Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Somalia

Population aged 15–64 in Somalia in 2025 — 9,990,238 people. Ranked 72 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 562.5%.

2025 9.99M people +3.42% vs 2024
World rank 72of 217
Period maximum 9.99M people2025
Period minimum 1.51M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Somalia, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,507,962 people1962: 1,573,386 people1964: 1,647,889 people1966: 1,741,527 people1968: 1,842,266 people1970: 1,947,158 people1972: 2,055,382 people1974: 2,168,971 people1976: 2,284,420 people1978: 2,515,582 people1980: 3,088,899 people1982: 3,105,941 people1984: 3,303,240 people1986: 3,557,421 people1988: 3,656,865 people1990: 3,536,373 people1992: 3,290,642 people1994: 3,562,810 people1996: 3,809,675 people1998: 4,096,114 people2000: 4,423,051 people2002: 4,761,156 people2004: 5,096,242 people2006: 5,368,314 people2008: 5,670,451 people2010: 5,993,808 people2012: 6,198,268 people2014: 6,660,909 people2016: 7,178,536 people2018: 7,764,810 people2020: 8,397,226 people2022: 9,014,300 people2024: 9,659,535 people2025: 9,990,238 people
Change over the period: +8.48M (+562.5%) Average annual rate: 2.95 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Somalia 9.99M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Eastern Africa computed 290M people
Low-income countries computed 441M people
Population aged 15–64 — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 9.99M +330,703 +3.42%
2024 9.66M +341,304 +3.66%
2023 9.32M +303,931 +3.37%
2022 9.01M +290,075 +3.32%
2021 8.72M +326,999 +3.89%
2020 8.4M +326,568 +4.05%
2019 8.07M +305,848 +3.94%
2018 7.76M +287,970 +3.85%
2017 7.48M +298,304 +4.16%
2016 7.18M +276,983 +4.01%
2015 6.9M +240,644 +3.61%
2014 6.66M +243,769 +3.8%
2013 6.42M +218,872 +3.53%
2012 6.2M +108,743 +1.79%
2011 6.09M +95,717 +1.6%
2010 5.99M +165,051 +2.83%
2009 5.83M +158,306 +2.79%
2008 5.67M +163,271 +2.96%
2007 5.51M +138,866 +2.59%
2006 5.37M +121,989 +2.33%
2005 5.25M +150,083 +2.94%
2004 5.1M +167,598 +3.4%
2003 4.93M +167,488 +3.52%
2002 4.76M +166,216 +3.62%
2001 4.59M +171,889 +3.89%
2000 4.42M +165,900 +3.9%
1999 4.26M +161,037 +3.93%
1998 4.1M +158,590 +4.03%
1997 3.94M +127,849 +3.36%
1996 3.81M +126,697 +3.44%
1995 3.68M +120,168 +3.37%
1994 3.56M +163,980 +4.82%
1993 3.4M +108,188 +3.29%
1992 3.29M −120,675 −3.54%
1991 3.41M −125,056 −3.54%
1990 3.54M −37,311 −1.04%
1989 3.57M −83,181 −2.27%
1988 3.66M −15,046 −0.41%
1987 3.67M +114,490 +3.22%
1986 3.56M +130,543 +3.81%
1985 3.43M +123,638 +3.74%
1984 3.3M +107,087 +3.35%
1983 3.2M +90,212 +2.9%
1982 3.11M +1,121 +0.04%
1981 3.1M +15,921 +0.52%
1980 3.09M +247,314 +8.7%
1979 2.84M +326,003 +12.96%
1978 2.52M +169,729 +7.24%
1977 2.35M +61,433 +2.69%
1976 2.28M +58,062 +2.61%
1975 2.23M +57,387 +2.65%
1974 2.17M +57,140 +2.71%
1973 2.11M +56,449 +2.75%
1972 2.06M +54,574 +2.73%
1971 2M +53,650 +2.76%
1970 1.95M +53,061 +2.8%
1969 1.89M +51,831 +2.81%
1968 1.84M +50,906 +2.84%
1967 1.79M +49,833 +2.86%
1966 1.74M +48,958 +2.89%
1965 1.69M +44,680 +2.71%
1964 1.65M +38,592 +2.4%
1963 1.61M +35,911 +2.28%
1962 1.57M +33,949 +2.21%
1961 1.54M +31,475 +2.09%
1960 1.51M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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