Fertility in Somalia, 2019

Somalia
2019
Total fertility rate: 6.56
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 6.56 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 723,617 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.56
Births
723,617
Births per 1,000 people
45.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
16,030,971
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
10-143.70.3%3,727
15-19124.79.5%108,748
20-24293.622.4%212,700
25-29300.022.9%160,449
30-34269.220.5%125,714
35-39191.014.5%74,100
40-4497.97.5%30,079
45-4931.02.4%7,697
50-542.00.1%401