Country or area · Eastern Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Somalia population

Somalia population now

20,467,205

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 18.5–22.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 18,358,615

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 20.3059 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 18.5–22.8 million
Median age: 16.6
Aged 65+: 2.6%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

SOM · 1950–2100 · in brief

Somalia in numbers

The UN counts 18,358,615 people in Somalia in mid-2023, which makes it the 68th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.23% of the world's people. That is 8.3 times its 1950 population of 2.2 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 67.4 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 27.7 million to 220 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 19.5 in 1950 and 16.5 in 2023; the projection has 33.5 in 2100. 2.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 10.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Its place in the world by population: 68th in 2023, 57th in 2050, 40th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Romania in 2025, Chile in 2026 and Kazakhstan in 2028.

Population, mid-2023: 18,358,615
Rank by population, 2023: 68 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.23%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +3.13% · +556,718 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 29
Land area, 2023: 627,340 km²
Births, 2023: 788,763
Deaths, 2023: 180,554
Net migration, 2023: +46,217
Children per woman, 2023: 6.13
Median age, 2023: 16.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 58.8 years
In a city, 2025: 65 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 2,213,130
Projected, mid-2050: 37,206,512
Projected, mid-2100: 67,364,024

SOM · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Somalia, 1950–2100

Somalia: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	2,181,367		111,806	49,470	7.25	41.5
1951	estimate	2,244,894		113,760	51,216	7.25	41.7
1952	estimate	2,308,467		115,781	52,535	7.25	41.9
1953	estimate	2,372,031		117,843	53,710	7.25	42.1
1954	estimate	2,435,110		119,919	54,772	7.25	42.3
1955	estimate	2,499,515		122,101	55,789	7.25	42.5
1956	estimate	2,564,992		124,378	56,775	7.25	42.7
1957	estimate	2,631,743		126,761	57,747	7.25	42.9
1958	estimate	2,699,661		129,243	58,712	7.25	43.1
1959	estimate	2,767,150		131,744	59,642	7.25	43.3
1960	estimate	2,839,031		134,488	60,639	7.25	43.5
1961	estimate	2,913,631		137,388	61,876	7.25	43.7
1962	estimate	2,990,477		140,430	62,692	7.25	44.0
1963	estimate	3,069,706		143,607	63,746	7.26	44.2
1964	estimate	3,151,016		146,922	64,882	7.26	44.4
1965	estimate	3,234,575		150,393	65,945	7.26	44.6
1966	estimate	3,321,172		154,048	67,118	7.26	44.8
1967	estimate	3,409,039		157,811	68,313	7.25	45.0
1968	estimate	3,500,035		161,774	69,566	7.23	45.3
1969	estimate	3,593,146		165,905	70,858	7.21	45.5
1970	estimate	3,688,885		170,234	72,208	7.18	45.6
1971	estimate	3,788,012		174,801	73,604	7.15	45.8
1972	estimate	3,887,370		179,476	74,984	7.12	46.0
1973	estimate	3,991,501		184,487	76,450	7.09	46.2
1974	estimate	4,099,683		189,742	84,931	7.06	44.3
1975	estimate	4,204,001		195,259	86,262	7.03	44.5
1976	estimate	4,311,070		200,999	87,677	7.02	44.7
1977	estimate	4,420,554		206,984	82,165	7.00	47.0
1978	estimate	4,547,545		217,542	84,853	7.13	47.0
1979	estimate	5,082,240		244,927	93,907	7.16	47.4
1980	estimate	5,815,993		281,665	106,877	7.18	47.6
1981	estimate	6,056,314		295,933	110,727	7.23	47.8
1982	estimate	5,909,384		290,213	107,420	7.25	48.0
1983	estimate	6,098,295		300,875	110,101	7.28	48.2
1984	estimate	6,298,565		311,904	112,889	7.30	48.4
