Fertility in Somalia, 2010

Somalia
2010
Total fertility rate: 7.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.32 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (327 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 589,320 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.32
Births
589,320
Births per 1,000 people
48.1
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
12,261,756
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%3,759
15-19131.19.0%80,079
20-24311.021.3%157,987
25-29327.422.4%142,879
30-34293.020.1%102,763
35-39224.015.3%63,516
40-44127.08.7%30,162
45-4939.12.7%7,773
50-542.40.2%400