Somalia
Fertility rate in Somalia
Fertility rate in Somalia: 7.25 births per woman in 1950 and 6.13 births per woman in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 6.13 births per woman
- Since 1950
- −1.12 births per woman
- Rank, 2023
- 1 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 2.25 births per woman
- Projected, 2100
- 2.19 births per woman
- UN projection (medium variant)
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 2.19 births per woman in 2100, between 1.14 births per woman and 4.22 births per woman (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 7.66 births per woman in 1997, the lowest 6.13 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Somalia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.13 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 6.26 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 6.35 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 6.45 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 6.56 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 6.66 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 6.77 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 6.88 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 6.98 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 7.06 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 7.14 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 7.21 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 7.27 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 7.32 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 7.38 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 7.42 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 7.46 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 7.49 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 7.53 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 7.57 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 7.6 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 7.63 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 7.64 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 7.65 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 7.66 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 7.66 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 7.66 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 7.62 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 7.58 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 7.54 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 7.53 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 7.5 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 7.47 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 7.44 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 7.42 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 7.4 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 7.37 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 7.35 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 7.33 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 7.3 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 7.28 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 7.25 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 7.23 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 7.18 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 7.16 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 7.13 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 7 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 7.02 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 7.03 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 7.06 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 7.09 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 7.12 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 7.15 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 7.18 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 7.21 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 7.23 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 7.25 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 7.26 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 7.26 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 7.26 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 7.26 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 7.26 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 7.25 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 7.25 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 7.25 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 7.25 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 7.25 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 7.25 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 7.25 | 5 |
| 1954 | 7.25 | 5 |
| 1953 | 7.25 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 7.25 | 5 |
| 1951 | 7.25 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 7.25 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Somalia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.014.74–6.86 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 5.914.48–6.86 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 5.814.26–6.85 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 5.684.05–6.84 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 5.583.87–6.81 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 5.473.7–6.79 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 5.353.53–6.72 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 5.253.33–6.74 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 5.143.16–6.71 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 5.053.06–6.69 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 4.942.91–6.64 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 4.842.79–6.63 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 4.742.65–6.57 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 4.632.57–6.5 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 4.522.49–6.5 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 4.442.38–6.45 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 4.352.29–6.42 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 4.262.22–6.37 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 4.162.15–6.3 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 4.072.11–6.29 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 3.992.05–6.23 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 3.912.02–6.17 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 3.841.99–6.1 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 3.781.94–6.06 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 3.711.9–6 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 3.651.86–5.96 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 3.61.82–5.93 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 3.541.78–5.86 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 3.481.76–5.8 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 3.431.71–5.78 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 3.371.67–5.74 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 3.321.61–5.68 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 3.271.59–5.65 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 3.231.59–5.54 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 3.181.54–5.5 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 3.141.5–5.42 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 3.11.49–5.35 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 3.061.48–5.37 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 3.021.48–5.34 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 2.981.45–5.3 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 2.951.44–5.22 | 2 |
| 2065 | 2.911.43–5.15 | 2 |
| 2066 | 2.881.41–5.16 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 2.851.41–5.19 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 2.811.39–5.15 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 2.781.38–5.08 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 2.751.37–5.09 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 2.731.35–5.05 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 2.71.33–5.03 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 2.681.32–4.99 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 2.651.3–4.99 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 2.631.29–4.93 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 2.61.27–4.85 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 2.581.27–4.78 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 2.561.26–4.78 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 2.531.28–4.75 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 2.511.25–4.66 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 2.491.25–4.62 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 2.471.24–4.58 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 2.451.23–4.55 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 2.431.24–4.54 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 2.411.23–4.46 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 2.41.22–4.46 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 2.381.22–4.45 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 2.361.23–4.4 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 2.341.23–4.37 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 2.321.22–4.32 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 2.31.2–4.27 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 2.291.19–4.26 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 2.281.18–4.26 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 2.261.17–4.22 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 2.251.17–4.17 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 2.241.17–4.24 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 2.221.15–4.26 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 2.211.14–4.24 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 2.21.15–4.24 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 2.191.14–4.22 | 1.84 |
Good to know
- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$193M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel14,000 people in 2020
- National power0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025