Côte d’Ivoire vs Somalia: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 2.45% a year in Côte d’Ivoire and 3.57% a year in Somalia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Somalia, by 1.11 percentage points, or 1.45 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% a year · UN

Côte d’IvoireSomaliaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Somalia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Côte d’Ivoire at 0.75% a year and Somalia at 0.42% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	Somalia	World
2023	2.45	3.57	0.87
2022	2.56	2.58	0.88
2021	2.48	3.49	0.8
2020	2.47	3.84	0.9
2019	2.59	3.76	1.03
2018	2.65	3.59	1.07
2017	2.75	3.46	1.13
2016	2.9	4.32	1.17
2015	2.9	3.36	1.18
2014	2.88	3.53	1.22
2013	1.96	3.65	1.23
2012	2.03	2.79	1.27
2011	2.15	-1	1.26
2010	2.2	2.42	1.27
2009	2.21	2.54	1.28
2008	2.23	2.51	1.28
2007	2.32	3.43	1.28
2006	2.34	2.78	1.28
2005	2.37	3.36	1.27
2004	2.4	3.59	1.28
2003	2.45	3.78	1.29
2002	2.54	3.6	1.3
2001	2.63	3.91	1.33
2000	2.72	4.08	1.35
1999	2.82	3.92	1.35
1998	3.72	4.17	1.37
1997	3.83	4.11	1.39
1996	3.86	2.89	1.42
1995	3.89	4.4	1.45
1994	3.91	2.79	1.47
1993	3.96	7.41	1.52
1992	4	-1.88	1.57
1991	3.99	-7.56	1.63
1990	3.96	-0.33	1.76
1989	3.9	-0.58	1.78
1988	3.83	-2.77	1.79
1987	3.83	2.96	1.84
1986	3.88	4.2	1.83
1985	3.94	4.04	1.8
1984	3.99	4.04	1.8
1983	4	3.23	1.78
1982	4.03	3.15	1.86
1981	4.02	-2.46	1.82
1980	3.99	4.05	1.8
1979	3.91	13.49	1.79
1978	3.8	11.12	1.74
1977	3.73	2.83	1.75
1976	3.61	2.51	1.78
1975	4.56	2.52	1.8
1974	4.57	2.51	1.88
1973	4.57	2.67	1.94
1972	4.54	2.64	1.97
1971	4.42	2.59	1.97
1970	4.23	2.65	2.06
1969	4.04	2.63	2.06
1968	3.9	2.63	2.09
1967	3.87	2.63	2
1966	3.87	2.61	2.04
1965	3.87	2.64	2.09
1964	3.86	2.62	2.16
1963	3.86	2.61	2.28
1962	3.83	2.62	2.11
1961	3.73	2.6	1.67
1960	3.57	2.59	1.58
1959	3.34	2.56	1.73
1958	3.18	2.47	2
1957	3.07	2.55	2.07
1956	2.98	2.57	1.98
1955	2.89	2.59	2.01
1954	2.81	2.61	1.99
1953	2.74	2.63	1.9
1952	2.69	2.72	1.94
1951	2.67	2.79	1.75
1950	2.68	2.87	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	Somalia	World
2024	2.421.79–3.05	3.4-0.73–7.08	0.86
2025	2.391.63–3.1	3.28-1.53–7.63	0.84
2026	2.341.43–3.15	3.24-1.88–7.71	0.83
2027	2.31.3–3.2	3.09-1.89–7.71	0.81
2028	2.291.22–3.29	2.95-1.65–7.58	0.8
2029	2.261.14–3.3	2.94-1.72–7.51	0.78
2030	2.241.06–3.31	2.97-1.61–7.44	0.76
2031	2.241.01–3.38	2.84-1.91–7.46	0.75
2032	2.230.94–3.42	2.76-1.86–7.46	0.73
2033	2.250.95–3.47	2.64-1.69–7.11	0.72
2034	2.230.83–3.47	2.68-1.68–7.03	0.7
2035	2.210.83–3.52	2.73-1.91–7.15	0.69
2036	2.20.76–3.61	2.64-2.02–7.05	0.67
2037	2.190.7–3.6	2.64-2.16–6.83	0.65
2038	2.160.62–3.64	2.52-2.06–7.01	0.64
2039	2.150.57–3.63	2.43-1.89–6.96	0.62
2040	2.120.54–3.65	2.51-1.93–6.98	0.61
