Fertility in Somalia, 2020

Somalia
2020
Total fertility rate: 6.45
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 6.45 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 741,705 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.45
Births
741,705
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
16,651,191
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%3,843
15-19122.79.5%110,908
20-24288.822.4%217,381
25-29295.222.9%169,327
30-34264.420.5%125,161
35-39187.814.5%75,879
40-4496.37.5%30,965
45-4930.52.4%7,833
50-541.90.1%407