Population of Somalia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Somalia is 17,189,845 as of March 21, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Somalia is projected at 16,359,504 or 16.360 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Somalia is projected at 15,893,222 or 15.893 million people for the year 2020. Somalia ranks number 73rd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Somalia is ranked 25th among 58 countries in Africa.

Somalia's population will be increased year by year. The Somalia population is projected to reach 21.19 million in 2030 and increase further to 34.92 million in 2050 and 75.72 million by 2100. Somalia accounts for 0.21 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.10% in 1975 and is projected to increase by 0.70% by 2100.

Somalia was at 104th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 35th in 2100.

Somalia population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	15,893,222	450,317	2.92	0.20
2021	16,359,504	466,282	2.93	0.21
2022	16,841,795	482,291	2.95	0.21
2023	17,339,396	497,601	2.95	0.22
2024	17,851,263	511,867	2.95	0.22
2025	18,376,514	525,251	2.94	0.22
2026	18,914,827	538,313	2.93	0.23
2027	19,465,987	551,160	2.91	0.23
2028	20,029,453	563,466	2.89	0.24
2029	20,604,650	575,197	2.87	0.24
2030	21,191,037	586,387	2.85	0.25
2031	21,788,283	597,246	2.82	0.25
2032	22,396,039	607,756	2.79	0.26
2033	23,013,818	617,779	2.76	0.26
2034	23,641,065	627,247	2.73	0.27
2035	24,277,396	636,331	2.69	0.27
2036	24,922,542	645,146	2.66	0.28
2037	25,576,430	653,888	2.62	0.28
2038	26,239,058	662,628	2.59	0.29
2039	26,910,541	671,483	2.56	0.29
2040	27,590,981	680,440	2.53	0.30
2041	28,280,266	689,285	2.50	0.31
2042	28,978,405	698,139	2.47	0.31
2043	29,685,867	707,462	2.44	0.32
2044	30,403,278	717,411	2.42	0.32
2045	31,131,086	727,808	2.39	0.33
2046	31,869,268	738,182	2.37	0.33
2047	32,617,629	748,361	2.35	0.34
2048	33,376,074	758,445	2.33	0.35
2049	34,144,429	768,355	2.30	0.35
2050	34,922,447	778,018	2.28	0.36
2051	35,709,927	787,480	2.25	0.37
2052	36,506,461	796,534	2.23	0.37
2053	37,311,477	805,016	2.21	0.38
2054	38,124,202	812,725	2.18	0.38
2055	38,943,956	819,754	2.15	0.39
2056	39,770,263	826,307	2.12	0.40
2057	40,602,639	832,376	2.09	0.40
2058	41,440,317	837,678	2.06	0.41
2059	42,282,475	842,158	2.03	0.42
2060	43,128,361	845,886	2.00	0.42
2061	43,977,408	849,047	1.97	0.43
2062	44,829,176	851,768	1.94	0.44
2063	45,683,182	854,006	1.91	0.45
2064	46,539,020	855,838	1.87	0.45
2065	47,396,258	857,238	1.84	0.46
2066	48,254,521	858,263	1.81	0.47
2067	49,113,414	858,893	1.78	0.47
2068	49,972,478	859,064	1.75	0.48
2069	50,831,302	858,824	1.72	0.49
2070	51,689,499	858,197	1.69	0.49
2071	52,546,643	857,144	1.66	0.50
2072	53,402,505	855,862	1.63	0.51
2073	54,257,258	854,753	1.60	0.52
2074	55,111,229	853,971	1.57	0.52
2075	55,964,547	853,318	1.55	0.53
2076	56,817,050	852,503	1.52	0.54
2077	57,668,254	851,204	1.50	0.54
2078	58,517,530	849,276	1.47	0.55
2079	59,364,124	846,594	1.45	0.56
2080	60,207,350	843,226	1.42	0.56
2081	61,046,754	839,404	1.39	0.57
2082	61,882,028	835,274	1.37	0.58
2083	62,712,810	830,782	1.34	0.58
2084	63,538,756	825,946	1.32	0.59
2085	64,359,493	820,737	1.29	0.60
2086	65,174,586	815,093	1.27	0.61
2087	65,983,539	808,953	1.24	0.61
2088	66,785,876	802,337	1.22	0.62
2089	67,581,108	795,232	1.19	0.63
2090	68,368,715	787,607	1.17	0.63
2091	69,148,223	779,508	1.14	0.64
2092	69,919,137	770,914	1.11	0.65
2093	70,680,972	761,835	1.09	0.65
2094	71,433,235	752,263	1.06	0.66
2095	72,175,427	742,192	1.04	0.67
2096	72,907,011	731,584	1.01	0.67
2097	73,627,460	720,449	0.99	0.68
2098	74,336,224	708,764	0.96	0.68
2099	75,032,746	696,522	0.94	0.69
2100	75,716,432	683,686	0.91	0.70

