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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Somalia	Zambia	Somalia	Zambia
1960	2,876,331	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,952,054	3,254,086	2.63%	3.18%
1962	3,030,091	3,358,099	2.64%	3.2%
1963	3,110,361	3,465,907	2.65%	3.21%
1964	3,192,796	3,577,017	2.65%	3.21%
1965	3,277,874	3,692,086	2.66%	3.22%
1966	3,365,106	3,812,003	2.66%	3.25%
1967	3,454,537	3,936,343	2.66%	3.26%
1968	3,546,590	4,065,593	2.66%	3.28%
1969	3,641,015	4,197,116	2.66%	3.24%
1970	3,738,448	4,321,718	2.68%	2.97%
1971	3,837,691	4,442,525	2.65%	2.8%
1972	3,939,436	4,569,309	2.65%	2.85%
1973	4,045,592	4,702,693	2.69%	2.92%
1974	4,151,842	4,842,746	2.63%	2.98%
1975	4,257,535	4,990,086	2.55%	3.04%
1976	4,365,812	5,143,842	2.54%	3.08%
1977	4,484,050	5,302,480	2.71%	3.08%
1978	4,814,892	5,465,374	7.38%	3.07%
1979	5,449,117	5,631,728	13.2%	3.04%
1980	5,936,154	5,802,833	8.94%	3.04%
1981	5,982,849	5,983,289	0.79%	3.11%
1982	6,003,840	6,178,637	0.35%	3.26%
1983	6,198,430	6,381,038	3.24%	3.28%
1984	6,428,389	6,580,490	3.71%	3.13%
1985	6,693,289	6,780,953	4.12%	3.05%
1986	6,974,788	6,986,471	4.21%	3.03%
1987	7,228,302	7,191,282	3.63%	2.93%
1988	7,235,360	7,391,440	0.1%	2.78%
1989	7,114,817	7,589,216	-1.67%	2.68%
1990	7,082,811	7,786,169	-0.45%	2.6%
1991	6,813,760	7,981,650	-3.8%	2.51%
1992	6,495,107	8,176,680	-4.68%	2.44%
1993	6,681,399	8,373,921	2.87%	2.41%
1994	7,026,797	8,576,269	5.17%	2.42%
1995	7,285,007	8,785,763	3.67%	2.44%
1996	7,554,474	9,004,053	3.7%	2.48%
1997	7,824,525	9,237,063	3.57%	2.59%
1998	8,155,417	9,482,408	4.23%	2.66%
1999	8,492,059	9,740,005	4.13%	2.72%
2000	8,838,713	10,017,631	4.08%	2.85%
2001	9,198,493	10,325,185	4.07%	3.07%
2002	9,550,063	10,647,949	3.82%	3.13%
2003	9,909,157	10,983,595	3.76%	3.15%
2004	10,280,998	11,338,198	3.75%	3.23%
2005	10,644,228	11,718,819	3.53%	3.36%
2006	10,975,502	12,129,553	3.11%	3.5%
2007	11,322,582	12,565,085	3.16%	3.59%
2008	11,663,084	13,021,324	3.01%	3.63%
2009	11,961,201	13,490,389	2.56%	3.6%
2010	12,261,756	13,965,594	2.51%	3.52%
2011	12,348,830	14,437,796	0.71%	3.38%
2012	12,461,160	14,913,629	0.91%	3.3%
2013	12,869,594	15,398,997	3.28%	3.25%
2014	13,339,491	15,895,315	3.65%	3.22%
2015	13,806,963	16,399,089	3.5%	3.17%
2016	14,348,740	16,914,423	3.92%	3.14%
2017	14,916,629	17,441,320	3.96%	3.12%
2018	15,452,487	17,973,569	3.59%	3.05%
2019	16,030,971	18,513,839	3.74%	3.01%
2020	16,651,191	19,059,395	3.87%	2.95%
2021	17,271,431	19,603,607	3.72%	2.86%
2022	17,801,897	20,152,938	3.07%	2.8%
2023	18,358,615	20,723,965	3.13%	2.83%
2024	19,009,151	21,314,956	3.54%	2.85%
2025	19,654,737	21,913,869	3.4%	2.81%
2026	20,305,905	22,521,905	3.31%	2.77%
2027	20,959,056	23,138,716	3.22%	2.74%
2028	21,601,810	23,761,368	3.07%	2.69%
2029	22,247,714	24,389,681	2.99%	2.64%
2030	22,915,042	25,024,887	3%	2.6%
2031	23,589,793	25,666,496	2.94%	2.56%
2032	24,258,789	26,311,946	2.84%	2.51%
2033	24,921,830	26,960,073	2.73%	2.46%
2034	25,593,666	27,611,621	2.7%	2.42%
2035	26,294,943	28,266,887	2.74%	2.37%
2036	27,009,199	28,925,103	2.72%	2.33%
2037	27,731,170	29,583,482	2.67%	2.28%
2038	28,455,755	30,240,549	2.61%	2.22%
2039	29,167,897	30,895,586	2.5%	2.17%
2040	29,896,286	31,550,394	2.5%	2.12%
2041	30,635,956	32,204,340	2.47%	2.07%
2042	31,350,028	32,856,596	2.33%	2.03%
2043	32,057,980	33,510,500	2.26%	1.99%
2044	32,780,417	34,165,920	2.25%	1.96%
2045	33,510,163	34,821,101	2.23%	1.92%
2046	34,248,030	35,475,795	2.2%	1.88%
2047	34,996,366	36,129,270	2.19%	1.84%
2048	35,743,960	36,782,260	2.14%	1.81%
2049	36,474,683	37,434,667	2.04%	1.77%
2050	37,206,497	38,083,369	2.01%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Somalia increased by 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Somalia gained 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Somalia was ranked 75th most populous country in 2006 and is 66th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.