Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and Somalia

Fertility rate in Palestine vs Somalia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palestine was 3.31 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 Palestine 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
	Palestine	Somalia
1960	-	7.25
1961	-	7.25
1962	-	7.26
1963	-	7.26
1964	-	7.26
1965	-	7.26
1966	-	7.26
1967	-	7.25
1968	-	7.23
1969	-	7.21
1970	-	7.18
1971	-	7.15
1972	-	7.12
1973	-	7.09
1974	-	7.06
1975	-	7.03
1976	-	7.02
1977	-	7
1978	-	7.13
1979	-	7.16
1980	-	7.18
1981	-	7.23
1982	-	7.25
1983	-	7.28
1984	-	7.3
1985	-	7.33
1986	-	7.35
1987	-	7.37
1988	-	7.4
1989	-	7.42
1990	6.81	7.44
1991	6.75	7.47
1992	6.65	7.5
1993	6.5	7.53
1994	6.33	7.54
1995	6.16	7.58
1996	5.99	7.62
1997	5.82	7.66
1998	5.69	7.66
1999	5.58	7.66
2000	5.46	7.65
2001	5.34	7.64
2002	5.22	7.63
2003	5.06	7.6
2004	4.97	7.57
2005	4.87	7.53
2006	4.74	7.49
2007	4.63	7.46
2008	4.51	7.42
2009	4.44	7.38
2010	4.43	7.32
2011	4.31	7.27
2012	4.15	7.21
2013	4.05	7.14
2014	4	7.06
2015	3.98	6.98
2016	3.89	6.88
2017	3.77	6.77
2018	3.67	6.66
2019	3.59	6.56
2020	3.51	6.45
2021	3.44	6.35
2022	3.38	6.26
2023	3.31	6.13
2024	3.25	6.01
2025	3.19	5.91
2026	3.13	5.8
2027	3.07	5.68
2028	3.02	5.58
2029	2.97	5.47
2030	2.93	5.35
2031	2.89	5.25
2032	2.85	5.14
2033	2.81	5.04
2034	2.78	4.94
2035	2.75	4.84
2036	2.71	4.74
2037	2.68	4.63
2038	2.65	4.52
2039	2.62	4.44
2040	2.59	4.35
2041	2.56	4.26
2042	2.53	4.16
2043	2.51	4.07
2044	2.48	3.99
2045	2.45	3.91
2046	2.43	3.84
2047	2.41	3.78
2048	2.38	3.71
2049	2.36	3.65
2050	2.34	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	Somalia
1960	-	44.4%
1961	-	44.7%
1962	-	44.8%
1963	-	45%
1964	-	45.1%
1965	-	45.1%
1966	-	44.9%
1967	-	44.8%
1968	-	44.7%
1969	-	44.6%
1970	-	44.5%
1971	-	44.5%
1972	-	44.4%
1973	-	44.4%
1974	-	44.4%
1975	-	44.3%
1976	-	44.3%
1977	-	44.3%
1978	-	44.4%
1979	-	44.5%
1980	-	44.6%
1981	-	44.8%
1982	-	45%
1983	-	45.2%
1984	-	45.4%
1985	-	45.6%
1986	-	45.8%
1987	-	46%
1988	-	46.3%
1989	-	46.7%
1990	49.1%	47%
1991	49.1%	47%
1992	49%	46.5%
1993	49%	46.4%
1994	48.9%	46.5%
1995	48.8%	46.7%
1996	48.6%	46.9%
1997	48.4%	47%
1998	48.1%	47.1%
1999	47.8%	47.2%
2000	47.4%	47.4%
2001	47.1%	47.5%
2002	46.6%	47.6%
2003	46.1%	47.7%
2004	45.6%	47.9%
2005	45%	48.2%
2006	44.3%	48.6%
2007	43.7%	48.9%
2008	43%	48.9%
2009	42.4%	48.8%
2010	41.9%	48.7%
2011	41.5%	48.3%
2012	41.1%	47.9%
2013	40.7%	47.8%
2014	40.4%	47.7%
2015	40.1%	47.6%
2016	39.9%	47.5%
2017	39.7%	47.4%
2018	39.6%	47.3%
2019	39.5%	47.1%
2020	39.3%	47%
2021	39%	47%
2022	38.7%	46.8%
2023	38.4%	46.7%
2024	38%	46.6%
2025	37.6%	46.6%
2026	37%	46.5%
2027	36.5%	46.4%
2028	35.9%	46.1%
2029	35.3%	45.8%
2030	34.7%	45.4%
2031	34%	45.1%
2032	33.4%	44.7%
2033	32.8%	44.3%
2034	32.3%	43.9%
2035	31.8%	43.5%
2036	31.4%	43.1%
2037	31%	42.6%
2038	30.6%	42.1%
2039	30.3%	41.7%
2040	30%	41.2%
2041	29.7%	40.8%
2042	29.4%	40.3%
