Fertility & birth rates in Somalia and United States

Fertility rate in Somalia vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Somalia vs the United States 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	United States
1960	7.25	3.65
1961	7.25	3.62
1962	7.26	3.46
1963	7.26	3.32
1964	7.26	3.19
1965	7.26	2.91
1966	7.26	2.72
1967	7.25	2.56
1968	7.23	2.46
1969	7.21	2.46
1970	7.18	2.48
1971	7.15	2.27
1972	7.12	2.01
1973	7.09	1.88
1974	7.06	1.84
1975	7.03	1.77
1976	7.02	1.74
1977	7	1.79
1978	7.13	1.76
1979	7.16	1.81
1980	7.18	1.84
1981	7.23	1.81
1982	7.25	1.83
1983	7.28	1.8
1984	7.3	1.81
1985	7.33	1.84
1986	7.35	1.84
1987	7.37	1.87
1988	7.4	1.93
1989	7.42	2.01
1990	7.44	2.08
1991	7.47	2.06
1992	7.5	2.05
1993	7.53	2.02
1994	7.54	2
1995	7.58	1.98
1996	7.62	1.98
1997	7.66	1.97
1998	7.66	2
1999	7.66	2.01
2000	7.65	2.06
2001	7.64	2.03
2002	7.63	2.02
2003	7.6	2.05
2004	7.57	2.05
2005	7.53	2.06
2006	7.49	2.11
2007	7.46	2.12
2008	7.42	2.07
2009	7.38	2
2010	7.32	1.93
2011	7.27	1.89
2012	7.21	1.88
2013	7.14	1.86
2014	7.06	1.86
2015	6.98	1.84
2016	6.88	1.82
2017	6.77	1.77
2018	6.66	1.73
2019	6.56	1.71
2020	6.45	1.64
2021	6.35	1.66
2022	6.26	1.66
2023	6.13	1.62
2024	6.01	1.62
2025	5.91	1.62
2026	5.8	1.62
2027	5.68	1.62
2028	5.58	1.62
2029	5.47	1.62
2030	5.35	1.62
2031	5.25	1.62
2032	5.14	1.62
2033	5.04	1.63
2034	4.94	1.62
2035	4.84	1.63
2036	4.74	1.63
2037	4.63	1.63
2038	4.52	1.63
2039	4.44	1.63
2040	4.35	1.63
2041	4.26	1.63
2042	4.16	1.63
2043	4.07	1.63
2044	3.99	1.63
2045	3.91	1.64
2046	3.84	1.64
2047	3.78	1.63
2048	3.71	1.64
2049	3.65	1.63
2050	3.6	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Somalia	United States
1960	44.4%	31.3%
1961	44.7%	31.4%
1962	44.8%	31.3%
1963	45%	31.1%
1964	45.1%	30.9%
1965	45.1%	30.7%
1966	44.9%	30.4%
1967	44.8%	30%
1968	44.7%	29.5%
1969	44.6%	29%
1970	44.5%	28.6%
1971	44.5%	28%
1972	44.4%	27.4%
1973	44.4%	26.6%
1974	44.4%	25.9%
1975	44.3%	25.2%
1976	44.3%	24.4%
1977	44.3%	23.8%
1978	44.4%	23.2%
1979	44.5%	22.8%
1980	44.6%	22.4%
1981	44.8%	22.1%
1982	45%	22%
1983	45.2%	21.8%
1984	45.4%	21.7%
1985	45.6%	21.5%
1986	45.8%	21.3%
1987	46%	21.3%
1988	46.3%	21.3%
1989	46.7%	21.5%
1990	47%	21.6%
1991	47%	21.7%
1992	46.5%	21.8%
1993	46.4%	21.9%
1994	46.5%	21.9%
1995	46.7%	21.8%
1996	46.9%	21.7%
1997	47%	21.5%
1998	47.1%	21.4%
1999	47.2%	21.3%
2000	47.4%	21.2%
2001	47.5%	21%
2002	47.6%	20.9%
2003	47.7%	20.7%
2004	47.9%	20.5%
2005	48.2%	20.3%
2006	48.6%	20.2%
2007	48.9%	20%
2008	48.9%	19.9%
2009	48.8%	19.8%
2010	48.7%	19.7%
2011	48.3%	19.6%
2012	47.9%	19.5%
2013	47.8%	19.4%
2014	47.7%	19.3%
2015	47.6%	19.2%
2016	47.5%	19.1%
2017	47.4%	18.9%
2018	47.3%	18.8%
2019	47.1%	18.6%
2020	47%	18.4%
2021	47%	18.1%
2022	46.8%	17.9%
2023	46.7%	17.6%
2024	46.6%	17.3%
2025	46.6%	17.1%
2026	46.5%	16.9%
2027	46.4%	16.7%
2028	46.1%	16.6%
2029	45.8%	16.4%
2030	45.4%	16.3%
2031	45.1%	16.1%
2032	44.7%	16%
2033	44.3%	16%
2034	43.9%	15.9%
2035	43.5%	15.9%
2036	43.1%	15.9%
2037	42.6%	15.9%
2038	42.1%	15.9%
2039	41.7%	15.9%
2040	41.2%	15.9%
2041	40.8%	16%
2042	40.3%	16%
2043	39.9%	16%
2044	39.4%	16%
2045	39%	16%
2046	38.6%	16%
2047	38.2%	16%
2048	37.8%	16%
2049	37.4%	15.9%
