| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 10 May 2024 |
There are 9.38 million males and 9.33 million females in Somalia. The percentage of the male population is 50.14%, compared to 49.86% of the female population. Somalia has 52k more males than females. The sex ratio in Somalia in 2024 will be 100.561 males per 100 females. Somalia is in the 164th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,213,052 | 2.86 |
| 1955 | 2,529,910 | 2.56 |
| 1960 | 2,870,732 | 2.57 |
| 1965 | 3,267,593 | 2.62 |
| 1970 | 3,720,977 | 2.62 |
| 1975 | 4,228,289 | 2.46 |
| 1980 | 5,892,224 | 4.01 |
| 1985 | 6,630,637 | 4.03 |
| 1990 | 6,999,096 | -0.39 |
| 1995 | 7,210,930 | 4.34 |
| 2000 | 8,721,465 | 4.02 |
| 2005 | 10,467,292 | 3.28 |
| 2010 | 12,026,649 | 2.51 |
| 2015 | 13,763,906 | 3.28 |
| 2020 | 16,537,016 | 3.19 |
| 2021 | 17,065,581 | 3.10 |
| 2022 | 17,597,511 | 3.04 |
| 2023 | 18,143,378 | 3.07 |
| 2024 | 18,706,922 | 3.05 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 49,555 | 111,738 | 22.381 | 50.466 |
| 1955 | 55,877 | 121,575 | 22.080 | 48.041 |
| 1960 | 60,662 | 133,788 | 21.131 | 46.604 |
| 1965 | 65,840 | 149,201 | 20.153 | 45.669 |
| 1970 | 71,911 | 168,123 | 19.325 | 45.182 |
| 1975 | 86,447 | 192,420 | 20.436 | 45.488 |
| 1980 | 106,331 | 277,302 | 18.142 | 47.314 |
| 1985 | 116,889 | 321,553 | 17.707 | 48.711 |
| 1990 | 128,309 | 349,163 | 18.009 | 49.008 |
| 1995 | 113,099 | 360,026 | 15.753 | 50.145 |
| 2000 | 137,220 | 433,978 | 15.778 | 49.901 |
| 2005 | 163,301 | 512,853 | 15.593 | 48.972 |
| 2010 | 185,415 | 575,837 | 15.358 | 47.696 |
| 2015 | 171,470 | 640,231 | 12.447 | 46.474 |
| 2020 | 188,459 | 728,149 | 11.390 | 44.007 |
| 2021 | 198,038 | 743,932 | 11.596 | 43.561 |
| 2022 | 194,003 | 759,044 | 11.012 | 43.086 |
| 2023 | 187,927 | 774,627 | 10.347 | 42.649 |
| 2024 | 187,789 | 788,171 | 10.029 | 42.091 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 288,122 | 1,975,960 | 12.726 |
| 1955 | 370,572 | 2,120,948 | 14.873 |
| 1960 | 477,113 | 2,278,834 | 17.312 |
| 1965 | 612,593 | 2,455,844 | 19.964 |
| 1970 | 781,165 | 2,663,388 | 22.678 |
| 1975 | 989,409 | 2,890,911 | 25.498 |
| 1980 | 1,701,924 | 4,657,202 | 26.763 |
| 1985 | 1,906,249 | 4,885,467 | 28.067 |
| 1990 | 2,193,935 | 5,203,412 | 29.658 |
| 1995 | 2,421,245 | 5,283,649 | 31.425 |
| 2000 | 2,996,056 | 6,015,423 | 33.247 |
| 2005 | 3,779,950 | 6,629,975 | 36.311 |
| 2010 | 4,738,106 | 7,315,117 | 39.310 |
| 2015 | 6,014,594 | 7,893,535 | 43.245 |
| 2020 | 7,431,038 | 8,674,136 | 46.141 |
| 2021 | 7,752,272 | 8,836,924 | 46.731 |
| 2022 | 8,086,843 | 9,001,371 | 47.324 |
| 2023 | 8,434,610 | 9,166,777 | 47.920 |
| 2024 | 8,795,255 | 9,332,305 | 48.519 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 1,744,736 | 1,688,281 | 3,433,017 | 18.35 | 103.344 |
| 05-09 | 1,473,571 | 1,432,296 | 2,905,867 | 15.53 | 102.882 |
| 10-14 | 1,233,618 | 1,202,020 | 2,435,638 | 13.02 | 102.629 |
| 15-19 | 1,026,066 | 1,001,244 | 2,027,310 | 10.84 | 102.479 |
| 20-24 | 854,118 | 838,955 | 1,693,073 | 9.05 | 101.807 |
| 25-29 | 700,589 | 694,740 | 1,395,329 | 7.46 | 100.842 |
| 30-34 | 518,606 | 518,704 | 1,037,310 | 5.55 | 99.981 |
| 35-39 | 446,140 | 449,998 | 896,138 | 4.79 | 99.143 |
| 40-44 | 363,175 | 370,476 | 733,652 | 3.92 | 98.029 |
| 45-49 | 282,407 | 291,484 | 573,891 | 3.07 | 96.886 |
| 50-54 | 220,010 | 233,492 | 453,501 | 2.42 | 94.226 |
| 55-59 | 171,670 | 189,976 | 361,646 | 1.93 | 90.364 |
| 60-64 | 132,187 | 150,761 | 282,947 | 1.51 | 87.680 |
| 65-69 | 96,577 | 114,308 | 210,885 | 1.13 | 84.488 |
| 70-74 | 64,610 | 79,575 | 144,185 | 0.77 | 81.194 |
| 75-79 | 32,452 | 42,269 | 74,720 | 0.40 | 76.775 |
| 80-84 | 13,820 | 19,747 | 33,567 | 0.18 | 69.985 |
| 85-89 | 4,356 | 7,187 | 11,543 | 0.06 | 60.609 |
| 90-94 | 804 | 1,560 | 2,364 | 0.01 | 51.538 |
| 95-99 | 90 | 230 | 320 | 0.00 | 39.130 |
| 100+ | 4 | 18 | 21 | 0.00 | 22.222 |
| Total | 9,379,606 | 9,327,321 | 18,706,924 | 100.561 | |