Fertility in Somalia, 2023

Somalia
2023
Total fertility rate: 6.13
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Somalia was 6.13 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 788,763 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.13
Births
788,763
Births per 1,000 people
43.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
18,358,615
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%4,037
15-19117.19.5%115,646
20-24274.522.4%229,160
25-29280.222.8%193,180
30-34251.920.5%125,138
35-39178.214.5%79,642
40-4491.37.4%33,225
45-4929.12.4%8,312
50-541.80.1%423