Demographics of Somalia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	10 May 2024

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There are 9.38 million males and 9.33 million females in Somalia. The percentage of the male population is 50.14%, compared to 49.86% of the female population. Somalia has 52k more males than females. The sex ratio in Somalia in 2024 will be 100.561 males per 100 females. Somalia is in the 164th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Somalia population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,213,052	2.86
1955	2,529,910	2.56
1960	2,870,732	2.57
1965	3,267,593	2.62
1970	3,720,977	2.62
1975	4,228,289	2.46
1980	5,892,224	4.01
1985	6,630,637	4.03
1990	6,999,096	-0.39
1995	7,210,930	4.34
2000	8,721,465	4.02
2005	10,467,292	3.28
2010	12,026,649	2.51
2015	13,763,906	3.28
2020	16,537,016	3.19
2021	17,065,581	3.10
2022	17,597,511	3.04
2023	18,143,378	3.07
2024	18,706,922	3.05

Population
Growth

Somalia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	49,555	111,738	22.381	50.466
1955	55,877	121,575	22.080	48.041
1960	60,662	133,788	21.131	46.604
1965	65,840	149,201	20.153	45.669
1970	71,911	168,123	19.325	45.182
1975	86,447	192,420	20.436	45.488
1980	106,331	277,302	18.142	47.314
1985	116,889	321,553	17.707	48.711
1990	128,309	349,163	18.009	49.008
1995	113,099	360,026	15.753	50.145
2000	137,220	433,978	15.778	49.901
2005	163,301	512,853	15.593	48.972
2010	185,415	575,837	15.358	47.696
2015	171,470	640,231	12.447	46.474
2020	188,459	728,149	11.390	44.007
2021	198,038	743,932	11.596	43.561
2022	194,003	759,044	11.012	43.086
2023	187,927	774,627	10.347	42.649
2024	187,789	788,171	10.029	42.091

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Somalia
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	288,122	1,975,960	12.726
1955	370,572	2,120,948	14.873
1960	477,113	2,278,834	17.312
1965	612,593	2,455,844	19.964
1970	781,165	2,663,388	22.678
1975	989,409	2,890,911	25.498
1980	1,701,924	4,657,202	26.763
1985	1,906,249	4,885,467	28.067
1990	2,193,935	5,203,412	29.658
1995	2,421,245	5,283,649	31.425
2000	2,996,056	6,015,423	33.247
2005	3,779,950	6,629,975	36.311
2010	4,738,106	7,315,117	39.310
2015	6,014,594	7,893,535	43.245
2020	7,431,038	8,674,136	46.141
2021	7,752,272	8,836,924	46.731
2022	8,086,843	9,001,371	47.324
2023	8,434,610	9,166,777	47.920
2024	8,795,255	9,332,305	48.519

Population
Urbanization

Somalia population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,744,736	1,688,281	3,433,017	18.35	103.344
05-09	1,473,571	1,432,296	2,905,867	15.53	102.882
10-14	1,233,618	1,202,020	2,435,638	13.02	102.629
15-19	1,026,066	1,001,244	2,027,310	10.84	102.479
20-24	854,118	838,955	1,693,073	9.05	101.807
25-29	700,589	694,740	1,395,329	7.46	100.842
30-34	518,606	518,704	1,037,310	5.55	99.981
35-39	446,140	449,998	896,138	4.79	99.143
40-44	363,175	370,476	733,652	3.92	98.029
45-49	282,407	291,484	573,891	3.07	96.886
50-54	220,010	233,492	453,501	2.42	94.226
55-59	171,670	189,976	361,646	1.93	90.364
60-64	132,187	150,761	282,947	1.51	87.680
65-69	96,577	114,308	210,885	1.13	84.488
70-74	64,610	79,575	144,185	0.77	81.194
75-79	32,452	42,269	74,720	0.40	76.775
80-84	13,820	19,747	33,567	0.18	69.985
85-89	4,356	7,187	11,543	0.06	60.609
90-94	804	1,560	2,364	0.01	51.538
95-99	90	230	320	0.00	39.130
100+	4	18	21	0.00	22.222
Total	9,379,606	9,327,321	18,706,924		100.561

Population pyramid
Gender ratio