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Somalia, Fed. Rep. — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Somalia, Fed. Rep., 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.34%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +28.5% since 1961
Population growth for Somalia, Fed. Rep. was 3.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 12.37% in 1979. The lowest was -4.79% in 1992 (about -1.4× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.39% per year.
Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranks 8 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 4%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Somalia, Fed. Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 1979 and has fallen 73% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.34%
First (1961)
2.60%
Change
+28.5%
Highest
12.37%
in 1979
Lowest
-4.79%
in 1992
Average
2.96%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.39%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.34% |
| 2024 | 3.48% |
| 2023 | 3.08% |
| 2022 | 3.03% |
| 2021 | 3.66% |
| 2020 | 3.8% |
| 2019 | 3.68% |
| 2018 | 3.53% |
| 2017 | 3.88% |
| 2016 | 3.85% |
| 2015 | 3.44% |
| 2014 | 3.59% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.