Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 1968

Somalia
1968
Total fertility rate: 7.23
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.23 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (335 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 161,774 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.23
Births
161,774
Births per 1,000 people
45.6
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
3,546,590
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-144.50.3%978
15-1981.05.6%15,098
20-24251.617.4%35,435
25-29334.623.2%40,271
30-34308.321.4%32,492
35-39258.117.9%22,286
40-44149.310.3%11,464
45-4953.03.7%3,550
50-543.50.2%200