,454,537	12,200,109	2.66%	3.15%
1968	3,546,590	12,602,076	2.66%	3.29%
1969	3,641,015	13,036,700	2.66%	3.45%
1970	3,738,448	13,492,677	2.68%	3.5%
1971	3,837,691	13,971,451	2.65%	3.55%
1972	3,939,436	14,479,308	2.65%	3.63%
1973	4,045,592	15,010,101	2.69%	3.67%
1974	4,151,842	15,561,630	2.63%	3.67%
1975	4,257,535	16,138,361	2.55%	3.71%
1976	4,365,812	16,736,211	2.54%	3.7%
1977	4,484,050	17,352,929	2.71%	3.68%
1978	4,814,892	17,976,566	7.38%	3.59%
1979	5,449,117	18,592,038	13.2%	3.42%
1980	5,936,154	19,189,769	8.94%	3.21%
1981	5,982,849	19,784,703	0.79%	3.1%
1982	6,003,840	20,398,571	0.35%	3.1%
1983	6,198,430	21,079,874	3.24%	3.34%
1984	6,428,389	21,779,066	3.71%	3.32%
1985	6,693,289	22,501,693	4.12%	3.32%
1986	6,974,788	23,258,959	4.21%	3.37%
1987	7,228,302	24,030,378	3.63%	3.32%
1988	7,235,360	24,769,686	0.1%	3.08%
1989	7,114,817	25,438,759	-1.67%	2.7%
1990	7,082,811	26,110,207	-0.45%	2.64%
1991	6,813,760	26,780,436	-3.8%	2.57%
1992	6,495,107	27,457,588	-4.68%	2.53%
1993	6,681,399	28,332,692	2.87%	3.19%
1994	7,026,797	29,442,356	5.17%	3.92%
1995	7,285,007	30,383,497	3.67%	3.2%
1996	7,554,474	30,945,762	3.7%	1.85%
1997	7,824,525	31,578,089	3.57%	2.04%
1998	8,155,417	32,420,458	4.23%	2.67%
1999	8,492,059	33,300,330	4.13%	2.71%
2000	8,838,713	34,260,139	4.08%	2.88%
2001	9,198,493	35,198,299	4.07%	2.74%
2002	9,550,063	36,121,304	3.82%	2.62%
2003	9,909,157	37,089,555	3.76%	2.68%
2004	10,280,998	38,109,668	3.75%	2.75%
2005	10,644,228	39,182,076	3.53%	2.81%
2006	10,975,502	40,294,902	3.11%	2.84%
2007	11,322,582	41,435,512	3.16%	2.83%
2008	11,663,084	42,570,728	3.01%	2.74%
2009	11,961,201	43,633,982	2.56%	2.5%
2010	12,261,756	44,758,488	2.51%	2.58%
2011	12,348,830	46,029,367	0.71%	2.84%
2012	12,461,160	47,374,260	0.91%	2.92%
2013	12,869,594	48,824,128	3.28%	3.06%
2014	13,339,491	50,351,512	3.65%	3.13%
2015	13,806,963	52,020,962	3.5%	3.32%
2016	14,348,740	53,824,013	3.92%	3.47%
2017	14,916,629	55,652,890	3.96%	3.4%
2018	15,452,487	57,437,145	3.59%	3.21%
2019	16,030,971	59,174,891	3.74%	3.03%
2020	16,651,191	60,972,798	3.87%	3.04%
2021	17,271,431	62,830,412	3.72%	3.05%
2022	17,801,897	64,711,821	3.07%	2.99%
2023	18,358,615	66,617,606	3.13%	2.95%
2024	19,009,151	68,560,157	3.54%	2.92%
2025	19,654,737	70,545,858	3.4%	2.9%
2026	20,305,905	72,563,773	3.31%	2.86%
2027	20,959,056	74,604,804	3.22%	2.81%
2028	21,601,810	76,670,483	3.07%	2.77%
2029	22,247,714	78,773,192	2.99%	2.74%
2030	22,915,042	80,913,118	3%	2.72%
2031	23,589,793	83,087,927	2.94%	2.69%
2032	24,258,789	85,293,126	2.84%	2.65%
2033	24,921,830	87,520,491	2.73%	2.61%
2034	25,593,666	89,788,673	2.7%	2.59%
2035	26,294,943	92,091,418	2.74%	2.56%
2036	27,009,199	94,420,808	2.72%	2.53%
2037	27,731,170	96,775,766	2.67%	2.49%
2038	28,455,755	99,156,465	2.61%	2.46%
2039	29,167,897	101,567,525	2.5%	2.43%
2040	29,896,286	103,999,350	2.5%	2.39%
2041	30,635,956	106,448,475	2.47%	2.35%
2042	31,350,028	108,926,272	2.33%	2.33%
2043	32,057,980	111,433,788	2.26%	2.3%
2044	32,780,417	113,966,263	2.25%	2.27%
2045	33,510,163	116,525,463	2.23%	2.25%
2046	34,248,030	119,109,670	2.2%	2.22%
2047	34,996,366	121,721,018	2.19%	2.19%
2048	35,743,960	124,351,294	2.14%	2.16%
2049	36,474,683	126,981,394	2.04%	2.12%
2050	37,206,497	129,621,083	2.01%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Somalia increased by 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Somalia gained 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2006 and is 66th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.