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Somalia: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
19.7 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+3.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.6%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203123.5Forecast
203022.8Forecast
202922.1Forecast
202821.6Forecast
202721.0Forecast
202620.3Forecast
202519.7
202419.0
202318.4
202217.8
202117.3
202016.7
201916.0
201815.5
201714.9
201614.3

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1969–1988
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2012–2013
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2013–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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