Fertility in Somalia, 2013

Somalia
2013
Total fertility rate: 7.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 7.14 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (322 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 614,448 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.14
Births
614,448
Births per 1,000 people
47.7
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
12,869,594
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
10-144.20.3%3,509
15-19134.99.5%94,735
20-24309.321.7%157,457
25-29321.622.5%148,291
30-34289.020.2%109,509
35-39214.715.0%64,509
40-44116.18.1%28,699
45-4935.82.5%7,366
50-542.20.2%376