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
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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About this data
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.