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Somalia

Somalia's best placing is 42nd of 194 for land area.

Best placing: #42Land area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 14
Population: 19.7 million
Land area: 627,340 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Somalia is.

Land area

#42 of 194

627,340 km² of land

19th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#45 of 194

0.032 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#37 of 151

3,025 km of coastline

2nd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population

#66 of 195

19,654,739 people

24th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest

#73 of 194

57,498 km² of forest

26th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#88 of 194

0.0029 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#102 of 193

40 airports

25th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#140 of 192

2.04 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#140 of 182

12,995,200,000 US$ (current prices)

36th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#150 of 194

31.33 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#154 of 194

9.2 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#154 of 179

282 mm of precipitation per year

44th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#175 of 191

0.64 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#178 of 182

661 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

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