Ocha releases 2025 Somalia district populations

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Click on the first data link Very informative it breaks down population by age group as well the data was collected in 2024 and released in may 2025 first district breakdown since 2014 if I’m not mistaken

@Thegoodshepherd some interesting growth numbers here in some districts

Somalia - Subnational Population Statistics | Humanitarian Dataset | HDX

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) partnered with donors and UN agencies and took up the lead role to support the Somali authorities in undertaking the Population Estimation Survey (PESS) for Somalia in October 2013- March 2014. UNFPA investigated replacement or projection of this...

data.humdata.org

 

[Espaa_]

19 million in the whole country? Damn we are underpopulated asf considering the sheer size of the land. We should be like 80-90 million realistically.

however its gone drastically since 2010 alhamdulillah and we havent reached the peak yet

 

[Abdisamad]

19 million in the whole country? Damn we are underpopulated asf considering the sheer size of the land. We should be like 80-90 million realistically.

however its gone drastically since 2010 alhamdulillah and we havent reached the peak yet

Huge poor population is not good

 

[Espaa_]

Huge poor population is not good

huge population = it can sustain itself and it keeps rising. Big population and poor is an oxymoron in itself because it means they cant sustain themselves hence they will die out and nature wins. Poverty = high mortality rates.

huge population = industrialisation and economy boost. It actually takes us out of poverty. There is no country in this world with a big population that is doing as bad as us right now.

China and India and the US are giants. Even the English have a population of 50 million scattered around the world with their tiny Island.

however you are right. A middle ground is good so I would say somalia should realistically have a population of around 40-50 million. Being underpopulated is not good nor is being overpopulated.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

@Thegoodshepherd mudug numbers
Galkacyo north 674k
jariibaan 199k
galdogob 189k
Hobyo 193k
harardheere 84k
south galkacyo 173k

 

[Ximan iyo Xadeed]

@Thegoodshepherd Galkacyo north 674k jariibaan 199k galdogob 189k

What about Badhan and Dhahar

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

What about Badhan and Dhahar

Las qorey 163k ceerigaabo 182k bosaso 818k

 

[Ximan iyo Xadeed]

Las qorey 163k ceerigaabo 182k bosaso 818k

Laaaqoray is almost entirely a single clan we won

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

@NidarNidar Borama district alone at 445k @Arkan

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

I don't know to what extent I trust the new figures, but they are largely in line with what I expect.

My only problem would be with the figures for Bakool and Lower Shabelle. Their populations have been leaving for Banaadir and Baydhabo over the past decade.

Population figures for Woqooyi Galbeed have the opposite problem, they are too low.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

@Somali Saayid Galgaduud numbers Cabudwaaq 218k
Ceelbuur 112k
Ceel dheer 108k
Cadaado 140k
Dhusamareeb 258k

 

[NidarNidar]

@NidarNidar Borama district alone at 445k @Arkan

They are underestimating rural population across Somalia, keep in mind these are estimates, rural population would be 50-60%, we are missing anywhere between 5-10 million people.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

They are underestimating rural population across Somalia, keep in mind these are estimates, rural population would be 50-60%, we are missing anywhere between 5-10 million people.

I wouldn’t doubt that a lot of times these guys extrapolate data from previous estimates

 

[Step a side]

728k in Dayniile. Only Hargeisa and Bosaaso are larger than Dayniile lol

Baydhabo and Dayniile have the same population which makes sense because Dayniile is known as new Mogadishu or caasimade labaad.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

728k in Dayniile. Only Hargeisa and Bosaaso are larger than Dayniile lol

Baydhabo and Dayniile have the same population which makes sense because Dayniile is known as new Mogadishu or caasimade labaad.

Kaxda has big population as well second most populated district

 

[Step a side]

I don't know to what extent I trust the new figures, but they are largely in line with what I expect.

My only problem would be with the figures for Bakool and Lower Shabelle. Their populations have been leaving for Banaadir and Baydhabo over the past decade.

Population figures for Woqooyi Galbeed have the opposite problem, they are too low.

The bulk of lower shabelle’s population is concentrated in Afgooye and Merca and that’s because they are strategically located near the capital. There are no incentives for people in Afgooye district to move to Xamar when it’s only 17 miles away.

 

[Step a side]

Kaxda has big population as well second most populated district

Kaxda is 3rd I believe. Wadajir is 2nd. The area is build up with non stop traffic due to the airport being there + halane which makes things worse.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

The bulk of lower shabelle’s population is concentrated in Afgooye and Merca and that’s because they are strategically located near the capital. There are no incentives for people in Afgooye district to move to Xamar when it’s only 17 miles away.

migration towards xamar seems to be very high over the past ten years according to the stats which regions are the people mainly coming from ?

 

[Step a side]

migration towards xamar seems to be very high over the past ten years according to the stats which regions are the people mainly coming from ?

Koonfur Galbeed and Galmudug.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Koonfur Galbeed and Galmudug.

I had a feeling certain districts in GM aren’t growing as fast demographics of central Somalia are changing it seems @El Nino