Fertility in Somalia, 2016

Somalia
2016
Total fertility rate: 6.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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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-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 6.88 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (314 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 668,096 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.88
Births
668,096
Births per 1,000 people
46.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
14,348,740
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
10-143.60.3%3,359
15-19130.69.5%101,782
20-24307.522.4%190,539
25-29314.122.8%149,379
30-34282.620.5%119,449
35-39200.414.6%68,229
40-44102.27.4%27,672
45-4932.52.4%7,305
50-542.00.1%380