Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Somalia

Fertility rate in Mauritania vs Somalia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mauritania was 4.7 children per woman in 2023, compared to 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritania vs Somalia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Somalia
1960	6.15	7.25
1961	6.2	7.25
1962	6.24	7.26
1963	6.31	7.26
1964	6.37	7.26
1965	6.44	7.26
1966	6.52	7.26
1967	6.57	7.25
1968	6.6	7.23
1969	6.64	7.21
1970	6.68	7.18
1971	6.7	7.15
1972	6.71	7.12
1973	6.72	7.09
1974	6.73	7.06
1975	6.71	7.03
1976	6.73	7.02
1977	6.74	7
1978	6.73	7.13
1979	6.7	7.16
1980	6.67	7.18
1981	6.64	7.23
1982	6.59	7.25
1983	6.54	7.28
1984	6.48	7.3
1985	6.42	7.33
1986	6.34	7.35
1987	6.27	7.37
1988	6.21	7.4
1989	6.2	7.42
1990	6.18	7.44
1991	6.16	7.47
1992	6.13	7.5
1993	6.09	7.53
1994	6.06	7.54
1995	5.96	7.58
1996	5.86	7.62
1997	5.74	7.66
1998	5.62	7.66
1999	5.52	7.66
2000	5.46	7.65
2001	5.41	7.64
2002	5.37	7.63
2003	5.36	7.6
2004	5.37	7.57
2005	5.38	7.53
2006	5.4	7.49
2007	5.43	7.46
2008	5.44	7.42
2009	5.41	7.38
2010	5.38	7.32
2011	5.38	7.27
2012	5.35	7.21
2013	5.32	7.14
2014	5.26	7.06
2015	5.21	6.98
2016	5.16	6.88
2017	5.11	6.77
2018	5.04	6.66
2019	4.98	6.56
2020	4.91	6.45
2021	4.85	6.35
2022	4.77	6.26
2023	4.7	6.13
2024	4.63	6.01
2025	4.56	5.91
2026	4.48	5.8
2027	4.42	5.68
2028	4.36	5.58
2029	4.29	5.47
2030	4.24	5.35
2031	4.18	5.25
2032	4.11	5.14
2033	4.02	5.04
2034	3.97	4.94
2035	3.9	4.84
2036	3.83	4.74
2037	3.78	4.63
2038	3.71	4.52
2039	3.66	4.44
2040	3.6	4.35
2041	3.55	4.26
2042	3.5	4.16
2043	3.45	4.07
2044	3.39	3.99
2045	3.35	3.91
2046	3.3	3.84
2047	3.26	3.78
2048	3.21	3.71
2049	3.17	3.65
2050	3.14	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Somalia
1960	41.8%	44.4%
1961	41.8%	44.7%
1962	41.8%	44.8%
1963	41.8%	45%
1964	42%	45.1%
1965	42.4%	45.1%
1966	42.8%	44.9%
1967	43.2%	44.8%
1968	43.6%	44.7%
1969	44%	44.6%
1970	44.4%	44.5%
1971	44.7%	44.5%
1972	44.9%	44.4%
1973	45.2%	44.4%
1974	45.4%	44.4%
1975	45.5%	44.3%
1976	45.6%	44.3%
1977	45.7%	44.3%
1978	45.8%	44.4%
1979	45.9%	44.5%
1980	45.9%	44.6%
1981	45.9%	44.8%
1982	45.8%	45%
1983	45.8%	45.2%
1984	45.7%	45.4%
1985	45.6%	45.6%
1986	45.5%	45.8%
1987	45.4%	46%
1988	45.3%	46.3%
1989	45.4%	46.7%
1990	45.4%	47%
1991	45.3%	47%
1992	44.9%	46.5%
1993	44.4%	46.4%
1994	44.3%	46.5%
1995	44.4%	46.7%
1996	44.6%	46.9%
1997	44.7%	47%
1998	44.6%	47.1%
1999	44.4%	47.2%
2000	44.2%	47.4%
2001	44.1%	47.5%
2002	44.2%	47.6%
2003	44.2%	47.7%
2004	44.2%	47.9%
2005	44.2%	48.2%
2006	44.2%	48.6%
2007	44.3%	48.9%
2008	44.1%	48.9%
2009	43.9%	48.8%
2010	43.9%	48.7%
2011	43.9%	48.3%
2012	44.1%	47.9%
2013	44.2%	47.8%
2014	44.2%	47.7%
2015	44.3%	47.6%
2016	44.2%	47.5%
2017	44.2%	47.4%
2018	44.1%	47.3%
2019	44%	47.1%
2020	43.8%	47%
2021	43.6%	47%
2022	43.4%	46.8%
2023	43%	46.7%
2024	42.7%	46.6%
2025	42.4%	46.6%
2026	42%	46.5%
2027	41.7%	46.4%
2028	41.3%	46.1%
2029	41%	45.8%
2030	40.7%	45.4%
2031	40.4%	45.1%
2032	40%	44.7%
2033	39.7%	44.3%
2034	39.3%	43.9%
2035	39%	43.5%
2036	38.6%	43.1%
2037	38.3%	42.6%
2038	37.9%	42.1%
2039	37.6%	41.7%
2040	37.3%	41.2%
2041	36.9%	40.8%
2042	36.6%	40.3%
2043	36.2%	39.9%
2044	35.9%	39.4%
2045	35.5%	39%
2046	35.2%	38.6%
2047	34.8%	38.2%
2048	34.5%	37.8%
2049	34.1%	37.4%
