Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Fertility rate, total
Fertility rate, total over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 6.01 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 1.75 births per woman.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Somalia ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.25 births per woman | 6.65 births per woman | 0.6013 births per woman | Somalia |
| 1970s | 7.09 births per woman | 6.79 births per woman | 0.3072 births per woman | Somalia |
| 1980s | 7.31 births per woman | 6.6 births per woman | 0.711 births per woman | Somalia |
| 1990s | 7.57 births per woman | 6.03 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman | Somalia |
| 2000s | 7.53 births per woman | 5.57 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman | Somalia |
| 2010s | 6.98 births per woman | 4.98 births per woman | 2.01 births per woman | Somalia |
| 2020s | 6.24 births per woman | 4.4 births per woman | 1.84 births per woman | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Somalia, at 6.01 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 1.75 births per woman, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Somalia ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 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.