Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 2002

Somalia
2002
Total fertility rate: 7.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.63 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (337 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 481,061 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.63
Births
481,061
Births per 1,000 people
50.4
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
9,550,063
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
10-145.80.4%3,141
15-19132.38.7%65,808
20-24307.820.2%125,678
25-29337.322.1%110,360
30-34298.619.6%82,065
35-39247.316.2%57,276
40-44145.39.5%28,425
45-4947.73.1%7,890
50-543.10.2%416