Rural population rose 2.07% to 9.09 mil in Somalia in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population in Somalia reached an all time high of 9.09 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 2.37 mil in 1960. When compared to Somalia's main peers, rural population in Djibouti amounted to 0.241 mil, 93.6 mil in Ethiopia, 37.9 mil in Kenya and 20.3 mil in Yemen in 2021.
Somalia has been ranked 60th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Rural Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Djibouti | mil | 0.227 | 0.230 | 0.233 | 0.235 | 0.237 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | mil | 2.06 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 2.07 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil | 82.6 | 84.4 | 86.2 | 88.1 | 89.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | mil | 34.8 | 35.4 | 35.9 | 36.5 | 36.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | mil | 0.782 | 0.770 | 0.747 | 0.711 | 0.670 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 5.51 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.66 | 5.71 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | mil | 7.81 | 8.03 | 8.27 | 8.48 | 8.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 25.2 | 25.9 | 26.7 | 27.4 | 28.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | mil | 35.9 | 36.8 | 37.7 | 38.5 | 39.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | mil | 29.2 | 30.0 | 30.8 | 31.6 | 32.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 18.6 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 19.5 | 19.8 |
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