Somalia population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,264,082	-	-	0.09
1951	2,307,682	43,600	1.93	0.09
1952	2,351,947	44,265	1.92	0.09
1953	2,397,183	45,236	1.92	0.09
1954	2,443,651	46,468	1.94	0.09
1955	2,491,542	47,891	1.96	0.09
1956	2,541,016	49,474	1.99	0.09
1957	2,592,159	51,143	2.01	0.09
1958	2,645,025	52,866	2.04	0.09
1959	2,699,617	54,592	2.06	0.09
1960	2,755,972	56,355	2.09	0.09
1961	2,814,118	58,146	2.11	0.09
1962	2,874,218	60,100	2.14	0.09
1963	2,936,477	62,259	2.17	0.09
1964	3,001,158	64,681	2.20	0.09
1965	3,068,459	67,301	2.24	0.09
1966	3,143,648	75,189	2.45	0.09
1967	3,227,841	84,193	2.68	0.09
1968	3,312,742	84,901	2.63	0.09
1969	3,386,738	73,996	2.23	0.09
1970	3,444,568	57,830	1.71	0.09
1971	3,472,367	27,799	0.81	0.09
1972	3,479,790	7,423	0.21	0.09
1973	3,512,623	32,833	0.94	0.09
1974	3,632,990	120,367	3.43	0.09
1975	3,880,292	247,302	6.81	0.10
1976	4,278,973	398,681	10.27	0.10
1977	4,802,141	523,168	12.23	0.11
1978	5,375,017	572,876	11.93	0.12
1979	5,892,755	517,738	9.63	0.13
1980	6,281,134	388,379	6.59	0.14
1981	6,511,113	229,979	3.66	0.14
1982	6,608,044	96,931	1.49	0.14
1983	6,618,588	10,544	0.16	0.14
1984	6,614,715	-3,873	-0.06	0.14
1985	6,648,627	33,912	0.51	0.14
1986	6,736,748	88,121	1.33	0.14
1987	6,862,273	125,525	1.86	0.14
1988	7,005,234	142,961	2.08	0.14
1989	7,133,258	128,024	1.83	0.14
1990	7,225,092	91,834	1.29	0.14
1991	7,274,030	48,938	0.68	0.13
1992	7,295,384	21,354	0.29	0.13
1993	7,315,865	20,481	0.28	0.13
1994	7,372,598	56,733	0.78	0.13
1995	7,491,637	119,039	1.61	0.13
1996	7,682,686	191,049	2.55	0.13
1997	7,936,127	253,441	3.30	0.13
1998	8,235,064	298,937	3.77	0.14
1999	8,553,601	318,537	3.87	0.14
2000	8,872,254	318,653	3.73	0.14
2001	9,186,725	314,471	3.54	0.15
2002	9,501,342	314,617	3.42	0.15
2003	9,815,412	314,070	3.31	0.15
2004	10,130,243	314,831	3.21	0.16
2005	10,446,863	316,620	3.13	0.16
2006	10,763,905	317,042	3.03	0.16
2007	11,080,121	316,216	2.94	0.17
2008	11,397,188	317,067	2.86	0.17
2009	11,717,692	320,504	2.81	0.17
2010	12,043,883	326,191	2.78	0.17
2011	12,376,301	332,418	2.76	0.18
2012	12,715,503	339,202	2.74	0.18
2013	13,063,701	348,198	2.74	0.18
2014	13,423,568	359,867	2.75	0.18
2015	13,797,201	373,633	2.78	0.19
2016	14,185,636	388,435	2.82	0.19
2017	14,589,179	403,543	2.84	0.19
2018	15,008,226	419,047	2.87	0.20
2019	15,442,905	434,679	2.90	0.20