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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	Vanuatu	Somalia	Vanuatu
1960	2,876,331	64,431	-	-
1961	2,952,054	66,264	2.63%	2.84%
1962	3,030,091	68,174	2.64%	2.88%
1963	3,110,361	70,159	2.65%	2.91%
1964	3,192,796	72,219	2.65%	2.94%
1965	3,277,874	74,358	2.66%	2.96%
1966	3,365,106	76,590	2.66%	3%
1967	3,454,537	78,921	2.66%	3.04%
1968	3,546,590	81,314	2.66%	3.03%
1969	3,641,015	83,755	2.66%	3%
1970	3,738,448	86,266	2.68%	3%
1971	3,837,691	88,862	2.65%	3.01%
1972	3,939,436	91,562	2.65%	3.04%
1973	4,045,592	94,362	2.69%	3.06%
1974	4,151,842	97,260	2.63%	3.07%
1975	4,257,535	100,269	2.55%	3.09%
1976	4,365,812	103,388	2.54%	3.11%
1977	4,484,050	106,618	2.71%	3.12%
1978	4,814,892	109,963	7.38%	3.14%
1979	5,449,117	113,040	13.2%	2.8%
1980	5,936,154	115,660	8.94%	2.32%
1981	5,982,849	118,249	0.79%	2.24%
1982	6,003,840	121,035	0.35%	2.36%
1983	6,198,430	123,998	3.24%	2.45%
1984	6,428,389	127,109	3.71%	2.51%
1985	6,693,289	130,356	4.12%	2.55%
1986	6,974,788	133,720	4.21%	2.58%
1987	7,228,302	137,187	3.63%	2.59%
1988	7,235,360	140,756	0.1%	2.6%
1989	7,114,817	144,393	-1.67%	2.58%
1990	7,082,811	148,063	-0.45%	2.54%
1991	6,813,760	151,793	-3.8%	2.52%
1992	6,495,107	155,608	-4.68%	2.51%
1993	6,681,399	159,463	2.87%	2.48%
1994	7,026,797	163,314	5.17%	2.41%
1995	7,285,007	167,137	3.67%	2.34%
1996	7,554,474	170,911	3.7%	2.26%
1997	7,824,525	174,626	3.57%	2.17%
1998	8,155,417	178,313	4.23%	2.11%
1999	8,492,059	182,048	4.13%	2.09%
2000	8,838,713	186,281	4.08%	2.33%
2001	9,198,493	191,031	4.07%	2.55%
2002	9,550,063	195,863	3.82%	2.53%
2003	9,909,157	200,746	3.76%	2.49%
2004	10,280,998	205,711	3.75%	2.47%
2005	10,644,228	210,760	3.53%	2.45%
2006	10,975,502	215,923	3.11%	2.45%
2007	11,322,582	221,276	3.16%	2.48%
2008	11,663,084	226,896	3.01%	2.54%
2009	11,961,201	232,731	2.56%	2.57%
2010	12,261,756	238,248	2.51%	2.37%
2011	12,348,830	243,474	0.71%	2.19%
2012	12,461,160	248,883	0.91%	2.22%
2013	12,869,594	254,482	3.28%	2.25%
2014	13,339,491	260,240	3.65%	2.26%
2015	13,806,963	266,101	3.5%	2.25%
2016	14,348,740	272,087	3.92%	2.25%
2017	14,916,629	278,507	3.96%	2.36%
2018	15,452,487	285,259	3.59%	2.42%
2019	16,030,971	291,985	3.74%	2.36%
2020	16,651,191	298,858	3.87%	2.35%
2021	17,271,431	305,868	3.72%	2.35%
2022	17,801,897	313,046	3.07%	2.35%
2023	18,358,615	320,409	3.13%	2.35%
2024	19,009,151	327,777	3.54%	2.3%
2025	19,654,737	335,169	3.4%	2.26%
2026	20,305,905	342,565	3.31%	2.21%
2027	20,959,056	349,970	3.22%	2.16%
2028	21,601,810	357,397	3.07%	2.12%
2029	22,247,714	364,883	2.99%	2.09%
2030	22,915,042	372,429	3%	2.07%
2031	23,589,793	380,015	2.94%	2.04%
2032	24,258,789	387,657	2.84%	2.01%
2033	24,921,830	395,366	2.73%	1.99%
2034	25,593,666	403,188	2.7%	1.98%
2035	26,294,943	411,061	2.74%	1.95%
2036	27,009,199	419,006	2.72%	1.93%
2037	27,731,170	427,031	2.67%	1.92%
2038	28,455,755	435,150	2.61%	1.9%
2039	29,167,897	443,311	2.5%	1.88%
2040	29,896,286	451,509	2.5%	1.85%
2041	30,635,956	459,733	2.47%	1.82%
2042	31,350,028	468,003	2.33%	1.8%
2043	32,057,980	476,308	2.26%	1.77%
2044	32,780,417	484,636	2.25%	1.75%
2045	33,510,163	492,989	2.23%	1.72%
2046	34,248,030	501,316	2.2%	1.69%
2047	34,996,366	509,621	2.19%	1.66%
2048	35,743,960	517,889	2.14%	1.62%
2049	36,474,683	526,138	2.04%	1.59%
2050	37,206,497	534,374	2.01%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Somalia increased by 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Somalia gained 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2005 and is 66th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.