Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Mogadishu, Somalia metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.

This statistic shows the total population of Somalia from 2013 to 2023 by gender. In 2023, Somalia's female population amounted to approximately 9.16 million, while the male population amounted to approximately 9.2 million inhabitants.

Chart and table of Somalia population from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

The share of urban population in Somalia saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 47.92 percent. Still, the share reached its highest value in the observed period in 2023. A country's urbanization rate refers to the share of the total population living in an urban setting. International comparisons of urbanization rates may be inconsistent, due to discrepancies between definitions of what constitutes an urban center (based on population size, area, or space between dwellings, among others).Find more key insights for the share of urban population in countries like Mauritius and Rwanda.

Mogadishu is a city. It is in Somalia and has a population of 2,590,180 people.

Nearly 7 of 10 Somalis live in poverty, making Somalia one of the poorest countries in Sub-saharan Africa. About 69 percent of the population lived in poverty in 2017 as compared to 71 percent in 2019. Somalia has the sixth highest poverty rate in the region, only after the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Madagascar, Burundi and South Sudan. Poverty incidence is lower in other urban areas, excluding Mogadishu, compared to nomadic households, IDPs in settlements, and those in rural areas and Mogadishu. Nearly half of the population is not even able to meet the average consumption of food items, confirming the dire living standards of most Somalis.

This statistic shows the age structure in Somalia from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, about 46.68 percent of Somalia's total population were aged 0 to 14 years.

Continual assessment of issues directly affecting community safety and security is critical to effective evidence based programming, informed decision making and measuring the impact of related programmatic interventions: it enables a better understanding of what works and doesn’t work at the community level. With this in mind district level assessments map out and provide a better understanding of issues that affect targeted communities across the Somali regions. By using key indicators for selected thematic areas, this report provides an assessment on the state of conflict, governance, justice as well as safety and security in the Western Zone of Mogadishu.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Hargeysa, Somalia metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.

The death rate in Somalia decreased to 11.01 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the previous year. Therefore, 2022 marks the lowest death rate during the observed period. The crude death rate is the annual number of deaths divided by the total population, expressed per 1,000 people.Find more statistics on other topics about Somalia with key insights such as total life expectancy at birth, total fertility rate, and crude birth rate.

Mogadishu in Somalia led the ranking of cities with the highest population density in 2023, with 33,244 residents per square kilometer. When it comes to countries, Monaco is the most populated state worldwide.

Chart and table of the Somalia birth rate from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

Somalia is a country. The capital city is Mogadishu, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 627,340 km², a population of 18,358,615 people and uses the currency Somali shilling. The Prime Minister is Hassan Ali Khayre.

The updated master list of IDP sites contains estimated population data, GPS coordinates, names of neighborhoods/umbrellas (sub-district locations) and unique codes for each verified site. Additionally, the Q1-2023 master list includes IDP sites/populations for proposed catchment areas located in Baidoa and Mogadishu to better enable the formulation of an area-based approach to humanitarian service delivery.

When possible, the CCCM Cluster urges partners to ensure that the names of IDP sites used by agencies are matching with that of the CCCM Cluster’s IDP Site Master List.

The unemployment rate in Somalia saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 19.03 percent. Still, 2023 marked the second consecutive decline of the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate refers to the share of the economically active population currently without work but in search of employment. The unemployment rate does not include economically inactive persons such as the long-term unemployed, children, or retirees.Find more key insights for the unemployment rate in countries like Burundi and Eritrea.

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

Narrative Interviews were conducted with 114 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who settled in Mogadishu (26), Baidoa (26), Bosaaso (27) and Hargeysa (35). Additional interviews with local authorities including members of the district government and municipality, local and international NGOs, active members in the host community including 'gatekeepers' were conducted in Mogadishu (4), Baidoa (4); Bosaaso (4) and Hargeysa (5).

This research project addresses the nexus of poverty, environmental sustainability and conflict in Somalia from the perspective of the most vulnerable in-migrants to cities, people who were internally displaced (IDPs). The interplay between violent conflict and droughts is described as one of the main drivers of internal displacement in Somalia, but rapid in-migration to cities further increases pressures on the urban and rural environment. The research focus is on the capacities of IDPs to cope with the effects of violence and displacement and to mitigate vulnerability. The study is conducted in four cities in Southern Somalia (Mogadishu, Baidoa), Puntland (Bosasso) and Somaliland (Hargeisa), which have quite different histories pertaining to in-migration and violence. While IDPs in Hargeysa and Mogadishu have started to gain attention from international organisations, very little is known about IDPs living in secondary or smaller cities such as Bosasso or Baidoa. This project will conduct interviews and compare IDPs perceptions and practices of security on the move and when settling into the city. The concern with IDPs and cities links the project to the emerging global urban agenda and the need to develop new approaches to urban sustainability, democratic governance and livelihood in cities. With the choice to study this from the viewpoints and experiences of IDPs, people who are most vulnerable are placed at the core of the knowledge production. This informs the choice of research methods, which, in addition to narrative interviews, also includes a photo-voice methodology. Photo-voice is a highly innovative research tool that gives 'voice' to people who are usually not heard or silenced. It does not merely rely on verbal capacities, but uses images to communicate peoples' perceptions of securities and insecurities in Somali cities. Selected IDPs will receive cameras and produce photographs illustrating (in-)security and (in-)secure places and experiences

The total fertility rate in Somalia declined to 6.2 children per woman in 2022. Therefore, the fertility rate in Somalia saw its lowest number in that year with 6.2 children per woman. Total fertility rates refer to the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (generally considered 15 to 44 years) can expect to have throughout her reproductive years. Unlike birth rates, which are based on the actual number of live births in a given population, fertility rates are hypothetical (similar to life expectancy), as they assume that current patterns in age-specific fertility will remain constant throughout a woman's reproductive years.Find more statistics on other topics about Somalia with key insights such as crude birth rate, death rate, and total life expectancy at birth.

Chart and table of the Somalia death rate from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

Parenthood can be defined by the contradiction that it is one of the most satisfying yet stressful experiences in life. Many parents experience stress during parenthood, and some to the extent that they display symptoms of parental burnout. Nevertheless, research on parental burnout is scant and many studies have only examined the condition in Western settings. The aim of this study was to examine parental burnout among Somali mothers in Mogadishu, Somalia, and its association with certain psychological, psychosocial, and sociodemographic factors. In this cross-sectional study, questionnaire data were collected through the measurements Parental Burnout Assessment and Patient Health Questionnaire 9, as well as through social and demographic questions. A total of 882 Somali mothers in Mogadishu participated. The analysis methods used were univariate, bivariate, and multiple linear regression analysis. The results revealed that the mean parental burnout score was low in the sample. Additionally, a significant association was found between higher levels of parental burnout and higher levels of depression, perceived lack of social support, being unmarried, having a low monthly household income, and when the youngest child was of school-age.