2041	2.090.45–3.59	2.38-2.28–6.77	0.59
2042	2.080.44–3.58	2.23-1.96–6.54	0.57
2043	2.060.4–3.58	2.24-2.21–6.46	0.56
2044	2.040.41–3.63	2.22-1.97–6.46	0.54
2045	1.980.29–3.54	2.19-2.1–6.54	0.52
2046	1.940.24–3.49	2.17-2.31–6.49	0.5
2047	1.910.23–3.46	2.15-2.39–6.24	0.48
2048	1.890.18–3.48	2.08-2.3–6.28	0.46
2049	1.830.13–3.46	1.97-2.31–6.26	0.44
2050	1.810.05–3.4	2-2.17–6.05	0.42
2051	1.79-0.02–3.5	1.98-1.96–6.1	0.4
2052	1.75-0.01–3.39	1.91-2.33–5.83	0.38
2053	1.72-0.18–3.38	1.91-2.29–5.97	0.36
2054	1.71-0.25–3.34	1.97-2–6.08	0.34
2055	1.67-0.17–3.4	1.93-2.15–5.92	0.33
2056	1.63-0.27–3.31	1.83-2.25–5.94	0.31
2057	1.6-0.31–3.37	1.76-2.12–5.6	0.3
2058	1.59-0.29–3.37	1.68-2.05–5.85	0.28
2059	1.55-0.28–3.4	1.84-1.99–5.77	0.27
2060	1.53-0.4–3.32	1.79-2.07–5.44	0.25
2061	1.52-0.48–3.33	1.61-2.06–5.42	0.24
2062	1.49-0.51–3.32	1.56-2.17–5.3	0.23
2063	1.49-0.46–3.28	1.55-2.06–5.29	0.22
2064	1.47-0.52–3.25	1.56-2.2–5.21	0.21
2065	1.46-0.49–3.35	1.53-2.07–5.4	0.2
2066	1.46-0.49–3.3	1.42-2.22–5.22	0.19
2067	1.42-0.52–3.31	1.39-2.13–5.13	0.18
2068	1.41-0.57–3.2	1.32-2.31–5.14	0.17
2069	1.37-0.52–3.24	1.33-2.29–5	0.16
2070	1.35-0.65–3.18	1.34-2–5.07	0.15
2071	1.33-0.67–3.18	1.3-2.2–4.87	0.14
2072	1.29-0.64–3.24	1.24-2.16–4.55	0.13
2073	1.27-0.82–3.12	1.23-2.26–4.6	0.12
2074	1.25-0.84–3.15	1.21-1.98–4.65	0.1
2075	1.25-0.83–3.17	1.06-2.32–4.5	0.09
2076	1.21-0.85–3.15	1.07-2.43–4.51	0.08
2077	1.19-0.93–3.09	1.11-2.25–4.43	0.07
2078	1.17-0.86–3.12	1.07-2.1–4.51	0.06
2079	1.14-0.92–3.09	1.06-2.19–4.43	0.05
2080	1.13-0.97–3.12	0.97-2.16–4.34	0.04
2081	1.12-0.94–3.04	0.85-2.31–4.15	0.03
2082	1.09-1.01–3.03	0.95-2.02–4.3	0.02
2083	1.08-1.04–3.02	0.91-2.09–4.22	0.01
2084	1.02-1.16–2.99	0.9-2.06–4.21	-0
2085	1.02-1.2–3	0.92-1.93–4.19	-0.01
2086	1.02-1.22–2.99	0.86-1.92–4.14	-0.02
2087	0.99-1.2–2.95	0.75-2.12–4.24	-0.03
2088	0.97-1.32–2.95	0.72-2.22–3.89	-0.04
2089	0.97-1.28–2.96	0.69-2.19–4.18	-0.05
2090	0.96-1.41–3.01	0.76-2.11–4.22	-0.05
2091	0.95-1.45–3.12	0.72-1.94–3.87	-0.06
2092	0.92-1.51–3.07	0.67-2.11–4	-0.07
2093	0.88-1.53–3.04	0.64-2.04–3.64	-0.07
2094	0.87-1.46–3.05	0.61-1.88–3.76	-0.08
2095	0.85-1.53–3.1	0.58-2.15–3.48	-0.09
2096	0.83-1.6–3.08	0.58-1.87–3.51	-0.1
2097	0.8-1.59–2.98	0.5-1.99–3.46	-0.11
2098	0.79-1.63–2.9	0.5-1.92–3.61	-0.11
2099	0.77-1.8–2.95	0.5-2–3.73	-0.12
2100	0.75-1.77–2.93	0.42-1.87–3.42	-0.13

Each country on its own

Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Côte d’Ivoire vs Somalia

Health

People

Economy

Education

Adult literacyCôte d’Ivoire: 50% in 2021Somalia: 54.1% in 2022

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsCôte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022Somalia: 3,110 deaths in 2022