Female population — all countries

Female population — Somalia

Female population in Somalia in 2025 — 9,809,765 people. Ranked 66 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 578.9%.

2025 9.81M people +3.41% vs 2024
World rank 66of 217
Period maximum 9.81M people2025
Period minimum 1.44M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Female population — Somalia, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,444,922 people1962: 1,521,573 people1964: 1,602,683 people1966: 1,688,549 people1968: 1,778,962 people1970: 1,874,524 people1972: 1,974,604 people1974: 2,080,377 people1976: 2,186,985 people1978: 2,411,209 people1980: 2,971,720 people1982: 3,004,251 people1984: 3,215,189 people1986: 3,486,724 people1988: 3,618,897 people1990: 3,551,909 people1992: 3,264,687 people1994: 3,529,583 people1996: 3,790,471 people1998: 4,087,690 people2000: 4,425,819 people2002: 4,777,762 people2004: 5,139,659 people2006: 5,483,451 people2008: 5,824,400 people2010: 6,121,190 people2012: 6,221,375 people2014: 6,658,561 people2016: 7,161,482 people2018: 7,712,226 people2020: 8,309,044 people2022: 8,882,342 people2024: 9,486,361 people2025: 9,809,765 people
Change over the period: +8.36M (+578.91%) Average annual rate: 2.99 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Somalia

Somalia 9.81M people
World 4.09B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 663M people
Eastern Africa computed 258M people
Low-income countries computed 395M people
Female population — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 9.81M +323,404 +3.41%
2024 9.49M +325,575 +3.55%
2023 9.16M +278,444 +3.13%
2022 8.88M +264,575 +3.07%
2021 8.62M +308,723 +3.72%
2020 8.31M +308,675 +3.86%
2019 8M +288,143 +3.74%
2018 7.71M +267,319 +3.59%
2017 7.44M +283,425 +3.96%
2016 7.16M +270,092 +3.92%
2015 6.89M +232,829 +3.5%
2014 6.66M +233,911 +3.64%
2013 6.42M +203,275 +3.27%
2012 6.22M +56,359 +0.91%
2011 6.17M +43,826 +0.72%
2010 6.12M +149,231 +2.5%
2009 5.97M +147,559 +2.53%
2008 5.82M +168,889 +2.99%
2007 5.66M +172,060 +3.14%
2006 5.48M +163,938 +3.08%
2005 5.32M +179,854 +3.5%
2004 5.14M +184,191 +3.72%
2003 4.96M +177,706 +3.72%
2002 4.78M +173,896 +3.78%
2001 4.6M +178,047 +4.02%
2000 4.43M +171,538 +4.03%
1999 4.25M +166,591 +4.08%
1998 4.09M +163,793 +4.17%
1997 3.92M +133,426 +3.52%
1996 3.79M +133,277 +3.64%
1995 3.66M +127,611 +3.62%
1994 3.53M +171,464 +5.11%
1993 3.36M +93,432 +2.86%
1992 3.26M −156,631 −4.58%
1991 3.42M −130,591 −3.68%
1990 3.55M −12,057 −0.34%
1989 3.56M −54,931 −1.52%
1988 3.62M +6,358 +0.18%
1987 3.61M +125,815 +3.61%
1986 3.49M +139,876 +4.18%
1985 3.35M +131,659 +4.09%
1984 3.22M +114,277 +3.69%
1983 3.1M +96,661 +3.22%
1982 3M +9,805 +0.33%
1981 2.99M +22,726 +0.76%
1980 2.97M +243,294 +8.92%
1979 2.73M +317,217 +13.16%
1978 2.41M +165,363 +7.36%
1977 2.25M +58,861 +2.69%
1976 2.19M +53,940 +2.53%
1975 2.13M +52,668 +2.53%
1974 2.08M +52,923 +2.61%
1973 2.03M +52,850 +2.68%
1972 1.97M +50,658 +2.63%
1971 1.92M +49,422 +2.64%
1970 1.87M +48,529 +2.66%
1969 1.83M +47,033 +2.64%
1968 1.78M +45,856 +2.65%
1967 1.73M +44,557 +2.64%
1966 1.69M +43,466 +2.64%
1965 1.65M +42,400 +2.65%
1964 1.6M +41,093 +2.63%
1963 1.56M +40,017 +2.63%
1962 1.52M +38,907 +2.62%
1961 1.48M +37,744 +2.61%
1960 1.44M

About the indicator

The female population of a country as of mid-year, by the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN. In most countries women outnumber men, and the gap widens with age because of higher life expectancy; the exceptions are countries with mass male labor migration and countries where a selective attitude toward the birth of girls persists.

Important: The sum with the male population equals total population. The absolute number says little about structure — for comparing countries there is a separate indicator, the share of women in the population.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.