Niger vs Somalia: Birth rate, crude

Niger
41.42 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Somalia
42.35 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Niger rank
4th
Somalia rank
3rd

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Niger
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 42.35 per 1,000 people against 41.42 per 1,000 people in Niger, a difference of 0.93 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 5 and Somalia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Niger Somalia Difference Ahead
1960s 56.61 per 1,000 people 46.03 per 1,000 people 10.57 per 1,000 people Niger
1970s 55.63 per 1,000 people 45.61 per 1,000 people 10.02 per 1,000 people Niger
1980s 56.18 per 1,000 people 49.04 per 1,000 people 7.14 per 1,000 people Niger
1990s 54.28 per 1,000 people 50.87 per 1,000 people 3.41 per 1,000 people Niger
2000s 51.59 per 1,000 people 49.63 per 1,000 people 1.96 per 1,000 people Niger
2010s 46.65 per 1,000 people 47.07 per 1,000 people 0.4247 per 1,000 people Somalia
2020s 41.96 per 1,000 people 43.55 per 1,000 people 1.59 per 1,000 people Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Niger or Somalia?
Somalia, at 42.35 per 1,000 people against 41.42 per 1,000 people in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Niger and Somalia?
0.93 per 1,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Niger ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.