Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 1989

Somalia
1989
Total fertility rate: 7.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.42 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (319 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 358,447 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.42
Births
358,447
Births per 1,000 people
50.4
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
7,114,817
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
10-146.70.4%2,867
15-19125.88.5%44,965
20-24277.918.7%84,798
25-29318.721.4%83,121
30-34301.320.3%67,479
35-39245.316.5%46,852
40-44159.810.8%22,576
45-4947.73.2%5,488
50-543.00.2%304