Somalia's population rose from 7.55M in 1996 to 19.7M in 2025.
Somalia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Somalia's population growth fell from 3.6 % in 1996 to 3.3 % in 2025.
Somalia's population density rose from 11.2 in 1994 to 29.3 in 2023.
Somalia's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.2 % in 1996 to 49.9 % in 2025.
Somalia's urbanisation rose from 31.4 % in 1996 to 55.1 % in 2025.
Somalia's urban population rose from 2.37M in 1996 to 10.8M in 2025.
Somalia's rural population rose from 5.18M in 1996 to 8.82M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.9 %2nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %3rd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.0 %45th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.4 %206th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs213th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.0 pts2nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.0 pts215th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts206th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.1 pts3rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts196th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −55.0 %40th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts198th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +9.8 %83rd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs212th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs212th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs212th of 217