Fertility in Somalia, 2018

Somalia
2018
Total fertility rate: 6.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 6.66 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (304 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 705,717 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.66
Births
705,717
Births per 1,000 people
45.7
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
15,452,487
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%3,613
15-19126.69.5%106,573
20-24298.222.4%208,034
25-29304.522.8%153,525
30-34273.620.5%124,502
35-39194.014.5%72,303
40-4499.37.4%29,195
45-4931.52.4%7,578
50-542.00.1%394