Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 2006

Somalia
2006
Total fertility rate: 7.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.49 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (334 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 542,089 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.49
Births
542,089
Births per 1,000 people
49.4
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
10,975,502
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%3,208
15-19138.29.2%73,290
20-24308.720.6%146,206
25-29333.622.2%128,254
30-34295.519.7%91,336
35-39235.215.7%61,080
40-44138.89.2%30,260
45-4943.82.9%8,035
50-542.70.2%420