2050	33.8%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and +3.34% in Somalia. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Mauritania	Somalia
1960	21,604	73,850
1961	22,781	75,513
1962	23,927	77,737
1963	25,250	79,859
1964	26,565	82,042
1965	28,028	84,448
1966	29,502	86,930
1967	30,853	89,497
1968	32,029	92,208
1969	33,252	95,045
1970	34,382	98,025
1971	35,279	101,196
1972	36,184	104,493
1973	37,122	108,038
1974	38,106	104,813
1975	38,975	108,998
1976	40,149	113,319
1977	41,352	124,818
1978	42,539	132,689
1979	43,537	151,016
1980	45,026	174,790
1981	46,641	185,211
1982	47,947	182,793
1983	49,187	190,775
1984	50,705	199,017
1985	52,125	207,960
1986	53,313	218,416
1987	55,037	231,580
1988	56,654	215,599
1989	58,666	225,255
1990	59,934	225,162
1991	61,782	53,052
1992	63,501	57,495
1993	68,167	232,960
1994	70,570	246,950
1995	72,244	254,509
1996	71,939	264,807
1997	71,327	271,894
1998	72,045	284,779
1999	73,554	295,523
2000	75,929	306,651
2001	78,769	319,059
2002	80,993	331,215
2003	83,804	341,192
2004	87,578	351,959
2005	90,940	363,117
2006	94,991	372,597
2007	98,895	380,303
2008	102,432	394,258
2009	105,273	405,784
2010	108,121	385,571
2011	111,165	203,213
2012	113,489	399,468
2013	115,558	448,518
2014	118,792	464,481
2015	122,092	481,573
2016	125,342	495,132
2017	128,562	478,556
2018	131,584	514,244
2019	134,460	548,756
2020	134,899	561,311
2021	137,557	566,399
2022	142,451	551,450
2023	145,164	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Somalia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 381 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mauritania, compared to 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Somalia
1985	998	1,465
1986	961	1,452
1987	914	1,393
1988	887	1,423
1989	883	1,395
1990	858	1,358
1991	845	1,431
1992	811	1,339
1993	813	1,195
1994	809	1,254
1995	815	1,210
1996	813	1,225
1997	752	1,206
1998	698	1,177
1999	669	1,170
2000	644	1,150
2001	616	1,129
2002	590	1,121
2003	571	1,111
2004	557	1,104
2005	536	1,086
2006	521	1,085
2007	516	1,074
2008	506	1,035
2009	500	995
2010	499	1,062
2011	494	972
2012	496	894
2013	496	855
2014	484	816
2015	469	784
2016	456	754
2017	450	716
2018	437	727
2019	424	656
2020	413	655
2021	425	726
2022	385	622
2023	381	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 10.4% in Somalia. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Mauritania	Somalia
1960	25.3%	-
1961	24.7%	-
1962	24%	-
1963	23.4%	-
1964	22.7%	-
1965	22%	-
1966	21.3%	-
1967	20.6%	-
1968	19.9%	-
1969	19.4%	-
1970	19%	-
1971	18.9%	-
1972	18.9%	-
1973	19%	-
1974	19%	-
1975	18.9%	-
1976	18.6%	-
1977	18.2%	-
1978	17.6%	-
1979	17.1%	-
1980	16.6%	-
1981	16.1%	-
1982	15.6%	20.1%
1983	15.1%	19.8%
1984	14.5%	19.5%
1985	13.8%	19.3%
1986	13.2%	19%
1987	12.6%	18.8%
1988	12.1%	18.6%
1989	11.8%	18.3%
1990	11.5%	18%
1991	11.4%	44.3%
1992	11.3%	45.6%
1993	11.2%	17.3%
1994	11.2%	17.2%
1995	11.1%	17.2%
1996	11%	17.2%
1997	10.8%	17.2%
1998	10.6%	17.2%
1999	10.2%	17.2%
2000	9.82%	17.2%
2001	9.35%	17.2%
2002	8.81%	17.2%
2003	8.25%	17.2%
2004	7.7%	17.2%
2005	7.18%	17.2%
2006	6.73%	17.2%
2007	6.35%	17%
2008	6.04%	16.6%
2009	5.79%	16.2%
2010	5.61%	18.6%
2011	5.45%	35.9%
2012	5.31%	18.4%
2013	5.17%	14.3%
2014	5.04%	13.8%
2015	4.89%	13.4%
2016	4.74%	13%
2017	4.59%	15.5%
2018	4.45%	13.6%
2019	4.3%	11.8%
2020	4.17%	11.4%
2021	4.03%	11.1%
2022	3.91%	14.3%
2023	3.78%	10.4%