Netherlands vs Somalia: Population

Netherlands

18.09 million people

in 2023

Somalia

18.36 million people

in 2023

Netherlands rank

70th

Somalia rank

68th

Population over time

Somalia currently reports 18.36 million people against 18.09 million people in Netherlands, a difference of 266,100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Somalia ahead.

Netherlands ranks 70th and Somalia ranks 68th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.