Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 1969

Somalia
1969
Total fertility rate: 7.21
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Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.21 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (334 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 165,905 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.21
Births
165,905
Births per 1,000 people
45.6
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
3,641,016
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%1,015
15-1981.55.7%15,858
20-24251.017.4%36,849
25-29333.523.2%40,627
30-34307.221.3%33,511
35-39257.417.9%22,642
40-44148.910.3%11,608
45-4952.73.7%3,591
50-543.50.2%203