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Somalia

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
19,654,739 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 11,031,386in 2017[4]
Land area
627,340 km²[5]
Total area
637,657 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Kenya, Ethiopia, Somaliland[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names
  • Federal Republic of Somalia[12]
  • Soomaaliya[13]
  • République fédérale de Somalie[14]
  • Federalna Republika Somalii[15]

Parts of Somalia

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202519.7M

2,876,331 in 1960, 19,654,739 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19602,876,331
19612,952,054
19623,030,091
19633,110,361
19643,192,796
19653,277,874
19663,365,106
19673,454,537
19683,546,590
19693,641,015
19703,738,448
19713,837,691
19723,939,436
19734,045,592
19744,151,842
19754,257,535
19764,365,812
19774,484,050
19784,814,892
19795,449,117
19805,936,154
19815,982,849
19826,003,840
19836,198,430
19846,428,389
19856,693,289
19866,974,788
19877,228,302
19887,235,360
19897,114,817
19907,082,811
19916,813,760
19926,495,107
19936,681,399
19947,026,797
19957,285,007
19967,554,474
19977,824,525
19988,155,417
19998,492,059
20008,838,713
20019,198,493
20029,550,063
20039,909,157
200410,280,998
200510,644,228
200610,975,502
200711,322,582
200811,663,084
200911,961,201
201012,261,756
201112,348,830
201212,461,160
201312,869,594
201413,339,491
201513,806,963
201614,348,740
201714,916,629
201815,452,487
201916,030,971
202016,651,191
202117,271,431
202217,801,897
202318,358,615
202419,009,151
202519,654,739

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
SO[16]
ISO alpha-3
SOM[17]
ISO numeric
706[18]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), capital: Mogadishu (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), population (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: census
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), area (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), official language: Somali (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), official language: Arabic (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), currency: Somali shilling (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), continent: Africa (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), official name (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), official name (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), official name (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  15. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), official name (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Somalia (Q1045), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564284999) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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