Population in Somalia compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Somalia and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	UAE	Somalia	UAE
1960	2,876,331	131,334	-	-
1961	2,952,054	137,989	2.63%	5.07%
1962	3,030,091	144,946	2.64%	5.04%
1963	3,110,361	152,211	2.65%	5.01%
1964	3,192,796	159,692	2.65%	4.91%
1965	3,277,874	167,103	2.66%	4.64%
1966	3,365,106	173,976	2.66%	4.11%
1967	3,454,537	179,700	2.66%	3.29%
1968	3,546,590	199,416	2.66%	11%
1969	3,641,015	239,660	2.66%	20.2%
1970	3,738,448	286,536	2.68%	19.6%
1971	3,837,691	335,027	2.65%	16.9%
1972	3,939,436	385,014	2.65%	14.9%
1973	4,045,592	436,399	2.69%	13.3%
1974	4,151,842	489,087	2.63%	12.1%
1975	4,257,535	542,856	2.55%	11%
1976	4,365,812	615,866	2.54%	13.4%
1977	4,484,050	710,209	2.71%	15.3%
1978	4,814,892	809,274	7.38%	13.9%
1979	5,449,117	912,010	13.2%	12.7%
1980	5,936,154	1,015,700	8.94%	11.4%
1981	5,982,849	1,099,855	0.79%	8.29%
1982	6,003,840	1,166,370	0.35%	6.05%
1983	6,198,430	1,235,305	3.24%	5.91%
1984	6,428,389	1,305,996	3.71%	5.72%
1985	6,693,289	1,377,911	4.12%	5.51%
1986	6,974,788	1,467,383	4.21%	6.49%
1987	7,228,302	1,574,244	3.63%	7.28%
1988	7,235,360	1,681,788	0.1%	6.83%
1989	7,114,817	1,789,851	-1.67%	6.43%
1990	7,082,811	1,898,220	-0.45%	6.05%
1991	6,813,760	2,006,626	-3.8%	5.71%
1992	6,495,107	2,114,730	-4.68%	5.39%
1993	6,681,399	2,222,093	2.87%	5.08%
1994	7,026,797	2,328,188	5.17%	4.77%
1995	7,285,007	2,434,662	3.67%	4.57%
1996	7,554,474	2,597,564	3.7%	6.69%
1997	7,824,525	2,817,410	3.57%	8.46%
1998	8,155,417	3,040,421	4.23%	7.92%
1999	8,492,059	3,266,009	4.13%	7.42%
2000	8,838,713	3,493,575	4.08%	6.97%
2001	9,198,493	3,723,590	4.07%	6.58%
2002	9,550,063	3,956,826	3.82%	6.26%
2003	9,909,157	4,192,457	3.76%	5.96%
2004	10,280,998	4,428,967	3.75%	5.64%
2005	10,644,228	4,664,790	3.53%	5.32%
2006	10,975,502	5,009,100	3.11%	7.38%
2007	11,322,582	5,624,635	3.16%	12.3%
2008	11,663,084	6,302,664	3.01%	12.1%
2009	11,961,201	6,707,058	2.56%	6.42%
2010	12,261,756	6,869,838	2.51%	2.43%
2011	12,348,830	7,104,538	0.71%	3.42%
2012	12,461,160	7,391,448	0.91%	4.04%
2013	12,869,594	7,693,031	3.28%	4.08%
2014	13,339,491	8,059,440	3.65%	4.76%
2015	13,806,963	8,505,237	3.5%	5.53%
2016	14,348,740	8,935,095	3.92%	5.05%
2017	14,916,629	9,223,225	3.96%	3.22%
2018	15,452,487	9,346,701	3.59%	1.34%
2019	16,030,971	9,445,785	3.74%	1.06%
2020	16,651,191	9,401,038	3.87%	-0.47%
2021	17,271,431	9,575,152	3.72%	1.85%
2022	17,801,897	10,074,977	3.07%	5.22%
2023	18,358,615	10,483,751	3.13%	4.06%
2024	19,009,151	10,986,400	3.54%	4.79%
2025	19,654,737	11,304,093	3.4%	2.89%
2026	20,305,905	11,531,926	3.31%	2.02%
2027	20,959,056	11,712,175	3.22%	1.56%
2028	21,601,810	11,868,257	3.07%	1.33%
2029	22,247,714	12,010,111	2.99%	1.2%
2030	22,915,042	12,145,577	3%	1.13%
2031	23,589,793	12,281,573	2.94%	1.12%
2032	24,258,789	12,421,758	2.84%	1.14%
2033	24,921,830	12,565,679	2.73%	1.16%
2034	25,593,666	12,712,942	2.7%	1.17%
2035	26,294,943	12,863,015	2.74%	1.18%
2036	27,009,199	13,015,458	2.72%	1.19%
2037	27,731,170	13,169,969	2.67%	1.19%
2038	28,455,755	13,326,337	2.61%	1.19%
2039	29,167,897	13,484,193	2.5%	1.18%
2040	29,896,286	13,643,197	2.5%	1.18%
2041	30,635,956	13,803,349	2.47%	1.17%
2042	31,350,028	13,964,553	2.33%	1.17%
2043	32,057,980	14,126,724	2.26%	1.16%
2044	32,780,417	14,289,828	2.25%	1.15%
2045	33,510,163	14,453,775	2.23%	1.15%
2046	34,248,030	14,619,554	2.2%	1.15%
2047	34,996,366	14,788,991	2.19%	1.16%
2048	35,743,960	14,961,419	2.14%	1.17%
2049	36,474,683	15,135,496	2.04%	1.16%
2050	37,206,497	15,310,628	2.01%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Somalia increased by 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Somalia gained 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2006 and is 66th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.