Fertility & birth rates in Mozambique and Somalia

Fertility rate in Mozambique vs Somalia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mozambique was 4.76 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 Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	Somalia
1960	6.31	7.25
1961	6.37	7.25
1962	6.42	7.26
1963	6.47	7.26
1964	6.51	7.26
1965	6.54	7.26
1966	6.58	7.26
1967	6.61	7.25
1968	6.65	7.23
1969	6.67	7.21
1970	6.7	7.18
1971	6.7	7.15
1972	6.7	7.12
1973	6.7	7.09
1974	6.67	7.06
1975	6.66	7.03
1976	6.64	7.02
1977	6.62	7
1978	6.59	7.13
1979	6.56	7.16
1980	6.53	7.18
1981	6.48	7.23
1982	6.43	7.25
1983	6.43	7.28
1984	6.44	7.3
1985	6.43	7.33
1986	6.41	7.35
1987	6.39	7.37
1988	6.37	7.4
1989	6.35	7.42
1990	6.32	7.44
1991	6.28	7.47
1992	6.22	7.5
1993	6.15	7.53
1994	6.08	7.54
1995	6.02	7.58
1996	5.97	7.62
1997	5.93	7.66
1998	5.91	7.66
1999	5.88	7.66
2000	5.83	7.65
2001	5.76	7.64
2002	5.67	7.63
2003	5.6	7.6
2004	5.55	7.57
2005	5.5	7.53
2006	5.45	7.49
2007	5.47	7.46
2008	5.6	7.42
2009	5.68	7.38
2010	5.66	7.32
2011	5.6	7.27
2012	5.52	7.21
2013	5.43	7.14
2014	5.3	7.06
2015	5.25	6.98
2016	5.19	6.88
2017	5.13	6.77
2018	5.07	6.66
2019	5.02	6.56
2020	4.96	6.45
2021	4.91	6.35
2022	4.84	6.26
2023	4.76	6.13
2024	4.69	6.01
2025	4.62	5.91
2026	4.54	5.8
2027	4.46	5.68
2028	4.39	5.58
2029	4.3	5.47
2030	4.23	5.35
2031	4.14	5.25
2032	4.06	5.14
2033	3.97	5.04
2034	3.89	4.94
2035	3.82	4.84
2036	3.75	4.74
2037	3.67	4.63
2038	3.6	4.52
2039	3.53	4.44
2040	3.47	4.35
2041	3.4	4.26
2042	3.34	4.16
2043	3.28	4.07
2044	3.22	3.99
2045	3.16	3.91
2046	3.11	3.84
2047	3.06	3.78
2048	3.01	3.71
2049	2.97	3.65
2050	2.92	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mozambique	Somalia
1960	41%	44.4%
1961	41.2%	44.7%
1962	41.4%	44.8%
1963	41.6%	45%
1964	41.9%	45.1%
1965	42.2%	45.1%
1966	42.5%	44.9%
1967	42.7%	44.8%
1968	42.9%	44.7%
1969	43.1%	44.6%
1970	43.3%	44.5%
1971	43.4%	44.5%
1972	43.6%	44.4%
1973	43.7%	44.4%
1974	43.8%	44.4%
1975	44%	44.3%
1976	44.1%	44.3%
1977	44.3%	44.3%
1978	44.6%	44.4%
1979	44.9%	44.5%
1980	45.3%	44.6%
1981	45.6%	44.8%
1982	45.7%	45%
1983	45.8%	45.2%
1984	45.9%	45.4%
1985	45.9%	45.6%
1986	45.9%	45.8%
1987	45.9%	46%
1988	45.8%	46.3%
1989	45.7%	46.7%
1990	45.7%	47%
1991	45.6%	47%
1992	45.5%	46.5%
1993	45.4%	46.4%
1994	45.2%	46.5%
1995	45%	46.7%
1996	44.9%	46.9%
1997	44.8%	47%
1998	44.9%	47.1%
1999	45%	47.2%
2000	45.1%	47.4%
2001	45.1%	47.5%
2002	45.2%	47.6%
2003	45.3%	47.7%
2004	45.3%	47.9%
2005	45.3%	48.2%
2006	45.4%	48.6%
2007	45.4%	48.9%
2008	45.5%	48.9%
2009	45.6%	48.8%
2010	45.8%	48.7%
2011	45.8%	48.3%
2012	45.9%	47.9%
2013	45.8%	47.8%
2014	45.8%	47.7%
2015	45.7%	47.6%
2016	45.6%	47.5%
2017	45.5%	47.4%
2018	45.4%	47.3%
2019	45.3%	47.1%
2020	45.2%	47%
2021	45.1%	47%
2022	45%	46.8%
2023	44.8%	46.7%
2024	44.5%	46.6%
2025	44.2%	46.6%
2026	43.9%	46.5%
2027	43.5%	46.4%
2028	43.2%	46.1%
2029	42.9%	45.8%
2030	42.5%	45.4%
2031	42.2%	45.1%
2032	41.9%	44.7%
2033	41.5%	44.3%
2034	41.1%	43.9%
2035	40.7%	43.5%
2036	40.3%	43.1%
2037	39.9%	42.6%
2038	39.5%	42.1%
2039	39%	41.7%
2040	38.6%	41.2%
2041	38.2%	40.8%
2042	37.7%	40.3%
2043	37.3%	39.9%
2044	36.9%	39.4%
2045	36.4%	39%
2046	36%	38.6%
2047	35.6%	38.2%
2048	35.2%	37.8%
2049	34.8%	37.4%
2050	34.4%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.5% of the population in Mozambique and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mozambique and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Mozambique vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.08% in Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	Somalia