1985	estimate	6,558,213		326,189	118,229	7.33	48.3
1986	estimate	6,828,366		340,767	122,349	7.35	48.4
1987	estimate	7,121,209		356,523	124,944	7.37	49.0
1988	estimate	7,335,395		367,351	151,756	7.40	43.9
1989	estimate	7,135,325		358,447	133,186	7.42	46.6
1990	estimate	7,094,309		355,946	130,787	7.44	46.9
1991	estimate	7,071,314		353,632	300,579	7.47	25.4
1992	estimate	6,556,205		334,425	276,935	7.50	25.0
1993	estimate	6,434,009		334,882	101,921	7.53	50.5
1994	estimate	6,928,789		359,136	112,193	7.54	50.3
1995	estimate	7,124,804		368,843	114,328	7.58	50.6
1996	estimate	7,445,210		385,245	120,439	7.62	50.5
1997	estimate	7,663,737		397,860	125,966	7.66	50.3
1998	estimate	7,985,313		413,290	128,511	7.66	50.8
1999	estimate	8,325,521		430,193	134,669	7.66	50.6
2000	estimate	8,658,598		445,848	139,197	7.64	50.8
2001	estimate	9,018,828		463,365	144,303	7.64	50.8
2002	estimate	9,378,158		481,061	149,854	7.63	50.8
2003	estimate	9,721,968		496,679	155,481	7.60	50.7
2004	estimate	10,096,346		513,060	161,102	7.57	50.7
2005	estimate	10,465,650		528,109	164,999	7.53	50.9
2006	estimate	10,822,806		542,089	169,500	7.49	50.9
2007	estimate	11,128,197		553,760	173,461	7.46	50.9
2008	estimate	11,516,966		568,732	174,465	7.42	51.5
2009	estimate	11,809,202		579,234	173,445	7.38	52.1
2010	estimate	12,113,200		589,320	203,755	7.32	48.9
2011	estimate	12,410,313		599,911	396,688	7.27	32.5
2012	estimate	12,287,347		600,115	200,652	7.21	49.1
2013	estimate	12,634,974		614,448	165,931	7.14	54.0
2014	estimate	13,104,215		633,049	168,571	7.06	54.4
2015	estimate	13,574,767		651,292	169,715	6.97	55.1
2016	estimate	14,039,160		668,096	172,955	6.88	55.3
2017	estimate	14,658,320		688,481	209,922	6.77	52.2
2018	estimate	15,174,939		705,717	191,468	6.66	54.8
2019	estimate	15,730,034		723,617	174,865	6.56	57.3
2020	estimate	16,331,908		741,705	180,396	6.45	57.1
2021	estimate	16,970,473		761,567	195,162	6.35	55.7
2022	estimate	17,572,390		779,534	228,085	6.25	53.9
2023	estimate	18,031,404		788,763	180,554	6.13	58.8
2024	estimate	18,685,826		804,966	185,176	6.01	59.0
2025	projection	19,332,476	18.6–20.1 million	822,215	189,766	5.91	59.1
2026	projection	19,977,002	18.5–21.4 million	836,420	193,980	5.80	59.3
2027	projection	20,634,812	18.5–22.8 million	847,521	198,122	5.68	59.4
2028	projection	21,283,313	18.6–24.2 million	859,891	202,142	5.58	59.6
2029	projection	21,920,318	18.7–25.5 million	869,665	205,952	5.47	59.7
2030	projection	22,575,120	19.0–26.8 million	878,445	209,672	5.35	59.9
2031	projection	23,254,968	19.3–28.1 million	891,665	213,815	5.25	60.0
2032	projection	23,924,624	19.5–29.4 million	901,357	217,757	5.13	60.1
2033	projection	24,592,972	19.8–30.7 million	915,030	221,940	5.04	60.3
2034	projection	25,250,711	20.0–32.2 million	924,402	225,897	4.94	60.4
2035	projection	25,936,634	20.0–33.8 million	936,181	230,097	4.84	60.6
2036	projection	26,653,266	20.4–35.2 million	946,977	234,473	4.74	60.7
2037	projection	27,365,141	20.6–36.6 million	956,552	238,890	4.63	60.8
2038	projection	28,097,214	21.0–37.8 million	964,907	243,516	4.52	61.0
2039	projection	28,814,303	21.4–39.9 million	976,680	247,949	4.43	61.1
2040	projection	29,521,507	21.5–41.3 million	986,982	252,537	4.35	61.2
2041	projection	30,271,067	21.7–43.0 million	997,113	257,257	4.26	61.4
2042	projection	31,000,858	22.1–44.5 million	1,003,281	261,753	4.16	61.5
2043	projection	31,699,212	22.4–46.4 million	1,009,490	266,069	4.07	61.6
2044	projection	32,416,760	22.7–48.6 million	1,017,454	270,565	3.99	61.8
2045	projection	33,144,097	22.9–50.5 million	1,026,818	275,356	3.91	61.9
2046	projection	33,876,235	22.9–51.5 million	1,035,920	280,325	3.84	62.0
2047	projection	34,619,829	23.4–53.5 million	1,045,187	285,440	3.78	62.2
2048	projection	35,372,934	23.4–55.6 million	1,054,533	290,659	3.71	62.3
2049	projection	36,115,000	23.6–57.0 million	1,063,243	295,729	3.65	62.5
