Niger vs Somalia: Fertility rate, total

Niger
5.93 births per woman
in 2024
Somalia
6.01 births per woman
in 2024
Niger rank
5th
Somalia rank
2nd

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Niger
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 6.01 births per woman against 5.93 births per woman in Niger, a difference of 0.08 births per woman.

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

Niger ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 2nd of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 6 and Somalia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Niger Somalia Difference Ahead
1960s 7.5 births per woman 7.25 births per woman 0.247 births per woman Niger
1970s 7.57 births per woman 7.09 births per woman 0.4766 births per woman Niger
1980s 7.87 births per woman 7.31 births per woman 0.555 births per woman Niger
1990s 7.8 births per woman 7.57 births per woman 0.2356 births per woman Niger
2000s 7.76 births per woman 7.53 births per woman 0.2279 births per woman Niger
2010s 7.19 births per woman 6.98 births per woman 0.2078 births per woman Niger
2020s 6.14 births per woman 6.24 births per woman 0.1012 births per woman Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Niger or Somalia?
Somalia, at 6.01 births per woman against 5.93 births per woman in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Niger and Somalia?
0.08 births per woman, 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 fertility rate, total?
Niger ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 2nd of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,193 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.