2043	29.2%	39.9%
2044	28.9%	39.4%
2045	28.6%	39%
2046	28.4%	38.6%
2047	28.1%	38.2%
2048	27.8%	37.8%
2049	27.5%	37.4%
2050	27.2%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	Somalia
1960	-	73,850
1961	-	75,513
1962	-	77,737
1963	-	79,859
1964	-	82,042
1965	-	84,448
1966	-	86,930
1967	-	89,497
1968	-	92,208
1969	-	95,045
1970	-	98,025
1971	-	101,196
1972	-	104,493
1973	-	108,038
1974	-	104,813
1975	-	108,998
1976	-	113,319
1977	-	124,818
1978	-	132,689
1979	-	151,016
1980	-	174,790
1981	-	185,211
1982	-	182,793
1983	-	190,775
1984	-	199,017
1985	-	207,960
1986	-	218,416
1987	-	231,580
1988	-	215,599
1989	-	225,255
1990	76,163	225,162
1991	79,444	53,052
1992	82,865	57,495
1993	86,434	232,960
1994	90,156	246,950
1995	94,037	254,509
1996	98,085	264,807
1997	102,307	271,894
1998	103,566	284,779
1999	104,823	295,523
2000	106,367	306,651
2001	107,320	319,059
2002	108,560	331,215
2003	109,162	341,192
2004	110,045	351,959
2005	110,569	363,117
2006	111,728	372,597
2007	112,453	380,303
2008	108,395	394,258
2009	111,724	405,784
2010	117,674	385,571
2011	119,021	203,213
2012	119,185	399,468
2013	120,503	448,518
2014	120,724	464,481
2015	126,189	481,573
2016	126,698	495,132
2017	125,688	478,556
2018	124,791	514,244
2019	124,508	548,756
2020	122,416	561,311
2021	120,396	566,399
2022	123,987	551,450
2023	102,613	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs Somalia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palestine, compared to 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	Somalia
1985	102	1,465
1986	96	1,452
1987	87	1,393
1988	85	1,423
1989	82	1,395
1990	78	1,358
1991	75	1,431
1992	73	1,339
1993	69	1,195
1994	66	1,254
1995	64	1,210
1996	61	1,225
1997	60	1,206
1998	59	1,177
1999	58	1,170
2000	59	1,150
2001	60	1,129
2002	58	1,121
2003	56	1,111
2004	55	1,104
2005	52	1,086
2006	51	1,085
2007	49	1,074
2008	49	1,035
2009	48	995
2010	42	1,062
2011	39	972
2012	36	894
2013	32	855
2014	29	816
2015	26	784
2016	23	754
2017	21	716
2018	19	727
2019	18	656
2020	20	655
2021	29	726
2022	17	622
2023	16	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	Somalia
1975	10.8%	-
1976	10.2%	-
1977	9.55%	-
1978	8.98%	-
1979	8.45%	-
1980	7.95%	-
1981	7.48%	-
1982	7.04%	20.1%
1983	6.63%	19.8%
1984	6.25%	19.5%
1985	5.89%	19.3%
1986	5.56%	19%
1987	5.25%	18.8%
1988	4.97%	18.6%
1989	4.72%	18.3%
1990	4.49%	18%
1991	4.28%	44.3%
1992	4.09%	45.6%
1993	3.92%	17.3%
1994	3.77%	17.2%
1995	3.62%	17.2%
1996	3.49%	17.2%
1997	3.36%	17.2%
1998	3.24%	17.2%
1999	3.13%	17.2%
2000	3.03%	17.2%
2001	2.94%	17.2%
2002	2.85%	17.2%
2003	2.77%	17.2%
2004	2.68%	17.2%
2005	2.6%	17.2%
2006	2.52%	17.2%
2007	2.43%	17%
2008	2.35%	16.6%
2009	2.28%	16.2%
2010	2.2%	18.6%
2011	2.12%	35.9%
2012	2.04%	18.4%
2013	1.97%	14.3%
2014	2.2%	13.8%
2015	1.83%	13.4%
2016	1.76%	13%
2017	1.69%	15.5%
2018	1.63%	13.6%
2019	1.57%	11.8%
2020	1.52%	11.4%
2021	1.47%	11.1%
2022	1.42%	14.3%
2023	2.63%	10.4%