Chad vs Somalia: Population by world region
Chad
69.55 million people
in 2100
Somalia
67.36 million people
in 2100
Chad rank
37th
Somalia rank
40th
Population by world region over time
- Chad
- Somalia
How they compare
Chad currently reports 69.55 million people against 67.36 million people in Somalia, a difference of 2.18 million people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chad ahead.
Chad ranks 37th and Somalia ranks 40th of 238 countries.
Across the 48 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 44 and Somalia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 556,000 people | 389,200 people | 166,800 people | Chad |
| 1100s | 597,700 people | 467,040 people | 130,660 people | Chad |
| 1200s | 639,400 people | 544,880 people | 94,520 people | Chad |
| 1300s | 700,000 people | 622,720 people | 77,280 people | Chad |
| 1400s | 780,000 people | 700,560 people | 79,440 people | Chad |
| 1500s | 834,000 people | 778,400 people | 55,600 people | Chad |
| 1600s | 973,000 people | 827,050 people | 145,950 people | Chad |
| 1700s | 1.11 million people | 875,700 people | 236,300 people | Chad |
| 1710s | 1.18 million people | 886,058 people | 296,492 people | Chad |
| 1720s | 1.19 million people | 896,416 people | 295,564 people | Chad |
| 1730s | 1.20 million people | 906,775 people | 295,135 people | Chad |
| 1740s | 1.21 million people | 917,133 people | 295,247 people | Chad |
| 1750s | 1.22 million people | 927,491 people | 295,959 people | Chad |
| 1760s | 1.24 million people | 937,850 people | 297,340 people | Chad |
| 1770s | 1.25 million people | 948,208 people | 299,452 people | Chad |
| 1780s | 1.26 million people | 958,566 people | 302,404 people | Chad |
| 1790s | 1.28 million people | 968,925 people | 306,305 people | Chad |
| 1800s | 1.46 million people | 990,855 people | 470,131 people | Chad |
| 1810s | 1.53 million people | 999,772 people | 527,499 people | Chad |
| 1820s | 1.60 million people | 1.06 million people | 533,557 people | Chad |
| 1830s | 1.67 million people | 1.21 million people | 460,934 people | Chad |
| 1840s | 1.74 million people | 1.37 million people | 369,553 people | Chad |
| 1850s | 1.80 million people | 1.47 million people | 327,328 people | Chad |
| 1860s | 1.83 million people | 1.47 million people | 358,863 people | Chad |
| 1870s | 1.86 million people | 1.47 million people | 393,584 people | Chad |
| 1880s | 1.91 million people | 1.48 million people | 430,795 people | Chad |
| 1890s | 1.87 million people | 1.50 million people | 369,129 people | Chad |
| 1900s | 1.77 million people | 1.54 million people | 227,075 people | Chad |
| 1910s | 1.70 million people | 1.57 million people | 131,789 people | Chad |
| 1920s | 1.77 million people | 1.66 million people | 109,817 people | Chad |
| 1930s | 2.00 million people | 1.82 million people | 186,190 people | Chad |
| 1940s | 2.30 million people | 2.03 million people | 266,592 people | Chad |
| 1950s | 2.75 million people | 2.50 million people | 242,987 people | Chad |
| 1960s | 3.34 million people | 3.24 million people | 99,198 people | Chad |
| 1970s | 4.12 million people | 4.31 million people | 192,482 people | Somalia |
| 1980s | 5.10 million people | 6.58 million people | 1.48 million people | Somalia |
| 1990s | 7.04 million people | 7.34 million people | 300,452 people | Somalia |
| 2000s | 10.13 million people | 10.43 million people | 301,746 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 14.44 million people | 13.78 million people | 654,850 people | Chad |
| 2020s | 20.42 million people | 19.39 million people | 1.04 million people | Chad |
| 2030s | 27.37 million people | 25.99 million people | 1.37 million people | Chad |
| 2040s | 34.67 million people | 33.17 million people | 1.50 million people | Chad |
| 2050s | 42.36 million people | 40.62 million people | 1.74 million people | Chad |
| 2060s | 49.95 million people | 48.15 million people | 1.80 million people | Chad |
| 2070s | 56.83 million people | 54.97 million people | 1.86 million people | Chad |
| 2080s | 62.84 million people | 60.79 million people | 2.05 million people | Chad |
| 2090s | 67.54 million people | 65.38 million people | 2.16 million people | Chad |
| 2100s | 69.55 million people | 67.36 million people | 2.18 million people | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population by world region, Chad or Somalia?
- Chad, at 69.55 million people against 67.36 million people in Somalia as of 2100.
- What is the difference in population by world region between Chad and Somalia?
- 2.18 million people, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?
- 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
- How do Chad and Somalia rank globally for population by world region?
- Chad ranks 37th and Somalia ranks 40th 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 Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.