🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Mogadishu

Africa

Low income

SOM

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Population

19.7M

3.4%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

6.01

births/woman

Life Expectancy

59.0y

GDP / capita

$661.2

Pop. Growth

3.34%

Net Migration

12.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Somalia, Fed. Rep. by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇪🇹Ethiopia29K(62.0%)

+11%

🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.17.7K(37.9%)

🇪🇷Eritrea48(0.1%)

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male9.8MTotal 19.7M9.8MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Where the Somalia, Fed. Rep. diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Somalia, Fed. Rep. who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇰🇪Kenya402K(20.8%)

+3%

🇪🇹Ethiopia389.2K(20.1%)

+349%

🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.285.2K(14.7%)

+47%

🇬🇧United Kingdom119.7K(6.2%)

+23%

🇱🇾Libya118K(6.1%)

+27%

🇩🇯Djibouti99.9K(5.2%)

+18%

🇸🇪Sweden74.1K(3.8%)

+111%

🇺🇬Uganda65.1K(3.4%)

+186%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.50K(2.6%)

+76%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia48.1K(2.5%)

+42%

🇿🇦South Africa42.5K(2.2%)

+37%

🇨🇦Canada34.7K(1.8%)

+56%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024