Fertility & birth rates in Somalia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Somalia vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Somalia was 6.13 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Somalia	Sri Lanka
1960	7.25	5.35
1961	7.25	5.24
1962	7.26	5.18
1963	7.26	5.12
1964	7.26	5.06
1965	7.26	4.93
1966	7.26	4.83
1967	7.25	4.79
1968	7.23	4.66
1969	7.21	4.5
1970	7.18	4.39
1971	7.15	4.27
1972	7.12	4.16
1973	7.09	4
1974	7.06	3.86
1975	7.03	3.82
1976	7.02	3.78
1977	7	3.74
1978	7.13	3.81
1979	7.16	3.82
1980	7.18	3.73
1981	7.23	3.65
1982	7.25	3.32
1983	7.28	3.11
1984	7.3	3.01
1985	7.33	2.9
1986	7.35	2.74
1987	7.37	2.64
1988	7.4	2.57
1989	7.42	2.58
1990	7.44	2.54
1991	7.47	2.51
1992	7.5	2.49
1993	7.53	2.44
1994	7.54	2.4
1995	7.58	2.35
1996	7.62	2.29
1997	7.66	2.22
1998	7.66	2.14
1999	7.66	2.14
2000	7.65	2.21
2001	7.64	2.28
2002	7.63	2.31
2003	7.6	2.3
2004	7.57	2.27
2005	7.53	2.26
2006	7.49	2.29
2007	7.46	2.3
2008	7.42	2.23
2009	7.38	2.18
2010	7.32	2.13
2011	7.27	2.14
2012	7.21	2.17
2013	7.14	2.18
2014	7.06	2.13
2015	6.98	2.09
2016	6.88	2.06
2017	6.77	2.04
2018	6.66	2.03
2019	6.56	2.02
2020	6.45	2.01
2021	6.35	2
2022	6.26	1.98
2023	6.13	1.97
2024	6.01	1.95
2025	5.91	1.94
2026	5.8	1.93
2027	5.68	1.91
2028	5.58	1.9
2029	5.47	1.89
2030	5.35	1.88
2031	5.25	1.87
2032	5.14	1.86
2033	5.04	1.85
2034	4.94	1.85
2035	4.84	1.84
2036	4.74	1.83
2037	4.63	1.83
2038	4.52	1.82
2039	4.44	1.81
2040	4.35	1.81
2041	4.26	1.8
2042	4.16	1.8
2043	4.07	1.8
2044	3.99	1.79
2045	3.91	1.79
2046	3.84	1.79
2047	3.78	1.78
2048	3.71	1.78
2049	3.65	1.77
2050	3.6	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Somalia	Sri Lanka
1960	44.4%	41%
1961	44.7%	40.9%
1962	44.8%	40.8%
1963	45%	40.7%
1964	45.1%	40.6%
1965	45.1%	40.5%
1966	44.9%	40.4%
1967	44.8%	40.3%
1968	44.7%	40.1%
1969	44.6%	39.9%
1970	44.5%	39.7%
1971	44.5%	39.5%
1972	44.4%	39.2%
1973	44.4%	38.8%
1974	44.4%	38.4%
1975	44.3%	38%
1976	44.3%	37.6%
1977	44.3%	37.2%
1978	44.4%	36.9%
1979	44.5%	36.7%
1980	44.6%	36.4%
1981	44.8%	36.2%
1982	45%	36%
1983	45.2%	35.8%
1984	45.4%	35.5%
1985	45.6%	35.2%
1986	45.8%	34.6%
1987	46%	34%
1988	46.3%	33.5%
1989	46.7%	33%
1990	47%	32.5%
1991	47%	32.1%
1992	46.5%	31.4%
1993	46.4%	30.6%
1994	46.5%	29.9%
1995	46.7%	29.2%
1996	46.9%	28.6%
1997	47%	28.2%
1998	47.1%	27.8%
1999	47.2%	27.4%
2000	47.4%	27%
2001	47.5%	26.6%
2002	47.6%	26.3%
2003	47.7%	26.1%
2004	47.9%	26%
2005	48.2%	25.8%
2006	48.6%	25.7%
2007	48.9%	25.7%
2008	48.9%	25.6%
2009	48.8%	25.5%
2010	48.7%	25.4%
2011	48.3%	25.3%
2012	47.9%	25.2%
2013	47.8%	25%
2014	47.7%	24.9%
2015	47.6%	24.7%
2016	47.5%	24.5%
2017	47.4%	24.2%
2018	47.3%	24%
2019	47.1%	23.7%
2020	47%	23.3%
2021	47%	23%
2022	46.8%	22.7%
2023	46.7%	22.4%
2024	46.6%	22%
2025	46.6%	21.7%
2026	46.5%	21.4%
2027	46.4%	21.1%
2028	46.1%	20.8%
2029	45.8%	20.5%
2030	45.4%	20.2%
2031	45.1%	20%
2032	44.7%	19.8%
2033	44.3%	19.6%
2034	43.9%	19.4%
2035	43.5%	19.2%
2036	43.1%	19.1%
2037	42.6%	18.9%
2038	42.1%	18.8%
2039	41.7%	18.7%
2040	41.2%	18.6%
2041	40.8%	18.4%
2042	40.3%	18.3%
2043	39.9%	18.2%
2044	39.4%	18.1%
2045	39%	18%
2046	38.6%	17.9%
2047	38.2%	17.7%
2048	37.8%	17.6%
2049	37.4%	17.5%
2050	37%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Somalia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 47% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Somalia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Somalia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.34% in Somalia and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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
