Fertility in Somalia, 2022

Somalia
2022
Total fertility rate: 6.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 6.26 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 779,534 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.26
Births
779,534
Births per 1,000 people
43.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
17,801,897
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%4,037
15-19119.39.5%115,228
20-24280.022.4%227,240
25-29285.922.8%189,373
30-34256.120.5%123,075
35-39181.914.5%79,227
40-4493.27.4%32,751
45-4929.72.4%8,181
50-541.90.1%421