Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Somalia

Total fertility rate in Somalia in 2024 — 6.01 births. Ranked 2 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 17.1%.

2024 6.01 births −1.94% vs 2023
World rank 2of 217
Period maximum 7.66 births1997
Period minimum 6.01 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Somalia, 1960–202466.577.5819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.25 births1962: 7.26 births1964: 7.26 births1966: 7.26 births1968: 7.23 births1970: 7.18 births1972: 7.12 births1974: 7.06 births1976: 7.02 births1978: 7.13 births1980: 7.18 births1982: 7.25 births1984: 7.3 births1986: 7.35 births1988: 7.4 births1990: 7.44 births1992: 7.5 births1994: 7.54 births1996: 7.62 births1998: 7.66 births2000: 7.65 births2002: 7.63 births2004: 7.57 births2006: 7.49 births2008: 7.42 births2010: 7.32 births2012: 7.21 births2014: 7.06 births2016: 6.88 births2018: 6.66 births2020: 6.45 births2022: 6.26 births2024: 6.01 births
Change over the period: −1.24 (−17.06%) Average annual rate: -0.29 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Somalia

Somalia 6.01 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Eastern Africa computed 4.06 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 6.01 −0.12 −1.94%
2023 6.13 −0.12 −1.97%
2022 6.26 −0.1 −1.54%
2021 6.35 −0.1 −1.55%
2020 6.45 −0.11 −1.63%
2019 6.56 −0.1 −1.53%
2018 6.66 −0.1 −1.54%
2017 6.77 −0.11 −1.63%
2016 6.88 −0.1 −1.39%
2015 6.98 −0.09 −1.22%
2014 7.06 −0.08 −1.11%
2013 7.14 −0.07 −0.98%
2012 7.21 −0.06 −0.78%
2011 7.27 −0.05 −0.74%
2010 7.32 −0.05 −0.73%
2009 7.38 −0.04 −0.53%
2008 7.42 −0.04 −0.56%
2007 7.46 −0.03 −0.44%
2006 7.49 −0.04 −0.49%
2005 7.53 −0.04 −0.54%
2004 7.57 −0.04 −0.46%
2003 7.6 −0.02 −0.3%
2002 7.63 −0.01 −0.13%
2001 7.64 −0.01 −0.12%
2000 7.65 −0.01 −0.16%
1999 7.66 +0 +0.01%
1998 7.66 −0.01 −0.08%
1997 7.66 +0.04 +0.54%
1996 7.62 +0.04 +0.53%
1995 7.58 +0.04 +0.49%
1994 7.54 +0.02 +0.24%
1993 7.53 +0.03 +0.35%
1992 7.5 +0.03 +0.4%
1991 7.47 +0.03 +0.4%
1990 7.44 +0.02 +0.22%
1989 7.42 +0.03 +0.35%
1988 7.4 +0.02 +0.34%
1987 7.37 +0.02 +0.33%
1986 7.35 +0.02 +0.3%
1985 7.33 +0.03 +0.37%
1984 7.3 +0.02 +0.32%
1983 7.28 +0.03 +0.34%
1982 7.25 +0.02 +0.35%
1981 7.23 +0.05 +0.68%
1980 7.18 +0.02 +0.24%
1979 7.16 +0.03 +0.43%
1978 7.13 +0.13 +1.8%
1977 7 −0.01 −0.17%
1976 7.02 −0.02 −0.24%
1975 7.03 −0.02 −0.34%
1974 7.06 −0.03 −0.41%
1973 7.09 −0.03 −0.45%
1972 7.12 −0.03 −0.46%
1971 7.15 −0.03 −0.43%
1970 7.18 −0.03 −0.37%
1969 7.21 −0.02 −0.3%
1968 7.23 −0.02 −0.23%
1967 7.25 −0.01 −0.12%
1966 7.26 −0 −0.06%
1965 7.26 +0 +0%
1964 7.26 +0 +0.04%
1963 7.26 +0 +0.04%
1962 7.26 +0 +0.04%
1961 7.25 +0 +0.03%
1960 7.25

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.