Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 1998

Somalia
1998
Total fertility rate: 7.66
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Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.66 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (333 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 413,290 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.66
Births
413,290
Births per 1,000 people
50.7
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
8,155,417
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%2,921
15-19126.68.3%53,755
20-24299.919.6%102,253
25-29333.221.8%94,960
30-34303.019.8%73,045
35-39253.216.5%51,756
40-44155.110.1%26,934
45-4951.03.3%7,323
50-543.30.2%343