2050	projection	36,834,382	23.8–59.4 million	1,070,160	300,901	3.60	62.6
2051	projection	37,578,641	24.0–60.8 million	1,077,157	306,374	3.54	62.7
2052	projection	38,328,963	24.1–63.2 million	1,082,358	311,953	3.48	62.8
2053	projection	39,068,976	24.1–65.9 million	1,087,438	317,430	3.42	63.0
2054	projection	39,824,057	24.4–67.8 million	1,092,515	323,176	3.37	63.1
2055	projection	40,615,402	24.6–69.7 million	1,098,510	329,348	3.32	63.2
2056	projection	41,405,101	25.0–71.0 million	1,104,049	335,712	3.27	63.4
2057	projection	42,167,784	25.0–73.5 million	1,109,014	342,129	3.23	63.5
2058	projection	42,916,429	25.3–75.4 million	1,112,115	348,388	3.18	63.6
2059	projection	43,642,776	25.7–79.2 million	1,113,543	354,554	3.14	63.7
2060	projection	44,451,356	25.5–81.9 million	1,118,221	361,354	3.10	63.9
2061	projection	45,254,478	25.7–83.5 million	1,123,246	368,690	3.06	64.0
2062	projection	45,990,143	26.0–85.8 million	1,125,140	375,926	3.02	64.1
2063	projection	46,714,058	26.2–87.5 million	1,125,544	383,118	2.98	64.2
2064	projection	47,444,926	26.5–91.0 million	1,125,742	390,422	2.94	64.3
2065	projection	48,190,809	26.7–94.1 million	1,127,098	397,994	2.91	64.5
2066	projection	48,932,483	26.4–96.6 million	1,128,586	406,058	2.88	64.6
2067	projection	49,634,197	26.8–100.0 million	1,129,601	413,998	2.85	64.7
2068	projection	50,326,837	26.8–103.5 million	1,129,403	422,040	2.81	64.8
2069	projection	50,995,822	26.7–105.5 million	1,127,834	430,028	2.78	64.9
2070	projection	51,678,997	26.7–108.9 million	1,128,501	437,994	2.75	65.1
2071	projection	52,377,713	26.8–111.9 million	1,130,859	446,858	2.73	65.2
2072	projection	53,060,432	27.1–115.2 million	1,131,525	455,349	2.70	65.3
2073	projection	53,722,349	27.0–119.2 million	1,131,903	463,918	2.68	65.4
2074	projection	54,389,060	27.2–121.8 million	1,132,114	472,953	2.65	65.6
2075	projection	55,053,006	27.7–123.7 million	1,132,423	482,533	2.63	65.7
2076	projection	55,639,717	27.9–127.7 million	1,129,484	491,053	2.60	65.8
2077	projection	56,238,711	27.7–131.2 million	1,127,329	500,386	2.58	65.9
2078	projection	56,868,520	27.4–132.9 million	1,127,010	510,002	2.56	66.0
2079	projection	57,482,791	27.7–136.2 million	1,125,876	519,396	2.53	66.1
2080	projection	58,095,673	27.7–140.3 million	1,124,711	529,454	2.51	66.3
2081	projection	58,661,686	27.8–143.9 million	1,122,174	538,650	2.49	66.4
2082	projection	59,164,248	27.6–146.7 million	1,120,153	547,596	2.47	66.5
2083	projection	59,728,308	27.9–150.0 million	1,118,440	557,428	2.45	66.6
2084	projection	60,275,948	28.2–154.0 million	1,116,501	567,377	2.43	66.7
2085	projection	60,821,195	28.1–157.5 million	1,113,519	577,439	2.41	66.8
2086	projection	61,384,873	28.0–158.8 million	1,112,443	587,471	2.40	67.0
2087	projection	61,915,688	28.0–161.8 million	1,109,227	597,761	2.38	67.1
2088	projection	62,384,582	27.8–166.9 million	1,103,978	607,484	2.36	67.2
2089	projection	62,835,540	27.8–171.6 million	1,099,143	617,422	2.34	67.3
2090	projection	63,267,987	27.7–175.9 million	1,094,350	627,305	2.32	67.4
2091	projection	63,749,767	27.7–179.5 million	1,090,427	637,493	2.30	67.5
2092	projection	64,213,167	28.0–184.5 million	1,088,463	647,663	2.29	67.6
2093	projection	64,642,074	27.6–188.1 million	1,085,791	658,592	2.28	67.8
2094	projection	65,054,173	27.7–192.4 million	1,081,201	669,003	2.26	67.9
2095	projection	65,453,110	27.5–196.2 million	1,076,611	679,313	2.25	68.0
2096	projection	65,833,797	27.4–201.0 million	1,072,382	689,593	2.23	68.1
2097	projection	66,216,576	27.7–204.7 million	1,068,674	700,324	2.22	68.2
2098	projection	66,550,689	27.4–209.1 million	1,064,591	710,675	2.21	68.3
2099	projection	66,883,079	27.5–214.5 million	1,061,225	721,016	2.20	68.5
2100	projection	67,221,045	27.7–220.3 million	1,057,882	731,760	2.19	68.6

