Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 1986

Somalia
1986
Total fertility rate: 7.35
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Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.35 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (323 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.7 years old. In total, 340,767 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.35
Births
340,767
Births per 1,000 people
48.9
Mean age of mothers
30.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
6,974,788
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
10-146.10.4%2,488
15-19118.78.1%41,124
20-24265.718.1%78,786
25-29322.922.0%82,280
30-34301.820.5%66,409
35-39247.816.8%42,936
40-44156.710.7%20,822
45-4948.23.3%5,635
50-543.10.2%291