Fertility in Somalia, 1990

Somalia
1990
Total fertility rate: 7.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.44 children per woman in 1990 — 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 30.6 years old. In total, 355,946 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.44
Births
355,946
Births per 1,000 people
50.3
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
7,082,812
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
10-146.60.4%2,868
15-19124.08.3%43,901
20-24280.618.8%84,734
25-29319.321.4%82,290
30-34302.120.3%66,719
35-39245.616.5%46,660
40-44160.410.8%23,048
45-4948.03.2%5,428
50-543.00.2%295