	Somalia	Sri Lanka
1960	73,850	247,631
1961	75,513	251,087
1962	77,737	256,719
1963	79,859	262,880
1964	82,042	269,584
1965	84,448	272,422
1966	86,930	275,549
1967	89,497	284,738
1968	92,208	286,642
1969	95,045	286,218
1970	98,025	286,719
1971	101,196	281,200
1972	104,493	282,494
1973	108,038	278,577
1974	104,813	275,521
1975	108,998	282,496
1976	113,319	291,816
1977	124,818	300,038
1978	132,689	317,055
1979	151,016	329,791
1980	174,790	328,155
1981	185,211	328,096
1982	182,793	300,030
1983	190,775	277,768
1984	199,017	263,175
1985	207,960	247,836
1986	218,416	233,782
1987	231,580	226,414
1988	215,599	219,184
1989	225,255	212,401
1990	225,162	224,454
1991	53,052	218,117
1992	57,495	222,230
1993	232,960	226,257
1994	246,950	228,904
1995	254,509	221,957
1996	264,807	215,290
1997	271,894	208,193
1998	284,779	201,059
1999	295,523	206,876
2000	306,651	227,060
2001	319,059	244,377
2002	331,215	252,840
2003	341,192	252,008
2004	351,959	212,527
2005	363,117	248,683
2006	372,597	248,706
2007	380,303	248,287
2008	394,258	232,225
2009	405,784	200,175
2010	385,571	224,325
2011	203,213	224,461
2012	399,468	229,138
2013	448,518	221,021
2014	464,481	211,541
2015	481,573	201,815
2016	495,132	194,232
2017	478,556	187,993
2018	514,244	183,610
2019	548,756	172,243
2020	561,311	170,968
2021	566,399	121,858
2022	551,450	95,378
2023	608,203	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Somalia vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 563 deaths per 100,000 live births in Somalia, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Somalia	Sri Lanka
1985	1,465	68
1986	1,452	66
1987	1,393	64
1988	1,423	62
1989	1,395	61
1990	1,358	59
1991	1,431	57
1992	1,339	54
1993	1,195	51
1994	1,254	49
1995	1,210	48
1996	1,225	47
1997	1,206	45
1998	1,177	43
1999	1,170	41
2000	1,150	39
2001	1,129	37
2002	1,121	36
2003	1,111	35
2004	1,104	37
2005	1,086	32
2006	1,085	32
2007	1,074	31
2008	1,035	30
2009	995	28
2010	1,062	26
2011	972	25
2012	894	24
2013	855	23
2014	816	23
2015	784	22
2016	754	22
2017	716	21
2018	727	21
2019	656	20
2020	655	23
2021	726	34
2022	622	22
2023	563	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.4% in Somalia and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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
	Somalia	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	-	7.32%
1969	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	-	6.94%
1972	-	6.86%
1973	-	6.77%
1974	-	6.62%
1975	-	6.41%
1976	-	6.12%
1977	-	5.77%
1978	-	5.38%
1979	-	4.99%
1980	-	4.63%
1981	-	4.29%
1982	20.1%	3.98%
1983	19.8%	3.67%
1984	19.5%	3.35%
1985	19.3%	3.02%
1986	19%	2.74%
1987	18.8%	2.54%
1988	18.6%	2.41%
1989	18.3%	2.74%
1990	18%	2.33%
1991	44.3%	2.32%
1992	45.6%	2.29%
1993	17.3%	2.22%
1994	17.2%	2.14%
1995	17.2%	2.05%
1996	17.2%	1.95%
1997	17.2%	1.86%
1998	17.2%	1.76%
1999	17.2%	1.69%
2000	17.2%	1.63%
2001	17.2%	1.58%
2002	17.2%	1.55%
2003	17.2%	1.52%
2004	17.2%	2.88%
2005	17.2%	1.4%
2006	17.2%	1.33%
2007	17%	1.26%
2008	16.6%	1.2%
2009	16.2%	2.08%
2010	18.6%	1.12%
2011	35.9%	1.08%
2012	18.4%	1.03%
2013	14.3%	0.98%
2014	13.8%	0.92%
2015	13.4%	0.87%
2016	13%	0.83%
2017	15.5%	0.79%
2018	13.6%	0.76%
2019	11.8%	0.72%
2020	11.4%	0.69%
2021	11.1%	0.66%
2022	14.3%	0.64%
2023	10.4%	0.61%