Fertility in Somalia, 2001

Somalia
2001
Total fertility rate: 7.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.64 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (336 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 463,365 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.64
Births
463,365
Births per 1,000 people
50.4
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
9,198,493
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
10-145.90.4%3,172
15-19130.68.6%62,623
20-24305.620.0%119,439
25-29335.822.0%105,916
30-34300.519.7%79,984
35-39249.416.3%56,011
40-44147.49.7%28,003
45-4948.53.2%7,809
50-543.30.2%409