Population of Somalia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	03 Mar 2024

The current population of Somalia is 18,747,664 as of July 27, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Somalia is projected at 18,706,922 or 18.71 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Somalia is projected at 18,143,378 or 18.14 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
2022	17,329,992	17,597,511	535,038	3.041	0.22
2023	17,865,030	18,143,378	556,697	3.069	0.23
2024	18,421,727	18,706,922	570,389	3.049	0.23
2025	18,992,116	19,281,903	579,574	3.006	0.24
2026	19,571,690	19,867,185	590,991	2.975	0.24
2027	20,162,681	20,463,994	602,625	2.945	0.25
2028	20,765,306	21,071,158	611,704	2.903	0.25
2029	21,377,010	21,689,079	624,138	2.878	0.26
2030	22,001,148	22,316,857	631,418	2.830	0.26
2031	22,632,566	22,954,690	644,247	2.807	0.27
2032	23,276,813	23,603,148	652,670	2.765	0.27
2033	23,929,483	24,260,802	662,637	2.731	0.28
2034	24,592,120	24,929,000	673,761	2.703	0.28
2035	25,265,881	25,606,196	680,629	2.658	0.29
2036	25,946,510	26,289,267	685,513	2.608	0.29
2037	26,632,023	26,980,593	697,140	2.584	0.30
2038	27,329,163	27,679,425	700,524	2.531	0.31
2039	28,029,687	28,383,844	708,314	2.496	0.31
2040	28,738,001	29,094,714	713,427	2.452	0.32
2041	29,451,428	29,812,160	721,463	2.420	0.32
2042	30,172,891	30,535,607	725,431	2.376	0.33
2043	30,898,322	31,263,713	730,781	2.338	0.33
2044	31,629,103	31,997,075	735,945	2.300	0.34
2045	32,365,048	32,734,341	738,586	2.256	0.35
2046	33,103,634	33,475,243	743,218	2.220	0.35
2047	33,846,852	34,220,748	747,792	2.185	0.36
2048	34,594,644	34,967,417	745,546	2.132	0.36
2049	35,340,190	35,714,724	749,069	2.097	0.37
2050	36,089,259	36,462,830	747,143	2.049	0.38
2051	36,836,402	37,211,342	749,881	2.015	0.38
2052	37,586,283	37,960,722	748,878	1.973	0.39
2053	38,335,161	38,710,516	750,709	1.939	0.39
2054	39,085,870	39,461,313	750,885	1.903	0.40
2055	39,836,755	40,210,639	747,768	1.860	0.41
2056	40,584,523	40,957,262	745,479	1.820	0.41
2057	41,330,002	41,701,251	742,499	1.781	0.42
2058	42,072,501	42,442,082	739,162	1.742	0.42
2059	42,811,663	43,179,007	734,688	1.702	0.43
2060	43,546,351	43,912,900	733,098	1.669	0.44
2061	44,279,449	44,641,487	724,076	1.622	0.44
2062	45,003,525	45,364,664	722,277	1.592	0.45
2063	45,725,802	46,084,962	718,320	1.559	0.45
2064	46,444,122	46,800,928	713,612	1.525	0.46
2065	47,157,734	47,512,003	708,538	1.491	0.47
2066	47,866,272	48,217,096	701,647	1.455	0.47
2067	48,567,919	48,916,611	697,385	1.426	0.48
2068	49,265,304	49,608,084	685,561	1.382	0.48
2069	49,950,865	50,290,955	680,181	1.353	0.49
2070	50,631,046	50,967,024	671,956	1.318	0.49
2071	51,303,002	51,636,346	666,687	1.291	0.50
2072	51,969,689	52,299,005	658,631	1.259	0.51
2073	52,628,320	52,953,816	650,992	1.229	0.51
2074	53,279,312	53,600,468	642,312	1.198	0.52
2075	53,921,624	54,239,537	635,826	1.172	0.52
2076	54,557,450	54,866,625	618,350	1.127	0.53
2077	55,175,800	55,479,980	608,360	1.097	0.53
2078	55,784,160	56,084,971	601,622	1.073	0.54
2079	56,385,782	56,681,407	591,250	1.043	0.54
2080	56,977,032	57,264,688	575,311	1.005	0.55
2081	57,552,343	57,833,978	563,271	0.974	0.56
2082	58,115,614	58,393,789	556,349	0.953	0.56
2083	58,671,963	58,945,283	546,641	0.927	0.57
2084	59,218,604	59,486,365	535,522	0.900	0.57
2085	59,754,126	60,016,254	524,256	0.874	0.58
2086	60,278,382	60,530,014	503,264	0.831	0.58
2087	60,781,646	61,029,626	495,959	0.813	0.59
2088	61,277,605	61,521,694	488,177	0.794	0.59
2089	61,765,782	62,000,715	469,865	0.758	0.59
2090	62,235,647	62,464,711	458,128	0.733	0.60
2091	62,693,775	62,916,338	445,126	0.707	0.60
2092	63,138,901	63,353,514	429,225	0.678	0.61
