Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 2004

Somalia
2004
Total fertility rate: 7.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.57 children per woman in 2004 — 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 30.1 years old. In total, 513,060 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.57
Births
513,060
Births per 1,000 people
49.9
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
10,280,998
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
10-144.70.3%2,779
15-19134.18.9%70,522
20-24309.820.5%136,784
25-29337.722.3%119,711
30-34297.419.6%86,656
35-39239.515.8%58,788
40-44141.89.4%29,317
45-4946.33.1%8,073
50-542.90.2%428