Show the numbers: Somalia, mid-2026, by single year of age

Somalia: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	401,376	387,314
1	384,089	372,106
2	371,860	360,371
3	359,723	348,695
4	346,568	336,330
5	336,304	326,654
6	328,390	318,989
7	319,000	310,047
8	307,700	299,268
9	296,704	288,893
10	288,273	280,762
11	280,385	273,014
12	271,319	264,253
13	260,284	254,038
14	239,916	234,533
15	221,174	215,639
16	216,114	210,021
17	214,990	209,136
18	211,074	206,022
19	203,974	199,664
20	196,208	192,701
21	188,936	186,215
22	182,361	180,291
23	176,528	174,961
24	171,150	169,982
25	165,991	165,148
26	161,028	160,441
27	155,856	155,538
28	150,373	150,426
29	144,480	144,788
30	138,578	139,086
31	133,075	133,874
32	127,638	128,617
33	116,234	117,501
34	99,811	101,076
35	91,840	92,658
36	93,525	94,208
37	95,644	96,560
38	94,489	95,787
39	91,364	93,052
40	87,800	89,757
41	84,164	86,250
42	80,554	82,681
43	77,034	79,163
44	73,619	75,737
45	70,144	72,268
46	66,764	68,911
47	63,594	65,803
48	60,073	62,352
49	56,642	59,009
50	53,652	56,132
51	50,795	53,387
52	48,317	51,052
53	46,150	49,092
54	43,982	47,184
55	41,769	45,254
56	39,588	43,338
57	37,516	41,478
58	35,578	39,678
59	33,764	37,929
60	32,046	36,220
61	30,392	34,543
62	28,773	32,896
63	27,189	31,275
64	25,634	29,670
65	24,115	28,085
66	22,637	26,529
67	21,194	24,997
68	19,780	23,482
69	18,394	21,984
70	17,035	20,504
71	15,704	19,044
72	14,403	17,604
73	13,134	16,189
74	11,914	14,817
75	10,750	13,496
76	9,163	11,627
77	7,491	9,684
78	6,363	8,352
79	5,438	7,210
80	4,542	6,127
81	3,764	5,178
82	3,098	4,350
83	2,530	3,634
84	2,048	3,012
85	1,636	2,470
86	1,293	2,007
87	1,014	1,626
88	773	1,284
89	563	964
90	393	694
91	270	489
92	180	338
93	116	228
94	74	152
95	45	100
96	27	64
97	16	40
98	8	24
99	5	14
100+	4	16

SOM · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Somalia, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SOM · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Somalia

In Somalia the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 9,318,230 of them.

