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Somalia: Population in the largest city

26.26percent · 2025-10.8% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Somalia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202526.264
202426.264
202326.297
202226.222
202126.133
202026.211
201926.331
201826.44
201727.402
201628.478
201529.439
201429.968
201330.279
201230.428
201129.817
201028.612
200927.904
200827.191
200726.575
200637.231
200537.484
200437.876
200338.339
200238.815
200139.317
200041.097
199942.943
199844.875
199746.921
199648.737
199550.665
199452.643
199355.472
199257.161
199154.57
199049.708
198946.849
198843.615
198741.325
198640.524
198539.926
198439.286
198338.03
198236.641
198135.508
198034.571
197936.389
197839.818
197741.371
197641.161
197540.934
197439.011
197336.244
197233.786
197131.542
197029.512
196927.665
196825.971
196724.4
196622.941
196521.576
196420.292
196319.491
196219.139
196118.803
196018.484

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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