Somalia vs Sudan: World population growth
Somalia
0.4%
in 2100
Sudan
0.4%
in 2100
Somalia rank
28th
Sudan rank
31st
World population growth over time
- Somalia
- Sudan
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Sudan, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Sudan ahead.
Somalia ranks 28th and Sudan ranks 31st of 238 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 17 and Sudan in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Sudan |
| 1800s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Sudan |
| 1900s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Somalia |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Somalia |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Somalia |
| 1940s | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.8% | Somalia |
| 1950s | 2.6% | 3.0% | 0.4% | Sudan |
| 1960s | 2.6% | 3.3% | 0.7% | Sudan |
| 1970s | 4.6% | 3.7% | 0.8% | Somalia |
| 1980s | 2.0% | 2.7% | 0.7% | Sudan |
| 1990s | 2.0% | 2.3% | 0.3% | Sudan |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.4% | 0.9% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.8% | 0.2% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 2.3% | 1.0% | Somalia |
| 2030s | 2.7% | 2.0% | 0.6% | Somalia |
| 2040s | 2.2% | 1.7% | 0.5% | Somalia |
| 2050s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.4% | Somalia |
| 2060s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.3% | Somalia |
| 2070s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Somalia |
| 2080s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 2090s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 2100s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Somalia or Sudan?
- Somalia, at 0.4% against 0.4% in Sudan as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Somalia and Sudan?
- 0.0%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sudan?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do Somalia and Sudan rank globally for world population growth?
- Somalia ranks 28th and Sudan ranks 31st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.