Somalia - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Somalia was 7,333,290 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,333,290 in 2020 and a minimum value of 477,113 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 477,113
1961 501,899
1962 528,051
1963 555,582
1964 583,816
1965 612,588
1966 644,040
1967 678,491
1968 714,325
1969 748,977
1970 781,159
1971 807,358
1972 829,408
1973 858,029
1974 909,336
1975 989,395
1976 1,101,750
1977 1,248,507
1978 1,411,050
1979 1,561,995
1980 1,681,021
1981 1,759,368
1982 1,802,673
1983 1,822,827
1984 1,839,155
1985 1,866,070
1986 1,908,724
1987 1,964,461
1988 2,029,344
1989 2,090,902
1990 2,142,817
1991 2,182,717
1992 2,214,804
1993 2,246,775
1994 2,290,443
1995 2,354,250
1996 2,441,941
1997 2,551,225
1998 2,677,302
1999 2,812,251
2000 2,949,757
2001 3,088,299
2002 3,229,504
2003 3,411,445
2004 3,599,379
2005 3,793,358
2006 3,993,408
2007 3,812,005
2008 4,104,241
2009 4,411,125
2010 4,734,452
2011 5,074,285
2012 5,284,302
2013 5,502,043
2014 5,729,046
2015 5,966,601
2016 6,215,578
2017 6,476,276
2018 6,749,349
2019 7,034,861
2020 7,333,290

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Somalia was 46.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.14 in 2020, while its lowest value was 17.31 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 17.31
1961 17.84
1962 18.37
1963 18.92
1964 19.45
1965 19.96
1966 20.49
1967 21.02
1968 21.56
1969 22.12
1970 22.68
1971 23.25
1972 23.84
1973 24.43
1974 25.03
1975 25.50
1976 25.75
1977 26.00
1978 26.25
1979 26.51
1980 26.76
1981 27.02
1982 27.28
1983 27.54
1984 27.80
1985 28.07
1986 28.33
1987 28.63
1988 28.97
1989 29.31
1990 29.66
1991 30.01
1992 30.36
1993 30.71
1994 31.07
1995 31.43
1996 31.79
1997 32.15
1998 32.51
1999 32.88
2000 33.25
2001 33.62
2002 33.99
2003 34.76
2004 35.53
2005 36.31
2006 37.10
2007 34.40
2008 36.01
2009 37.65
2010 39.31
2011 41.00
2012 41.56
2013 42.12
2014 42.68
2015 43.25
2016 43.82
2017 44.39
2018 44.97
2019 45.55
2020 46.14

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization