Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 2003

Somalia
2003
Total fertility rate: 7.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.60 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (338 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 496,679 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.60
Births
496,679
Births per 1,000 people
50.1
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
9,909,157
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
10-145.30.3%2,981
15-19133.18.8%68,242
20-24308.920.3%131,120
25-29337.622.2%114,652
30-34298.219.6%84,314
35-39243.816.0%58,069
40-44144.09.5%28,917
45-4946.93.1%7,962
50-543.00.2%420