Chad vs Somalia: Has the population peaked?

Chad

19.32 million people

in 2023

Somalia

18.36 million people

in 2023

Chad rank

66th

Somalia rank

68th

Has the population peaked? over time

Chad currently reports 19.32 million people against 18.36 million people in Somalia, a difference of 960,500 people.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 66th and Somalia ranks 68th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.