1. FertilitySomalia

   Somalia: since 2012 fertility has been falling 2.7 times faster, from 7.21 to 6.13 children per woman

   Before 2012 it fell by about 0.04 a year; since then it has fallen by about 0.10 a year. Latest data: 2023.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Somalia: more babies born than in the UK
• Somalia: births are already as high as the UN expected only only after 2050
• The highest fertility in the world
• Somalia and Ethiopia: about 7.44 children per woman each in 1990, 6.13 and 3.99 in 2023
• Somalia and South Sudan: about 7.44 children per woman each in 1990, 6.13 and 3.86 in 2023
• China: lower fertility than Japan

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