2093	63,568,126	63,775,871	415,490	0.651	0.61
2094	63,983,616	64,184,959	402,686	0.627	0.62
2095	64,386,302	64,578,676	384,748	0.596	0.62
2096	64,771,050	64,955,971	369,843	0.569	0.63
2097	65,140,893	65,317,937	354,088	0.542	0.63
2098	65,494,981	65,668,553	347,143	0.529	0.63
2099	65,842,124	66,008,750	333,253	0.505	0.64
2100	66,175,377	66,335,733	320,712	0.483	0.64

Somalia population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,181,367	2,213,052	63,369	2.864	0.09
1951	2,244,736	2,276,334	63,196	2.776	0.09
1952	2,307,932	2,339,499	63,135	2.699	0.09
1953	2,371,067	2,402,348	62,562	2.604	0.09
1954	2,433,629	2,465,552	63,846	2.590	0.09
1955	2,497,475	2,529,910	64,870	2.564	0.09
1956	2,562,345	2,595,391	66,092	2.547	0.09
1957	2,628,437	2,662,084	67,293	2.528	0.09
1958	2,695,730	2,729,160	66,861	2.450	0.09
1959	2,762,591	2,798,191	71,199	2.545	0.09
1960	2,833,790	2,870,732	73,884	2.574	0.10
1961	2,907,674	2,945,662	75,977	2.579	0.10
1962	2,983,651	3,022,827	78,353	2.592	0.10
1963	3,062,004	3,102,170	80,332	2.590	0.10
1964	3,142,336	3,183,590	82,507	2.592	0.10
1965	3,224,843	3,267,593	85,501	2.617	0.10
1966	3,310,344	3,353,665	86,642	2.584	0.10
1967	3,396,986	3,441,799	89,626	2.604	0.10
1968	3,486,612	3,532,420	91,616	2.594	0.10
1969	3,578,228	3,625,274	94,093	2.596	0.10
1970	3,672,321	3,720,977	97,312	2.615	0.10
1971	3,769,633	3,818,389	97,512	2.554	0.10
1972	3,867,145	3,918,220	102,151	2.607	0.10
1973	3,969,296	4,022,336	106,080	2.637	0.10
1974	4,075,376	4,125,823	100,894	2.446	0.10
1975	4,176,270	4,228,289	104,039	2.461	0.10
1976	4,280,309	4,333,779	106,940	2.468	0.10
1977	4,387,249	4,449,505	124,512	2.799	0.11
1978	4,511,761	4,777,703	531,884	11.144	0.11
1979	5,043,645	5,408,813	730,336	13.523	0.12
1980	5,773,981	5,892,224	236,485	4.014	0.13
1981	6,010,466	5,934,938	-151,056	-2.545	0.13
1982	5,859,410	5,951,805	184,790	3.105	0.13
1983	6,044,200	6,142,513	196,626	3.201	0.13
1984	6,240,826	6,369,020	256,387	4.026	0.13
1985	6,497,213	6,630,637	266,848	4.025	0.14
1986	6,764,061	6,908,579	289,036	4.184	0.14
1987	7,053,097	7,158,004	209,814	2.931	0.14
1988	7,262,911	7,160,461	-204,900	-2.862	0.14
1989	7,058,011	7,035,378	-45,266	-0.643	0.13
1990	7,012,745	6,999,096	-27,299	-0.390	0.13
1991	6,985,446	6,732,702	-505,489	-7.511	0.12
1992	6,479,957	6,428,141	-103,631	-1.612	0.12
1993	6,376,326	6,620,729	488,806	7.386	0.12
1994	6,865,132	6,959,828	189,393	2.721	0.12
1995	7,054,525	7,210,930	312,810	4.339	0.13
1996	7,367,335	7,472,450	210,230	2.814	0.13
1997	7,577,565	7,734,313	313,496	4.054	0.13
1998	7,891,061	8,056,862	331,602	4.116	0.13
1999	8,222,663	8,384,479	323,632	3.860	0.14
2000	8,546,295	8,721,465	350,340	4.018	0.14
2001	8,896,635	9,070,747	348,224	3.839	0.15
2002	9,244,859	9,411,103	332,487	3.533	0.15
2003	9,577,346	9,758,281	361,869	3.709	0.15
2004	9,939,215	10,117,354	356,279	3.522	0.16
2005	10,295,494	10,467,292	343,596	3.283	0.16
2006	10,639,090	10,784,973	291,766	2.705	0.16
2007	10,930,856	11,118,092	374,472	3.368	0.17
2008	11,305,328	11,444,870	279,083	2.439	0.17
2009	11,584,411	11,730,037	291,252	2.483	0.17
2010	11,875,663	12,026,649	301,973	2.511	0.17
2011	12,177,636	12,216,837	78,403	0.642	0.17
2012	12,256,039	12,440,326	368,575	2.963	0.17
2013	12,624,614	12,852,485	455,742	3.546	0.18
2014	13,080,356	13,309,235	457,758	3.440	0.18
2015	13,538,114	13,763,906	451,585	3.281	0.19
2016	13,989,699	14,292,847	606,296	4.243	0.19
2017	14,595,995	14,864,221	536,452	3.609	0.20
2018	15,132,447	15,411,094	557,293	3.617	0.20
2019	15,689,740	15,981,300	583,121	3.649	0.21
2020	16,272,861	16,537,016	528,309	3.195	0.21
2021	16,801,170	17,065,581	528,822	3.099	0.22