Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 2007

Somalia
2007
Total fertility rate: 7.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.46 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (332 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 553,760 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.46
Births
553,760
Births per 1,000 people
48.9
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
11,322,582
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
10-145.00.3%3,603
15-19138.59.3%73,572
20-24309.320.7%150,377
25-29332.322.2%132,106
30-34295.219.8%93,660
35-39232.815.6%61,783
40-44136.19.1%30,263
45-4942.72.9%7,978
50-542.60.2%414