2050	37%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Somalia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 47% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Somalia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Somalia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.34% in Somalia and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	73,850	2,565,530
1961	75,513	2,571,681
1962	77,737	2,406,337
1963	79,859	2,289,826
1964	82,042	2,245,099
1965	84,448	1,943,030
1966	86,930	1,749,387
1967	89,497	1,669,181
1968	92,208	1,565,507
1969	95,045	1,702,487
1970	98,025	1,824,965
1971	101,196	1,640,519
1972	104,493	1,301,355
1973	108,038	1,165,499
1974	104,813	1,218,968
1975	108,998	1,252,644
1976	113,319	1,264,604
1977	124,818	1,431,556
1978	132,689	1,402,283
1979	151,016	1,597,894
1980	174,790	1,608,450
1981	185,211	1,652,153
1982	182,793	1,714,317
1983	190,775	1,636,544
1984	199,017	1,627,192
1985	207,960	1,689,258
1986	218,416	1,656,917
1987	231,580	1,720,252
1988	215,599	1,735,943
1989	225,255	1,875,826
1990	225,162	2,026,068
1991	53,052	1,926,543
1992	57,495	1,875,328
1993	232,960	1,717,685
1994	246,950	1,633,302
1995	254,509	1,546,031
1996	264,807	1,510,137
1997	271,894	1,501,014
1998	284,779	1,573,857
1999	295,523	1,564,050
2000	306,651	1,664,758
2001	319,059	1,595,826
2002	331,215	1,581,938
2003	341,192	1,653,615
2004	351,959	1,698,271
2005	363,117	1,684,445
2006	372,597	1,849,955
2007	380,303	1,897,757
2008	394,258	1,794,154
2009	405,784	1,717,920
2010	385,571	1,548,182
2011	203,213	1,441,697
2012	399,468	1,411,822
2013	448,518	1,322,711
2014	464,481	1,357,281
2015	481,573	1,270,126
2016	495,132	1,197,627
2017	478,556	1,028,037
2018	514,244	955,022
2019	548,756	887,476
2020	561,311	208,862
2021	566,399	199,137
2022	551,450	399,926
2023	608,203	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Somalia vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Somalia	United States
1985	1,465	11
1986	1,452	11
1987	1,393	11
1988	1,423	12
1989	1,395	12
1990	1,358	12
1991	1,431	12
1992	1,339	11
1993	1,195	12
1994	1,254	11
1995	1,210	12
1996	1,225	11
1997	1,206	11
1998	1,177	11
1999	1,170	12
2000	1,150	12
2001	1,129	13
2002	1,121	13
2003	1,111	13
2004	1,104	13
2005	1,086	13
2006	1,085	13
2007	1,074	13
2008	1,035	14
2009	995	15
2010	1,062	15
2011	972	15
2012	894	16
2013	855	16
2014	816	17
2015	784	17
2016	754	18
2017	716	18
2018	727	18
2019	656	18
2020	655	22
2021	726	31
2022	622	20
2023	563	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.4% in Somalia and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	-	2.24%
1972	-	2.15%
1973	-	2.06%
1974	-	1.97%
1975	-	1.88%
1976	-	1.79%
1977	-	1.71%
1978	-	1.63%
1979	-	1.56%
1980	-	1.5%
1981	-	1.44%
1982	20.1%	1.39%
1983	19.8%	1.34%
1984	19.5%	1.3%
1985	19.3%	1.27%
1986	19%	1.24%
1987	18.8%	1.21%
1988	18.6%	1.19%
1989	18.3%	1.16%
1990	18%	1.12%
1991	44.3%	1.09%
1992	45.6%	1.05%
1993	17.3%	1.01%
1994	17.2%	0.98%
1995	17.2%	0.95%
1996	17.2%	0.92%
1997	17.2%	0.89%
1998	17.2%	0.87%
1999	17.2%	0.86%
2000	17.2%	0.84%
2001	17.2%	0.83%
2002	17.2%	0.82%
2003	17.2%	0.81%
2004	17.2%	0.81%
2005	17.2%	0.8%
2006	17.2%	0.79%
2007	17%	0.77%
2008	16.6%	0.76%
2009	16.2%	0.75%
2010	18.6%	0.73%
2011	35.9%	0.72%
2012	18.4%	0.7%
2013	14.3%	0.69%
2014	13.8%	0.68%
2015	13.4%	0.68%
2016	13%	0.67%
2017	15.5%	0.66%
2018	13.6%	0.65%
2019	11.8%	0.65%
2020	11.4%	0.65%
2021	11.1%	0.65%
2022	14.3%	0.65%
2023	10.4%	0.65%