Male population — all countries

Male population — Somalia

Male population in Somalia in 2025 — 9,844,974 people. Ranked 66 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 587.8%.

2025 9.84M people +3.38% vs 2024
World rank 66of 217
Period maximum 9.84M people2025
Period minimum 1.43M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Somalia, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,431,409 people1962: 1,508,518 people1964: 1,590,113 people1966: 1,676,557 people1968: 1,767,628 people1970: 1,863,924 people1972: 1,964,832 people1974: 2,071,465 people1976: 2,178,827 people1978: 2,403,683 people1980: 2,964,434 people1982: 2,999,589 people1984: 3,213,200 people1986: 3,488,064 people1988: 3,616,463 people1990: 3,530,902 people1992: 3,230,420 people1994: 3,497,214 people1996: 3,764,003 people1998: 4,067,727 people2000: 4,412,894 people2002: 4,772,301 people2004: 5,141,339 people2006: 5,492,051 people2008: 5,838,684 people2010: 6,140,566 people2012: 6,239,785 people2014: 6,680,930 people2016: 7,187,258 people2018: 7,740,261 people2020: 8,342,147 people2022: 8,919,555 people2024: 9,522,790 people2025: 9,844,974 people
Change over the period: +8.41M (+587.78%) Average annual rate: 3.01 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Somalia 9.84M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Eastern Africa computed 254M people
Low-income countries computed 393M people
Male population — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 9.84M +322,184 +3.38%
2024 9.52M +324,961 +3.53%
2023 9.2M +278,274 +3.12%
2022 8.92M +265,891 +3.07%
2021 8.65M +311,517 +3.73%
2020 8.34M +311,545 +3.88%
2019 8.03M +290,341 +3.75%
2018 7.74M +268,539 +3.59%
2017 7.47M +284,464 +3.96%
2016 7.19M +271,685 +3.93%
2015 6.92M +234,643 +3.51%
2014 6.68M +235,986 +3.66%
2013 6.44M +205,159 +3.29%
2012 6.24M +55,971 +0.91%
2011 6.18M +43,248 +0.7%
2010 6.14M +151,324 +2.53%
2009 5.99M +150,558 +2.58%
2008 5.84M +171,613 +3.03%
2007 5.67M +175,020 +3.19%
2006 5.49M +167,336 +3.14%
2005 5.32M +183,376 +3.57%
2004 5.14M +187,650 +3.79%
2003 4.95M +181,388 +3.8%
2002 4.77M +177,674 +3.87%
2001 4.59M +181,733 +4.12%
2000 4.41M +175,116 +4.13%
1999 4.24M +170,051 +4.18%
1998 4.07M +167,099 +4.28%
1997 3.9M +136,625 +3.63%
1996 3.76M +136,190 +3.75%
1995 3.63M +130,599 +3.73%
1994 3.5M +173,934 +5.23%
1993 3.32M +92,860 +2.87%
1992 3.23M −162,022 −4.78%
1991 3.39M −138,460 −3.92%
1990 3.53M −19,949 −0.56%
1989 3.55M −65,612 −1.81%
1988 3.62M +700 +0.02%
1987 3.62M +127,699 +3.66%
1986 3.49M +141,623 +4.23%
1985 3.35M +133,241 +4.15%
1984 3.21M +115,682 +3.73%
1983 3.1M +97,929 +3.26%
1982 3M +11,186 +0.37%
1981 2.99M +23,969 +0.81%
1980 2.96M +243,743 +8.96%
1979 2.72M +317,008 +13.19%
1978 2.4M +165,479 +7.39%
1977 2.24M +59,377 +2.73%
1976 2.18M +54,337 +2.56%
1975 2.12M +53,025 +2.56%
1974 2.07M +53,327 +2.64%
1973 2.02M +53,306 +2.71%
1972 1.96M +51,087 +2.67%
1971 1.91M +49,821 +2.67%
1970 1.86M +48,904 +2.69%
1969 1.82M +47,392 +2.68%
1968 1.77M +46,197 +2.68%
1967 1.72M +44,874 +2.68%
1966 1.68M +43,766 +2.68%
1965 1.63M +42,678 +2.68%
1964 1.59M +41,342 +2.67%
1963 1.55M +40,253 +2.67%
1962 1.51M +39,130 +2.66%
1961 1.47M +37,979 +2.65%
1960 1.43M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

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