Fertility in Somalia, 2015

Somalia
2015
Total fertility rate: 6.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 6.97 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 651,292 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.97
Births
651,292
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
13,806,964
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
10-143.80.3%3,435
15-19132.29.5%99,685
20-24307.822.1%177,509
25-29317.022.7%151,161
30-34285.020.4%116,449
35-39205.614.7%67,243
40-44106.87.7%28,038
45-4933.82.4%7,388
50-542.10.2%383