Fertility in Somalia, 2021

Somalia
2021
Total fertility rate: 6.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 6.35 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (290 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 761,567 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.35
Births
761,567
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
17,271,431
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%3,958
15-19121.09.5%113,289
20-24284.422.4%222,632
25-29290.522.9%180,160
30-34260.020.5%123,489
35-39184.814.5%77,722
40-4494.77.5%31,898
45-4930.12.4%8,005
50-541.90.1%415