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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	Vietnam	Somalia	Vietnam
1960	2,876,331	32,531,933	-	-
1961	2,952,054	33,409,059	2.63%	2.7%
1962	3,030,091	34,288,560	2.64%	2.63%
1963	3,110,361	35,249,101	2.65%	2.8%
1964	3,192,796	36,201,563	2.65%	2.7%
1965	3,277,874	37,129,656	2.66%	2.56%
1966	3,365,106	38,024,836	2.66%	2.41%
1967	3,454,537	38,895,080	2.66%	2.29%
1968	3,546,590	39,734,609	2.66%	2.16%
1969	3,641,015	40,582,096	2.66%	2.13%
1970	3,738,448	41,475,230	2.68%	2.2%
1971	3,837,691	42,449,276	2.65%	2.35%
1972	3,939,436	43,429,168	2.65%	2.31%
1973	4,045,592	44,409,861	2.69%	2.26%
1974	4,151,842	45,413,537	2.63%	2.26%
1975	4,257,535	46,482,903	2.55%	2.35%
1976	4,365,812	47,684,931	2.54%	2.59%
1977	4,484,050	48,954,872	2.71%	2.66%
1978	4,814,892	50,249,552	7.38%	2.64%
1979	5,449,117	51,378,211	13.2%	2.25%
1980	5,936,154	52,490,101	8.94%	2.16%
1981	5,982,849	53,738,141	0.79%	2.38%
1982	6,003,840	55,011,289	0.35%	2.37%
1983	6,198,430	56,337,921	3.24%	2.41%
1984	6,428,389	57,706,067	3.71%	2.43%
1985	6,693,289	59,060,622	4.12%	2.35%
1986	6,974,788	60,347,048	4.21%	2.18%
1987	7,228,302	61,584,651	3.63%	2.05%
1988	7,235,360	62,843,228	0.1%	2.04%
1989	7,114,817	64,147,348	-1.67%	2.08%
1990	7,082,811	65,504,552	-0.45%	2.12%
1991	6,813,760	66,891,775	-3.8%	2.12%
1992	6,495,107	68,260,337	-4.68%	2.05%
1993	6,681,399	69,586,384	2.87%	1.94%
1994	7,026,797	70,854,391	5.17%	1.82%
1995	7,285,007	72,049,940	3.67%	1.69%
1996	7,554,474	73,156,447	3.7%	1.54%
1997	7,824,525	74,226,889	3.57%	1.46%
1998	8,155,417	75,299,660	4.23%	1.45%
1999	8,492,059	76,287,452	4.13%	1.31%
2000	8,838,713	77,154,011	4.08%	1.14%
2001	9,198,493	77,969,361	4.07%	1.06%
2002	9,550,063	78,772,224	3.82%	1.03%
2003	9,909,157	79,563,777	3.76%	1%
2004	10,280,998	80,338,971	3.75%	0.97%
2005	10,644,228	81,088,313	3.53%	0.93%
2006	10,975,502	82,167,897	3.11%	1.33%
2007	11,322,582	83,633,375	3.16%	1.78%
2008	11,663,084	85,175,788	3.01%	1.84%
2009	11,961,201	86,460,018	2.56%	1.51%
2010	12,261,756	87,455,152	2.51%	1.15%
2011	12,348,830	88,468,314	0.71%	1.16%
2012	12,461,160	89,510,356	0.91%	1.18%
2013	12,869,594	90,573,104	3.28%	1.19%
2014	13,339,491	91,679,578	3.65%	1.22%
2015	13,806,963	92,823,254	3.5%	1.25%
2016	14,348,740	94,000,117	3.92%	1.27%
2017	14,916,629	95,176,977	3.96%	1.25%
2018	15,452,487	96,237,319	3.59%	1.11%
2019	16,030,971	97,173,776	3.74%	0.97%
2020	16,651,191	98,079,191	3.87%	0.93%
2021	17,271,431	98,935,098	3.72%	0.87%
2022	17,801,897	99,680,655	3.07%	0.75%
2023	18,358,615	100,352,192	3.13%	0.67%
2024	19,009,151	100,987,686	3.54%	0.63%
2025	19,654,737	101,598,531	3.4%	0.6%
2026	20,305,905	102,177,434	3.31%	0.57%
2027	20,959,056	102,727,392	3.22%	0.54%
2028	21,601,810	103,255,746	3.07%	0.51%
2029	22,247,714	103,761,151	2.99%	0.49%
2030	22,915,042	104,254,900	3%	0.48%
2031	23,589,793	104,737,913	2.94%	0.46%
2032	24,258,789	105,204,401	2.84%	0.45%
2033	24,921,830	105,656,307	2.73%	0.43%
2034	25,593,666	106,097,515	2.7%	0.42%
2035	26,294,943	106,530,671	2.74%	0.41%
2036	27,009,199	106,945,842	2.72%	0.39%
2037	27,731,170	107,346,046	2.67%	0.37%
2038	28,455,755	107,732,019	2.61%	0.36%
2039	29,167,897	108,097,653	2.5%	0.34%
2040	29,896,286	108,437,634	2.5%	0.31%
2041	30,635,956	108,752,199	2.47%	0.29%
2042	31,350,028	109,040,314	2.33%	0.26%
2043	32,057,980	109,292,559	2.26%	0.23%
2044	32,780,417	109,506,274	2.25%	0.2%
2045	33,510,163	109,685,396	2.23%	0.16%
2046	34,248,030	109,827,664	2.2%	0.13%
2047	34,996,366	109,930,243	2.19%	0.09%
2048	35,743,960	109,994,024	2.14%	0.06%
2049	36,474,683	110,018,017	2.04%	0.02%
2050	37,206,497	110,008,910	2.01%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Somalia increased by 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Somalia gained 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2005 and is 66th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.