Chad vs Somalia: Population, total

Chad

21.00 million

in 2025

Somalia

19.65 million

in 2025

Chad rank

63rd

Somalia rank

66th

Population, total over time

Chad
Somalia

How they compare

Chad currently reports 21.00 million against 19.65 million in Somalia, a difference of 1.35 million.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chad ahead.

Globally, Chad ranks 63rd and Somalia ranks 66th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Population, total in Chad
Population, total in Somalia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Population, total
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.