100 aged 15–64

92 children

5 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

SOM · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Somalia, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Somalia gains 12,162 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 30–34, at 3,388 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 582,746 (1979), and a loss of 568,166 (1991).

In 2024, 77,972 people living in Somalia had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against 7 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

SOM · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Somalia

Of every 100 babies born in Somalia in 2023, 15 had a mother under 20, 69 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 8 under 20 and 25 aged 35 or older.

1950
8 · 67 · 25

2023
15 · 69 · 16

2050 · projected
13 · 72 · 15

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 788,763
Average age when women have a baby: 29.4 years; 31.3 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 117; 80 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Somalia by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	548	1,306	3,088	4,038	3,288	827
15–19	8,411	17,689	59,487	115,646	131,022	63,507
20–24	23,017	48,378	113,488	229,160	296,641	211,663
25–29	28,405	48,676	101,922	193,180	264,084	282,560
30–34	23,088	35,796	77,690	125,138	215,136	291,428
35–39	17,082	26,803	54,510	79,641	111,327	154,678
40–44	8,463	12,618	27,638	33,225	37,620	44,421
45–49	2,645	3,778	7,644	8,312	10,498	8,500
50–54	147	215	381	423	544	298
All babies	111,806	195,259	445,848	788,763	1,070,160	1,057,882

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SOM · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Somalia

In Somalia, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 47.4 (95% range 46.6–48.5), out of 54.0 in all. That leaves 6.6 years in less than full health, fewer than the world's 9.5, which mostly means lives are shorter here, with fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

48.7 in full health, 7.6 not: 56.3 years

Men

46.2 in full health, 5.6 not: 51.8 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 48.7 healthy years of 56.3. Men: 46.2 of 51.8. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 48.7.

SOM · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Somalia

At the end of 2025, 3,347,408 people were displaced inside Somalia, about 170 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad46,669
displaced inside it3,347,408
Somalia nationals abroad1,128,308

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 100,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Somalia living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 3,642 people asked for asylum in Somalia for the first time; 49,563 people from Somalia asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Somalia whose claims were decided that year, 69 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

SOM · of every 100 people

How people live in Somalia

Of every 100 people in Somalia in 2025, 65 lived in a city, 17 in a town or suburb and 18 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

45.6 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 72.1 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

SOM · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Somalia went in school

Of every 100 adults in Somalia in 2020, 54 never went to school and 8 finished upper secondary or went further.

54 never went to school 26 some primary 4 finished primary 8 finished lower secondary 6 finished upper secondary 2 studied after school

The young went further: 48.2 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 79.4 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 33.9 against 52.8).

Its people aged 15 to 64 are still growing in 2100 in the middle projection.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

SOM · cities · 2025

Cities in Somalia

Somalia had 53 cities in 2025, home to 12.8 million people. The largest, Mogadishu, holds 22 of every 100 people in Somalia.

Mogadishu4,399,430
Hargeisa1,593,542
Kismayo461,302
Burao427,013
Baidoa420,281
Borama363,753
Wanlaweyn314,824
Merca299,906
Beledweyne291,630
Jowhar257,210

All 14 cities in Somalia that reach 300,000 people

Mogadishu 4,399,430
Hargeisa 1,593,542
Kismayo 461,302
Burao 427,013
Baidoa 420,281
Borama 363,753
Wanlaweyn 314,824
Merca 299,906
Beledweyne 291,630
Jowhar 257,210
Bosaso 232,410
Balcad 186,328
Berbera 167,119
Buulo Mareer 141,522

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Somalia are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.