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.
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Chart and table of Somalia population from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
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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.
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Mogadishu is a city. It is in Somalia and has a population of 2,590,180 people.
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.
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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.