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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	United States	Somalia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	2,876,331	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	2,952,054	183,691,481	2.63%	1.67%
1962	3,030,091	186,537,737	2.64%	1.55%
1963	3,110,361	189,241,798	2.65%	1.45%
1964	3,192,796	191,888,791	2.65%	1.4%
1965	3,277,874	194,302,963	2.66%	1.26%
1966	3,365,106	196,560,338	2.66%	1.16%
1967	3,454,537	198,712,056	2.66%	1.09%
1968	3,546,590	200,706,052	2.66%	1%
1969	3,641,015	202,676,946	2.66%	0.98%
1970	3,738,448	205,052,174	2.68%	1.17%
1971	3,837,691	207,660,677	2.65%	1.27%
1972	3,939,436	209,896,021	2.65%	1.08%
1973	4,045,592	211,908,788	2.69%	0.96%
1974	4,151,842	213,853,928	2.63%	0.92%
1975	4,257,535	215,973,199	2.55%	0.99%
1976	4,365,812	218,035,164	2.54%	0.95%
1977	4,484,050	220,239,425	2.71%	1.01%
1978	4,814,892	222,584,545	7.38%	1.06%
1979	5,449,117	225,055,487	13.2%	1.11%
1980	5,936,154	226,542,250	8.94%	0.66%
1981	5,982,849	229,465,744	0.79%	1.29%
1982	6,003,840	231,664,432	0.35%	0.96%
1983	6,198,430	233,792,014	3.24%	0.92%
1984	6,428,389	235,824,908	3.71%	0.87%
1985	6,693,289	237,923,734	4.12%	0.89%
1986	6,974,788	240,132,831	4.21%	0.93%
1987	7,228,302	242,288,936	3.63%	0.9%
1988	7,235,360	244,499,004	0.1%	0.91%
1989	7,114,817	246,819,222	-1.67%	0.95%
1990	7,082,811	250,131,894	-0.45%	1.34%
1991	6,813,760	253,492,503	-3.8%	1.34%
1992	6,495,107	256,894,189	-4.68%	1.34%
1993	6,681,399	260,255,352	2.87%	1.31%
1994	7,026,797	263,435,673	5.17%	1.22%
1995	7,285,007	266,557,091	3.67%	1.18%
1996	7,554,474	269,667,391	3.7%	1.17%
1997	7,824,525	272,911,760	3.57%	1.2%
1998	8,155,417	276,115,288	4.23%	1.17%
1999	8,492,059	279,294,713	4.13%	1.15%
2000	8,838,713	282,162,411	4.08%	1.03%
2001	9,198,493	284,968,955	4.07%	0.99%
2002	9,550,063	287,625,193	3.82%	0.93%
2003	9,909,157	290,107,933	3.76%	0.86%
2004	10,280,998	292,805,298	3.75%	0.93%
2005	10,644,228	295,516,599	3.53%	0.93%
2006	10,975,502	298,379,912	3.11%	0.97%
2007	11,322,582	301,231,207	3.16%	0.96%
2008	11,663,084	304,093,966	3.01%	0.95%
2009	11,961,201	306,771,529	2.56%	0.88%
2010	12,261,756	309,327,143	2.51%	0.83%
2011	12,348,830	311,583,481	0.71%	0.73%
2012	12,461,160	313,877,662	0.91%	0.74%
2013	12,869,594	316,059,947	3.28%	0.7%
2014	13,339,491	318,386,329	3.65%	0.74%
2015	13,806,963	320,738,994	3.5%	0.74%
2016	14,348,740	323,071,755	3.92%	0.73%
2017	14,916,629	325,122,128	3.96%	0.63%
2018	15,452,487	326,838,199	3.59%	0.53%
2019	16,030,971	328,329,953	3.74%	0.46%
2020	16,651,191	331,526,933	3.87%	0.97%
2021	17,271,431	331,893,745	3.72%	0.11%
2022	17,801,897	333,271,411	3.07%	0.42%
2023	18,358,615	334,914,895	3.13%	0.49%
2024	19,009,151	340,110,988	3.54%	1.55%
2025	19,654,737	341,931,772	3.4%	0.54%
2026	20,305,905	343,664,369	3.31%	0.51%
2027	20,959,056	345,331,185	3.22%	0.49%
2028	21,601,810	346,981,137	3.07%	0.48%
2029	22,247,714	348,601,982	2.99%	0.47%
2030	22,915,042	350,176,974	3%	0.45%
2031	23,589,793	351,725,612	2.94%	0.44%
2032	24,258,789	353,249,060	2.84%	0.43%
2033	24,921,830	354,749,644	2.73%	0.42%
2034	25,593,666	356,234,239	2.7%	0.42%
2035	26,294,943	357,694,316	2.74%	0.41%
2036	27,009,199	359,119,002	2.72%	0.4%
2037	27,731,170	360,517,853	2.67%	0.39%
2038	28,455,755	361,895,407	2.61%	0.38%
2039	29,167,897	363,229,908	2.5%	0.37%
2040	29,896,286	364,512,364	2.5%	0.35%
2041	30,635,956	365,753,139	2.47%	0.34%
2042	31,350,028	366,969,419	2.33%	0.33%
2043	32,057,980	368,146,925	2.26%	0.32%
2044	32,780,417	369,258,123	2.25%	0.3%
2045	33,510,163	370,318,770	2.23%	0.29%
2046	34,248,030	371,328,255	2.2%	0.27%
2047	34,996,366	372,299,116	2.19%	0.26%
2048	35,743,960	373,230,539	2.14%	0.25%
2049	36,474,683	374,119,803	2.04%	0.24%
2050	37,206,497	374,986,259	2.01%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Somalia increased by 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Somalia gained 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2005 and is 66th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.