Fertility in Somalia, 2009

Somalia
2009
Total fertility rate: 7.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 7.38 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (329 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 579,234 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.38
Births
579,234
Births per 1,000 people
48.4
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
11,961,201
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
10-144.90.3%3,821
15-19132.09.0%76,148
20-24310.521.1%157,685
25-29329.322.4%139,876
30-34294.120.0%99,892
35-39227.315.4%63,196
40-44130.28.9%30,332
45-4940.42.7%7,879
50-542.50.2%406