1960	165,774	73,850
1961	171,236	75,513
1962	176,297	77,737
1963	180,867	79,859
1964	182,334	82,042
1965	185,931	84,448
1966	189,218	86,930
1967	193,044	89,497
1968	197,623	92,208
1969	202,174	95,045
1970	207,385	98,025
1971	211,137	101,196
1972	215,793	104,493
1973	226,847	108,038
1974	240,665	104,813
1975	257,984	108,998
1976	273,924	113,319
1977	289,193	124,818
1978	310,403	132,689
1979	331,162	151,016
1980	349,586	174,790
1981	322,207	185,211
1982	321,493	182,793
1983	324,158	190,775
1984	304,524	199,017
1985	307,625	207,960
1986	332,609	218,416
1987	334,438	231,580
1988	349,480	215,599
1989	348,833	225,255
1990	353,290	225,162
1991	357,676	53,052
1992	362,373	57,495
1993	369,518	232,960
1994	384,821	246,950
1995	421,630	254,509
1996	442,559	264,807
1997	461,209	271,894
1998	474,453	284,779
1999	491,814	295,523
2000	506,162	306,651
2001	519,594	319,059
2002	529,867	331,215
2003	540,992	341,192
2004	554,973	351,959
2005	570,132	363,117
2006	586,009	372,597
2007	610,913	380,303
2008	654,920	394,258
2009	693,673	405,784
2010	719,025	385,571
2011	741,303	203,213
2012	763,088	399,468
2013	784,641	448,518
2014	799,778	464,481
2015	824,435	481,573
2016	850,430	495,132
2017	876,594	478,556
2018	903,176	514,244
2019	927,581	548,756
2020	945,952	561,311
2021	951,234	566,399
2022	1,003,689	551,450
2023	1,025,334	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Mozambique vs Somalia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 99 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mozambique, compared to 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mozambique	Somalia
1985	1,452	1,465
1986	1,355	1,452
1987	1,348	1,393
1988	1,259	1,423
1989	1,209	1,395
1990	1,150	1,358
1991	1,094	1,431
1992	1,046	1,339
1993	968	1,195
1994	902	1,254
1995	883	1,210
1996	819	1,225
1997	738	1,206
1998	694	1,177
1999	624	1,170
2000	547	1,150
2001	473	1,129
2002	398	1,121
2003	360	1,111
2004	321	1,104
2005	301	1,086
2006	298	1,085
2007	327	1,074
2008	365	1,035
2009	352	995
2010	305	1,062
2011	268	972
2012	218	894
2013	196	855
2014	210	816
2015	216	784
2016	202	754
2017	187	716
2018	159	727
2019	134	656
2020	123	655
2021	180	726
2022	104	622
2023	99	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.17% in Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	Somalia
1963	26.5%	-
1964	26.7%	-
1965	26.8%	-
1966	26.8%	-
1967	26.9%	-
1968	26.9%	-
1969	26.9%	-
1970	26.8%	-
1971	26.7%	-
1972	26.6%	-
1973	26.4%	-
1974	26.3%	-
1975	26.1%	-
1976	26%	-
1977	25.8%	-
1978	25.7%	-
1979	25.7%	-
1980	25.6%	-
1981	25.6%	-
1982	25.5%	20.1%
1983	25.3%	19.8%
1984	25.1%	19.5%
1985	24.8%	19.3%
1986	24.5%	19%
1987	24.2%	18.8%
1988	23.9%	18.6%
1989	23.6%	18.3%
1990	23.3%	18%
1991	23%	44.3%
1992	22.6%	45.6%
1993	22.1%	17.3%
1994	21.6%	17.2%
1995	20.9%	17.2%
1996	20.1%	17.2%
1997	19.2%	17.2%
1998	18.2%	17.2%
1999	17.2%	17.2%
2000	16.3%	17.2%
2001	15.4%	17.2%
2002	14.6%	17.2%
2003	13.9%	17.2%
2004	13.2%	17.2%
2005	12.5%	17.2%
2006	11.8%	17.2%
2007	11%	17%
2008	10.4%	16.6%
2009	9.75%	16.2%
2010	9.5%	18.6%
2011	9.05%	35.9%
2012	8.63%	18.4%
2013	8.26%	14.3%
2014	7.92%	13.8%
2015	7.51%	13.4%
2016	7.23%	13%
2017	7.09%	15.5%
2018	6.95%	13.6%
2019	6.83%	11.8%
2020	6.73%	11.4%
2021	6.58%	11.1%
2022	6.43%	14.3%
2023	6.17%	10.4%