Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 1997

Somalia
1997
Total fertility rate: 7.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.66 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (332 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 397,860 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.66
Births
397,860
Births per 1,000 people
50.8
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
7,824,525
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%2,817
15-19125.68.2%51,034
20-24297.219.4%97,137
25-29332.221.7%91,550
30-34302.919.8%70,659
35-39255.316.7%50,570
40-44158.410.3%26,688
45-4952.13.4%7,077
50-543.30.2%329