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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	Venezuela	Somalia	Venezuela
1960	2,876,331	8,160,090	-	-
1961	2,952,054	8,455,915	2.63%	3.63%
1962	3,030,091	8,756,870	2.64%	3.56%
1963	3,110,361	9,064,021	2.65%	3.51%
1964	3,192,796	9,377,712	2.65%	3.46%
1965	3,277,874	9,697,790	2.66%	3.41%
1966	3,365,106	10,024,854	2.66%	3.37%
1967	3,454,537	10,358,513	2.66%	3.33%
1968	3,546,590	10,697,530	2.66%	3.27%
1969	3,641,015	11,040,280	2.66%	3.2%
1970	3,738,448	11,387,790	2.68%	3.15%
1971	3,837,691	11,741,008	2.65%	3.1%
1972	3,939,436	12,099,180	2.65%	3.05%
1973	4,045,592	12,463,537	2.69%	3.01%
1974	4,151,842	12,835,351	2.63%	2.98%
1975	4,257,535	13,215,892	2.55%	2.96%
1976	4,365,812	13,606,284	2.54%	2.95%
1977	4,484,050	14,006,812	2.71%	2.94%
1978	4,814,892	14,416,684	7.38%	2.93%
1979	5,449,117	14,834,552	13.2%	2.9%
1980	5,936,154	15,258,218	8.94%	2.86%
1981	5,982,849	15,687,297	0.79%	2.81%
1982	6,003,840	16,121,874	0.35%	2.77%
1983	6,198,430	16,562,205	3.24%	2.73%
1984	6,428,389	17,008,841	3.71%	2.7%
1985	6,693,289	17,461,434	4.12%	2.66%
1986	6,974,788	17,923,536	4.21%	2.65%
1987	7,228,302	18,394,963	3.63%	2.63%
1988	7,235,360	18,871,020	0.1%	2.59%
1989	7,114,817	19,348,921	-1.67%	2.53%
1990	7,082,811	19,827,010	-0.45%	2.47%
1991	6,813,760	20,304,896	-3.8%	2.41%
1992	6,495,107	20,780,948	-4.68%	2.34%
1993	6,681,399	21,254,520	2.87%	2.28%
1994	7,026,797	21,725,188	5.17%	2.21%
1995	7,285,007	22,193,821	3.67%	2.16%
1996	7,554,474	22,662,113	3.7%	2.11%
1997	7,824,525	23,131,685	3.57%	2.07%
1998	8,155,417	23,601,337	4.23%	2.03%
1999	8,492,059	24,066,593	4.13%	1.97%
2000	8,838,713	24,526,708	4.08%	1.91%
2001	9,198,493	24,979,922	4.07%	1.85%
2002	9,550,063	25,435,671	3.82%	1.82%
2003	9,909,157	25,892,703	3.76%	1.8%
2004	10,280,998	26,340,838	3.75%	1.73%
2005	10,644,228	26,785,804	3.53%	1.69%
2006	10,975,502	27,224,686	3.11%	1.64%
2007	11,322,582	27,649,363	3.16%	1.56%
2008	11,663,084	28,053,696	3.01%	1.46%
2009	11,961,201	28,438,298	2.56%	1.37%
2010	12,261,756	28,813,101	2.51%	1.32%
2011	12,348,830	29,185,212	0.71%	1.29%
2012	12,461,160	29,553,826	0.91%	1.26%
2013	12,869,594	29,912,198	3.28%	1.21%
2014	13,339,491	30,254,079	3.65%	1.14%
2015	13,806,963	30,573,972	3.5%	1.06%
2016	14,348,740	30,765,720	3.92%	0.63%
2017	14,916,629	30,565,323	3.96%	-0.65%
2018	15,452,487	29,807,592	3.59%	-2.48%
2019	16,030,971	28,938,098	3.74%	-2.92%
2020	16,651,191	28,444,077	3.87%	-1.71%
2021	17,271,431	28,237,826	3.72%	-0.73%
2022	17,801,897	28,213,017	3.07%	-0.09%
2023	18,358,615	28,300,854	3.13%	0.31%
2024	19,009,151	28,405,543	3.54%	0.37%
2025	19,654,737	28,516,898	3.4%	0.39%
2026	20,305,905	28,633,718	3.31%	0.41%
2027	20,959,056	28,758,565	3.22%	0.44%
2028	21,601,810	28,885,166	3.07%	0.44%
2029	22,247,714	29,014,444	2.99%	0.45%
2030	22,915,042	29,151,809	3%	0.47%
2031	23,589,793	29,295,744	2.94%	0.49%
2032	24,258,789	29,442,534	2.84%	0.5%
2033	24,921,830	29,587,099	2.73%	0.49%
2034	25,593,666	29,735,159	2.7%	0.5%
2035	26,294,943	29,883,329	2.74%	0.5%
2036	27,009,199	30,020,167	2.72%	0.46%
2037	27,731,170	30,146,546	2.67%	0.42%
2038	28,455,755	30,268,328	2.61%	0.4%
2039	29,167,897	30,386,284	2.5%	0.39%
2040	29,896,286	30,495,445	2.5%	0.36%
2041	30,635,956	30,590,207	2.47%	0.31%
2042	31,350,028	30,674,532	2.33%	0.28%
2043	32,057,980	30,749,671	2.26%	0.24%
2044	32,780,417	30,813,805	2.25%	0.21%
2045	33,510,163	30,871,490	2.23%	0.19%
2046	34,248,030	30,923,463	2.2%	0.17%
2047	34,996,366	30,974,366	2.19%	0.16%
2048	35,743,960	31,021,600	2.14%	0.15%
2049	36,474,683	31,059,954	2.04%	0.12%
2050	37,206,497	31,094,884	2.01%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Somalia increased by 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Somalia gained 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2006 and is 66th in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.