Fertility in Somalia, 2024

Somalia
2024
Total fertility rate: 6.01
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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 is projected at 6.01 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (275 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 804,966 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
6.01
Births
804,966
Births per 1,000 people
42.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
19,009,151
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
10-143.40.3%3,967
15-19115.49.6%116,886
20-24270.322.4%233,886
25-29275.222.8%197,113
30-34248.420.6%130,986
35-39173.714.4%79,741
40-4488.47.3%33,517
45-4928.32.4%8,449
50-541.80.1%424