Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 1993

Somalia
1993
Total fertility rate: 7.53
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Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.53 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (326 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 334,882 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.53
Births
334,882
Births per 1,000 people
50.1
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
6,681,399
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
10-146.00.4%2,512
15-19120.78.0%40,443
20-24283.918.9%79,781
25-29325.521.6%77,709
30-34306.820.4%62,349
35-39249.216.5%43,268
40-44161.410.7%23,321
45-4949.53.3%5,233
50-543.00.2%264