Demographics of Somalia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Somalia is projected at 16.36 million, up by 2.93% compared with 15.89 million in 2020. Somalia is ranked 73rd in terms of population and 11th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.68 million births in Somalia in 2021. That is 1,853 per day, which is ranked 45th. The crude birth rate is 41.21 per 1000 people. There are 0.17 million deaths in Somalia in 2021. That is 466 per day, which is ranked 59th. The crude death rate is 10.35 per 1000 people.

7.75 million people are living in urban areas, which is 46.73% of Somalia population. Somalia is ranked 165th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Somalia in 2021 is 99.42 males per 100 females. There are 8.16 million males and 8.20 million females in Somalia. The percentage of female population is 50.15% compare to 49.85% male population. Somalia has 47.63 thousand more females than males. Somalia is at 109th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Somalia population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,264,076	-
1955	2,491,543	1.96
1960	2,755,967	2.09
1965	3,068,465	2.24
1970	3,444,569	1.71
1975	3,880,285	6.81
1980	6,281,138	6.59
1985	6,648,628	0.51
1990	7,225,089	1.29
1995	7,491,647	1.61
2000	8,872,250	3.73
2005	10,446,856	3.13
2010	12,043,886	2.78
2015	13,797,204	2.78
2016	14,185,635	2.82
2017	14,589,165	2.84
2018	15,008,225	2.87
2019	15,442,906	2.9
2020	15,893,219	2.92
2021	16,359,500	2.93

Total
Crude

Somalia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	70,042	112,905	30.59	49.31
1955	71,671	120,693	28.72	48.39
1960	73,871	131,481	26.75	47.63
1965	76,487	145,006	24.88	47.19
1970	78,306	157,590	23.11	46.60
1975	91,381	193,069	21.29	45.03
1980	114,389	257,096	19.59	43.98
1985	126,216	308,768	18.61	45.58
1990	139,667	345,398	19.55	48.51
1995	141,299	386,816	18.42	50.26
2000	137,486	433,974	15.49	49.02
2005	148,339	485,553	14.20	46.50
2010	155,319	532,323	12.87	44.16
2015	159,627	585,662	11.53	42.30
2020	167,538	660,094	10.50	41.41
2021	169,915	676,165	10.35	41.21

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Somalia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	288,122	1,975,960	-	12.726
1955	370,572	2,120,948	5.16	14.873
1960	477,113	2,278,834	5.20	17.312
1965	612,593	2,455,844	4.93	19.964
1970	781,165	2,663,388	4.27	22.678
1975	989,409	2,890,911	8.97	25.498
1980	1,701,924	4,657,202	7.84	26.763
1985	1,906,249	4,885,467	1.60	28.067
1990	2,193,935	5,203,412	2.55	29.658
1995	2,421,245	5,283,649	2.76	31.425
2000	2,996,056	6,015,423	4.50	33.247
2005	3,779,950	6,629,975	5.16	36.311
2010	4,738,106	7,315,117	7.50	39.310
2015	6,014,594	7,893,535	4.29	43.245
2020	7,431,038	8,674,136	4.33	46.141
2021	7,752,272	8,836,924	4.32	46.731

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Somalia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,468,441	1,446,621	2,915,062	17.82	101.508
05-09	1,230,618	1,214,420	2,445,038	14.95	101.334
10-14	1,087,698	1,075,012	2,162,710	13.22	101.180
15-19	936,046	928,773	1,864,819	11.40	100.783
20-24	793,398	790,809	1,584,207	9.68	100.327
25-29	607,085	612,086	1,219,171	7.45	99.183
30-34	450,809	458,649	909,458	5.56	98.291
35-39	339,253	350,476	689,729	4.22	96.798
40-44	277,712	292,397	570,109	3.48	94.978
45-49	240,935	259,777	500,712	3.06	92.747
50-54	199,879	218,536	418,415	2.56	91.463
55-59	162,099	172,837	334,936	2.05	93.787
60-64	132,190	135,619	267,809	1.64	97.472
65-69	100,852	103,589	204,441	1.25	97.358
70-74	67,885	71,123	139,008	0.85	95.447
75-79	37,289	41,649	78,938	0.48	89.532
80-84	16,717	21,179	37,896	0.23	78.932
85-89	5,511	7,656	13,167	0.08	71.983
90-94	1,312	2,011	3,323	0.02	65.241
95-99	189	322	511	0.00	58.696
100+	15	26	41	0.00	57.692
Total	8,155,933	8,203,567	16,359,500		99.419