Niger vs Somalia: Population growth

Niger
3.2%
in 2025
Somalia
3.3%
in 2025
Niger rank
9th
Somalia rank
8th

Population growth over time

  • Niger
  • Somalia
-50510196119932025

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 3.3% against 3.2% in Niger, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.

Globally, Niger ranks 9th and Somalia ranks 8th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Population growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,128 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.