Population in Somalia compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Somalia and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	Vatican	Somalia	Vatican
1960	2,876,331	-	-	-
1961	2,952,054	-	2.63%	-
1962	3,030,091	-	2.64%	-
1963	3,110,361	-	2.65%	-
1964	3,192,796	-	2.65%	-
1965	3,277,874	-	2.66%	-
1966	3,365,106	-	2.66%	-
1967	3,454,537	-	2.66%	-
1968	3,546,590	-	2.66%	-
1969	3,641,015	-	2.66%	-
1970	3,738,448	-	2.68%	-
1971	3,837,691	-	2.65%	-
1972	3,939,436	-	2.65%	-
1973	4,045,592	-	2.69%	-
1974	4,151,842	-	2.63%	-
1975	4,257,535	-	2.55%	-
1976	4,365,812	-	2.54%	-
1977	4,484,050	-	2.71%	-
1978	4,814,892	-	7.38%	-
1979	5,449,117	-	13.2%	-
1980	5,936,154	-	8.94%	-
1981	5,982,849	-	0.79%	-
1982	6,003,840	-	0.35%	-
1983	6,198,430	-	3.24%	-
1984	6,428,389	-	3.71%	-
1985	6,693,289	-	4.12%	-
1986	6,974,788	-	4.21%	-
1987	7,228,302	-	3.63%	-
1988	7,235,360	-	0.1%	-
1989	7,114,817	-	-1.67%	-
1990	7,082,811	-	-0.45%	-
1991	6,813,760	-	-3.8%	-
1992	6,495,107	-	-4.68%	-
1993	6,681,399	-	2.87%	-
1994	7,026,797	-	5.17%	-
1995	7,285,007	-	3.67%	-
1996	7,554,474	-	3.7%	-
1997	7,824,525	-	3.57%	-
1998	8,155,417	-	4.23%	-
1999	8,492,059	-	4.13%	-
2000	8,838,713	880	4.08%	-
2001	9,198,493	890	4.07%	1.14%
2002	9,550,063	900	3.82%	1.12%
2003	9,909,157	911	3.76%	1.22%
2004	10,280,998	921	3.75%	1.1%
2005	10,644,228	921	3.53%	0%
2006	10,975,502	932	3.11%	1.19%
2007	11,322,582	821	3.16%	-11.9%
2008	11,663,084	824	3.01%	0.37%
2009	11,961,201	826	2.56%	0.24%
2010	12,261,756	829	2.51%	0.36%
2011	12,348,830	832	0.71%	0.36%
2012	12,461,160	836	0.91%	0.48%
2013	12,869,594	839	3.28%	0.36%
2014	13,339,491	842	3.65%	0.36%
2015	13,806,963	1,000	3.5%	18.8%
2016	14,348,740	-	3.92%	0%
2017	14,916,629	1,000	3.96%	0%
2018	15,452,487	-	3.59%	0%
2019	16,030,971	1,000	3.74%	0%
2020	16,651,191	987	3.87%	-1.29%
2021	17,271,431	970	3.72%	-1.68%
2022	17,801,897	944	3.07%	-2.66%
2023	18,358,615	922	3.13%	-2.34%
2024	19,009,151	933	3.54%	1.2%
2025	19,654,737	939	3.4%	0.59%
2026	20,305,905	952	3.31%	1.37%
2027	20,959,056	974	3.22%	2.32%
2028	21,601,810	985	3.07%	1.13%
2029	22,247,714	983	2.99%	-0.19%
2030	22,915,042	976	3%	-0.75%
2031	23,589,793	968	2.94%	-0.75%
2032	24,258,789	968	2.84%	0%
2033	24,921,830	988	2.73%	2.09%
2034	25,593,666	992	2.7%	0.37%
2035	26,294,943	1,000	2.74%	0.74%
2036	27,009,199	998	2.72%	-0.18%
2037	27,731,170	1,003	2.67%	0.55%
2038	28,455,755	1,022	2.61%	1.83%
2039	29,167,897	1,060	2.5%	3.78%
2040	29,896,286	1,095	2.5%	3.3%
2041	30,635,956	1,127	2.47%	2.86%
2042	31,350,028	1,149	2.33%	1.96%
2043	32,057,980	1,169	2.26%	1.76%
2044	32,780,417	1,186	2.25%	1.42%
2045	33,510,163	1,209	2.23%	2.02%
2046	34,248,030	1,224	2.2%	1.22%
2047	34,996,366	1,248	2.19%	1.95%
2048	35,743,960	1,272	2.14%	1.92%
2049	36,474,683	1,296	2.04%	1.88%
2050	37,206,497	1,325	2.01%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Somalia increased by 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Somalia gained 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2006 and is 66th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.