Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Birth rate, crude
Birth rate, crude over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 42.35 per 1,000 people against 32.8 per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 9.55 per 1,000 people.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
Somalia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 5 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.03 per 1,000 people | 47.74 per 1,000 people | 1.71 per 1,000 people | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1970s | 45.61 per 1,000 people | 47.61 per 1,000 people | 1.99 per 1,000 people | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1980s | 49.04 per 1,000 people | 46.16 per 1,000 people | 2.88 per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 1990s | 50.87 per 1,000 people | 43.19 per 1,000 people | 7.68 per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2000s | 49.63 per 1,000 people | 40.95 per 1,000 people | 8.68 per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 47.07 per 1,000 people | 37.07 per 1,000 people | 10 per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 43.55 per 1,000 people | 33.51 per 1,000 people | 10.04 per 1,000 people | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, crude, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Somalia, at 42.35 per 1,000 people against 32.8 per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 9.55 per 1,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for birth rate, crude?
- Somalia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th 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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About this data
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.