Recognised as Country
Somalia
- SO
- Africa
- SOS
- .so
Somalia (SO/SOM) is a country in Africa with its capital at Mogadishu. It covers about 637,657 km² with a population of roughly 18,000,000, uses the SOS, dials on +252, owns the .so internet domain and keeps its capital on Africa/Mogadishu. It borders 3 countries.
Identity
Official short nameSomalia
CapitalMogadishu
ContinentAfrica
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SOM
Internet TLD.so
Calling code+252
Currency codeSOS
Geography
Latitude5.1521° N
Longitude46.1996° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area637,657 km²246,201 square miles
Land neighbours3
Distance from London6,684 kmto the approximate centre of Somalia, not to Mogadishu. SE, bearing 123.8°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAfrica/Mogadishuthe IANA zone for Mogadishu; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+03:00
Offset in JulyUTC+03:00
Current offsetUTC+03:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 18:46
Hours ahead of UTC3
Population & scale
Population18,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density28.2 per km²≈
Share of world population0.222%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset42 of 196
Population rank in this dataset68 of 196
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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