Fertility in Somalia, 2017

Somalia
2017
Total fertility rate: 6.77
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 6.77 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (309 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 688,481 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.77
Births
688,481
Births per 1,000 people
46.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
14,916,629
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%3,499
15-19128.59.5%104,471
20-24302.822.4%201,613
25-29309.122.8%149,678
30-34277.920.5%122,450
35-39197.114.6%70,481
40-44100.77.4%28,440
45-4932.02.4%7,461
50-542.00.1%388