Population of Somalia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Dec 2024

The current population of Somalia is 19,575,858 as of May 16, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Somalia is projected 19,009,151, or 19.01 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Somalia is projected at 18,358,615, or 18.36 million people for the year 2023.

Somalia ranks 68th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Somalia is ranked 24th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Somalia population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	18,685,826	19,009,151	646,650	3.402	0.233
2025	19,332,476	19,654,739	644,526	3.280	0.239
2026	19,977,002	20,305,907	657,810	3.240	0.245
2027	20,634,812	20,959,063	648,501	3.094	0.250
2028	21,283,313	21,601,816	637,005	2.949	0.256
2029	21,920,318	22,247,719	654,802	2.943	0.262
2030	22,575,120	22,915,044	679,848	2.967	0.267
2031	23,254,968	23,589,796	669,656	2.839	0.273
2032	23,924,624	24,258,798	668,348	2.755	0.279
2033	24,592,972	24,921,841	657,739	2.639	0.284
2034	25,250,711	25,593,673	685,923	2.680	0.290
2035	25,936,634	26,294,950	716,632	2.726	0.296
2036	26,653,266	27,009,203	711,875	2.636	0.302
2037	27,365,141	27,731,178	732,073	2.640	0.308
2038	28,097,214	28,455,758	717,089	2.520	0.314
2039	28,814,303	29,167,905	707,204	2.425	0.320
2040	29,521,507	29,896,287	749,560	2.507	0.326
2041	30,271,067	30,635,963	729,791	2.382	0.332
2042	31,000,858	31,350,035	698,354	2.228	0.338
2043	31,699,212	32,057,986	717,548	2.238	0.343
2044	32,416,760	32,780,429	727,337	2.219	0.349
2045	33,144,097	33,510,166	732,138	2.185	0.355
2046	33,876,235	34,248,032	743,594	2.171	0.361
2047	34,619,829	34,996,382	753,105	2.152	0.367
2048	35,372,934	35,743,967	742,066	2.076	0.373
2049	36,115,000	36,474,691	719,382	1.972	0.379
2050	36,834,382	37,206,512	744,259	2.000	0.385
2051	37,578,641	37,953,802	750,322	1.977	0.391
2052	38,328,963	38,698,969	740,013	1.912	0.397
2053	39,068,976	39,446,516	755,081	1.914	0.403
2054	39,824,057	40,219,730	791,345	1.968	0.410
2055	40,615,402	41,010,251	789,699	1.926	0.417
2056	41,405,101	41,786,442	762,683	1.825	0.423
2057	42,167,784	42,542,107	748,645	1.760	0.429
2058	42,916,429	43,279,603	726,347	1.678	0.436
2059	43,642,776	44,047,066	808,580	1.836	0.442
2060	44,451,356	44,852,917	803,122	1.791	0.449
2061	45,254,478	45,622,310	735,665	1.613	0.456
2062	45,990,143	46,352,101	723,915	1.562	0.462
2063	46,714,058	47,079,492	730,868	1.552	0.468
2064	47,444,926	47,817,868	745,883	1.560	0.474
2065	48,190,809	48,561,646	741,674	1.527	0.481
2066	48,932,483	49,283,340	701,714	1.424	0.487
2067	49,634,197	49,980,517	692,640	1.386	0.493
2068	50,326,837	50,661,329	668,985	1.321	0.499
2069	50,995,822	51,337,410	683,175	1.331	0.505
2070	51,678,997	52,028,355	698,716	1.343	0.511
2071	52,377,713	52,719,073	682,719	1.295	0.517
2072	53,060,432	53,391,391	661,917	1.240	0.523
2073	53,722,349	54,055,704	666,711	1.233	0.528
2074	54,389,060	54,721,033	663,946	1.213	0.534
2075	55,053,006	55,346,361	586,711	1.060	0.540
2076	55,639,717	55,939,214	598,994	1.071	0.545
2077	56,238,711	56,553,615	629,809	1.114	0.551
2078	56,868,520	57,175,656	614,271	1.074	0.557
2079	57,482,791	57,789,232	612,882	1.061	0.562
2080	58,095,673	58,378,679	566,013	0.970	0.568
2081	58,661,686	58,912,967	502,562	0.853	0.573
2082	59,164,248	59,446,278	564,060	0.949	0.578
2083	59,728,308	60,002,128	547,640	0.913	0.583
2084	60,275,948	60,548,571	545,247	0.901	0.588
2085	60,821,195	61,103,034	563,678	0.923	0.594
2086	61,384,873	61,650,281	530,815	0.861	0.599
2087	61,915,688	62,150,135	468,894	0.754	0.604
2088	62,384,582	62,610,061	450,958	0.720	0.609
2089	62,835,540	63,051,764	432,447	0.686	0.614
2090	63,267,987	63,508,877	481,780	0.759	0.618
2091	63,749,767	63,981,467	463,400	0.724	0.623
2092	64,213,167	64,427,620	428,907	0.666	0.628
2093	64,642,074	64,848,124	412,099	0.635	0.633
2094	65,054,173	65,253,641	398,937	0.611	0.637
2095	65,453,110	65,643,454	380,687	0.580	0.641
2096	65,833,797	66,025,186	382,779	0.580	0.646
2097	66,216,576	66,383,633	334,113	0.503	0.650
2098	66,550,689	66,716,884	332,390	0.498	0.654
2099	66,883,079	67,052,062	337,966	0.504	0.658
2100	67,221,045	67,364,024	285,958	0.424	0.662

