Fertility in Somalia, 2008

Somalia
2008
Total fertility rate: 7.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.41 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (331 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 568,732 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.41
Births
568,732
Births per 1,000 people
48.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
11,663,084
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
10-145.10.3%3,856
15-19135.59.1%74,612
20-24309.620.9%155,086
25-29330.522.3%136,576
30-34294.519.9%96,954
35-39230.215.5%62,819
40-44133.29.0%30,447
45-4941.52.8%7,967
50-542.60.2%413