# Population in Somalia

Population in Somalia was 19.65 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `so`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/somalia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/somalia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=so

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 19,654,739 |
| 2024 | 19,009,151 |
| 2023 | 18,358,615 |
| 2022 | 17,801,897 |
| 2021 | 17,271,431 |
| 2020 | 16,651,191 |
| 2019 | 16,030,971 |
| 2018 | 15,452,487 |
| 2017 | 14,916,629 |
| 2016 | 14,348,740 |
| 2015 | 13,806,963 |
| 2014 | 13,339,491 |
| 2013 | 12,869,594 |
| 2012 | 12,461,160 |
| 2011 | 12,348,830 |
| 2010 | 12,261,756 |
| 2009 | 11,961,201 |
| 2008 | 11,663,084 |
| 2007 | 11,322,582 |
| 2006 | 10,975,502 |
| 2005 | 10,644,228 |
| 2004 | 10,280,998 |
| 2003 | 9,909,157 |
| 2002 | 9,550,063 |
| 2001 | 9,198,493 |
| 2000 | 8,838,713 |
| 1999 | 8,492,059 |
| 1998 | 8,155,417 |
| 1997 | 7,824,525 |
| 1996 | 7,554,474 |
| 1995 | 7,285,007 |
| 1994 | 7,026,797 |
| 1993 | 6,681,399 |
| 1992 | 6,495,107 |
| 1991 | 6,813,760 |
| 1990 | 7,082,811 |
| 1989 | 7,114,817 |
| 1988 | 7,235,360 |
| 1987 | 7,228,302 |
| 1986 | 6,974,788 |
| 1985 | 6,693,289 |
| 1984 | 6,428,389 |
| 1983 | 6,198,430 |
| 1982 | 6,003,840 |
| 1981 | 5,982,849 |
| 1980 | 5,936,154 |
| 1979 | 5,449,117 |
| 1978 | 4,814,892 |
| 1977 | 4,484,050 |
| 1976 | 4,365,812 |
| 1975 | 4,257,535 |
| 1974 | 4,151,842 |
| 1973 | 4,045,592 |
| 1972 | 3,939,436 |
| 1971 | 3,837,691 |
| 1970 | 3,738,448 |
| 1969 | 3,641,015 |
| 1968 | 3,546,590 |
| 1967 | 3,454,537 |
| 1966 | 3,365,106 |
| 1965 | 3,277,874 |
| 1964 | 3,192,796 |
| 1963 | 3,110,361 |
| 1962 | 3,030,091 |
| 1961 | 2,952,054 |
| 1960 | 2,876,331 |