Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Somalia, 2014

Somalia
2014
Total fertility rate: 7.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 7.06 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (319 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 633,049 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.06
Births
633,049
Births per 1,000 people
47.5
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
13,339,491
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
10-144.00.3%3,483
15-19133.79.5%97,321
20-24308.121.8%166,190
25-29319.322.6%150,838
30-34287.020.3%113,022
35-39210.614.9%66,026
40-44111.57.9%28,402
45-4934.82.5%7,388
50-542.20.2%379