Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 1996

Somalia
1996
Total fertility rate: 7.62
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Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.62 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (331 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 385,245 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.62
Births
385,245
Births per 1,000 people
51.0
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
7,554,474
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
10-145.70.4%2,729
15-19121.88.0%47,870
20-24290.219.0%92,404
25-29331.021.7%89,286
30-34305.020.0%69,725
35-39255.416.8%49,654
40-44160.210.5%26,534
45-4952.03.4%6,728
50-543.20.2%314