Fertility in Somalia, 1980

Somalia
1980
Total fertility rate: 7.18
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.18 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (327 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.0 years old. In total, 281,665 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.18
Births
281,665
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
31.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
5,936,154
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
10-146.20.4%2,186
15-1988.36.2%26,809
20-24253.117.6%66,420
25-29327.422.8%74,529
30-34304.221.2%52,850
35-39251.217.5%34,837
40-44152.510.6%18,815
45-4950.33.5%4,947
50-543.20.2%276