Somalia population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,181,367	2,213,131	63,527	2.871	0.089
1951	2,244,894	2,276,680	63,573	2.793	0.090
1952	2,308,467	2,340,249	63,564	2.716	0.091
1953	2,372,031	2,403,570	63,079	2.625	0.091
1954	2,435,110	2,467,313	64,405	2.610	0.092
1955	2,499,515	2,532,253	65,477	2.586	0.092
1956	2,564,992	2,598,367	66,751	2.569	0.093
1957	2,631,743	2,665,702	67,918	2.548	0.093
1958	2,699,661	2,733,405	67,489	2.469	0.094
1959	2,767,150	2,803,090	71,881	2.564	0.095
1960	2,839,031	2,876,331	74,600	2.594	0.095
1961	2,913,631	2,952,054	76,846	2.603	0.096
1962	2,990,477	3,030,091	79,229	2.615	0.097
1963	3,069,706	3,110,361	81,310	2.614	0.097
1964	3,151,016	3,192,796	83,559	2.617	0.098
1965	3,234,575	3,277,874	86,597	2.642	0.098
1966	3,321,172	3,365,106	87,867	2.611	0.099
1967	3,409,039	3,454,537	90,996	2.634	0.099
1968	3,500,035	3,546,590	93,111	2.626	0.100
1969	3,593,146	3,641,015	95,739	2.630	0.101
1970	3,688,885	3,738,448	99,127	2.652	0.101
1971	3,788,012	3,837,691	99,358	2.589	0.102
1972	3,887,370	3,939,436	104,131	2.643	0.102
1973	3,991,501	4,045,592	108,182	2.674	0.103
1974	4,099,683	4,151,842	104,318	2.513	0.104
1975	4,204,001	4,257,535	107,069	2.515	0.105
1976	4,311,070	4,365,812	109,484	2.508	0.105
1977	4,420,554	4,484,050	126,991	2.832	0.106
1978	4,547,545	4,814,892	534,695	11.116	0.112
1979	5,082,240	5,449,117	733,753	13.486	0.125
1980	5,815,993	5,936,154	240,321	4.049	0.133
1981	6,056,314	5,982,849	-146,930	-2.456	0.132
1982	5,909,384	6,003,840	188,911	3.147	0.130
1983	6,098,295	6,198,430	200,270	3.231	0.132
1984	6,298,565	6,428,389	259,648	4.040	0.134
1985	6,558,213	6,693,289	270,153	4.037	0.137
1986	6,828,366	6,974,788	292,843	4.199	0.141
1987	7,121,209	7,228,302	214,186	2.963	0.143
1988	7,335,395	7,235,360	-200,070	-2.765	0.141
1989	7,135,325	7,114,817	-41,016	-0.576	0.136
1990	7,094,309	7,082,811	-22,995	-0.325	0.133
1991	7,071,314	6,813,760	-515,109	-7.563	0.126
1992	6,556,205	6,495,107	-122,196	-1.881	0.118
1993	6,434,009	6,681,399	494,780	7.409	0.119
1994	6,928,789	7,026,797	196,015	2.790	0.124
1995	7,124,804	7,285,007	320,406	4.399	0.127
1996	7,445,210	7,554,474	218,527	2.893	0.129
1997	7,663,737	7,824,525	321,576	4.110	0.132
1998	7,985,313	8,155,417	340,208	4.172	0.136
1999	8,325,521	8,492,059	333,077	3.923	0.139
2000	8,658,598	8,838,713	360,230	4.076	0.143
2001	9,018,828	9,198,493	359,330	3.907	0.147
2002	9,378,158	9,550,063	343,810	3.600	0.151
2003	9,721,968	9,909,157	374,378	3.779	0.154
2004	10,096,346	10,280,998	369,304	3.592	0.158
2005	10,465,650	10,644,228	357,156	3.356	0.162
2006	10,822,806	10,975,502	305,391	2.783	0.165
2007	11,128,197	11,322,582	388,769	3.434	0.168
2008	11,516,966	11,663,084	292,236	2.506	0.170
2009	11,809,202	11,961,201	303,998	2.542	0.173
2010	12,113,200	12,261,756	297,113	2.423	0.175
2011	12,410,313	12,348,830	-122,966	-0.996	0.174
2012	12,287,347	12,461,160	347,627	2.790	0.173
2013	12,634,974	12,869,594	469,241	3.647	0.176
2014	13,104,215	13,339,491	470,552	3.528	0.181
2015	13,574,767	13,806,963	464,393	3.364	0.185
2016	14,039,160	14,348,740	619,160	4.316	0.190
2017	14,658,320	14,916,629	516,619	3.464	0.195
2018	15,174,939	15,452,487	555,095	3.593	0.200
2019	15,730,034	16,030,971	601,874	3.755	0.205
2020	16,331,908	16,651,191	638,565	3.835	0.211
2021	16,970,473	17,271,431	601,917	3.485	0.217
2022	17,572,390	17,801,897	459,014	2.579	0.222
2023	18,031,404	18,358,615	654,422	3.565	0.227