Fertility & birth rates in Somalia and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Somalia vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Somalia vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	7.25	6.61
1961	7.25	6.75
1962	7.26	6.88
1963	7.26	6.81
1964	7.26	6.82
1965	7.26	6.81
1966	7.26	6.66
1967	7.25	6.57
1968	7.23	6.39
1969	7.21	6.34
1970	7.18	6.31
1971	7.15	6.28
1972	7.12	6.25
1973	7.09	6.16
1974	7.06	6.05
1975	7.03	5.92
1976	7.02	5.75
1977	7	5.54
1978	7.13	5.28
1979	7.16	5.16
1980	7.18	5.04
1981	7.23	4.91
1982	7.25	4.82
1983	7.28	4.71
1984	7.3	4.73
1985	7.33	4.69
1986	7.35	4.68
1987	7.37	4.53
1988	7.4	4.26
1989	7.42	4.1
1990	7.44	4.12
1991	7.47	4.19
1992	7.5	4.06
1993	7.53	3.86
1994	7.54	3.66
1995	7.58	3.57
1996	7.62	3.39
1997	7.66	3.19
1998	7.66	2.99
1999	7.66	2.83
2000	7.65	2.7
2001	7.64	2.61
2002	7.63	2.58
2003	7.6	2.5
2004	7.57	2.5
2005	7.53	2.44
2006	7.49	2.46
2007	7.46	2.57
2008	7.42	2.64
2009	7.38	2.56
2010	7.32	2.44
2011	7.27	2.35
2012	7.21	2.34
2013	7.14	2.44
2014	7.06	2.55
2015	6.98	2.58
2016	6.88	2.56
2017	6.77	2.57
2018	6.66	2.71
2019	6.56	2.87
2020	6.45	3.06
2021	6.35	3.27
2022	6.26	3.4
2023	6.13	3.5
2024	6.01	3.49
2025	5.91	3.45
2026	5.8	3.4
2027	5.68	3.36
2028	5.58	3.31
2029	5.47	3.27
2030	5.35	3.22
2031	5.25	3.18
2032	5.14	3.13
2033	5.04	3.09
2034	4.94	3.05
2035	4.84	3.01
2036	4.74	2.98
2037	4.63	2.94
2038	4.52	2.91
2039	4.44	2.87
2040	4.35	2.84
2041	4.26	2.81
2042	4.16	2.78
2043	4.07	2.75
2044	3.99	2.72
2045	3.91	2.69
2046	3.84	2.66
2047	3.78	2.63
2048	3.71	2.6
2049	3.65	2.58
2050	3.6	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Somalia	Uzbekistan
1960	44.4%	39.8%
1961	44.7%	41.2%
1962	44.8%	42.4%
1963	45%	43.4%
1964	45.1%	44.2%
1965	45.1%	44.7%
1966	44.9%	44.8%
1967	44.8%	44.9%
1968	44.7%	44.8%
1969	44.6%	44.7%
1970	44.5%	44.6%
1971	44.5%	44.4%
1972	44.4%	44.3%
1973	44.4%	44%
1974	44.4%	43.7%
1975	44.3%	43.3%
1976	44.3%	42.8%
1977	44.3%	42.3%
1978	44.4%	41.7%
1979	44.5%	41.2%
1980	44.6%	40.8%
1981	44.8%	40.5%
1982	45%	40.3%
1983	45.2%	40.1%
1984	45.4%	40.1%
1985	45.6%	40.1%
1986	45.8%	40.1%
1987	46%	40.1%
1988	46.3%	40%
1989	46.7%	39.9%
1990	47%	39.9%
1991	47%	39.9%
1992	46.5%	39.8%
1993	46.4%	39.8%
1994	46.5%	39.7%
1995	46.7%	39.4%
1996	46.9%	39.2%
1997	47%	38.8%
1998	47.1%	38.2%
1999	47.2%	37.5%
2000	47.4%	36.7%
2001	47.5%	35.8%
2002	47.6%	34.9%
2003	47.7%	34%
2004	47.9%	33.1%
2005	48.2%	32.3%
2006	48.6%	31.4%
2007	48.9%	30.6%
2008	48.9%	29.9%
2009	48.8%	29.4%
2010	48.7%	28.9%
2011	48.3%	28.5%
2012	47.9%	28.2%
2013	47.8%	28.1%
2014	47.7%	28.1%
2015	47.6%	28.3%
2016	47.5%	28.5%
2017	47.4%	28.8%
2018	47.3%	29%
2019	47.1%	29.3%
2020	47%	29.7%
2021	47%	30.2%
2022	46.8%	30.6%
2023	46.7%	30.9%
2024	46.6%	31.1%
2025	46.6%	31.3%
2026	46.5%	31.5%
2027	46.4%	31.6%
2028	46.1%	31.6%
2029	45.8%	31.6%
2030	45.4%	31.4%
2031	45.1%	31.3%
2032	44.7%	31.1%
2033	44.3%	30.9%
2034	43.9%	30.6%
2035	43.5%	30.3%
2036	43.1%	29.8%
2037	42.6%	29.3%
2038	42.1%	28.8%
2039	41.7%	28.3%
2040	41.2%	28%
2041	40.8%	27.6%
2042	40.3%	27.4%
2043	39.9%	27.2%
2044	39.4%	27%
2045	39%	26.9%
2046	38.6%	26.8%
2047	38.2%	26.8%
2048	37.8%	26.7%
2049	37.4%	26.7%
2050	37%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Somalia and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 47% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Somalia and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Somalia vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.34% in Somalia and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	73,850	267,165
1961	75,513	279,841
1962	77,737	292,788
1963	79,859	293,432
1964	82,042	298,790
1965	84,448	302,264
1966	86,930	297,844
1967	89,497	298,350
1968	92,208	295,651
1969	95,045	302,833
1970	98,025	313,216
1971	101,196	323,171
1972	104,493	333,230
1973	108,038	341,807
1974	104,813	350,422
1975	108,998	357,382
1976	113,319	363,110
1977	124,818	369,572
1978	132,689	372,068
1979	151,016	387,754
1980	174,790	401,557
1981	185,211	413,897
1982	182,793	431,389
1983	190,775	454,464
1984	199,017	485,617
1985	207,960	508,893
1986	218,416	533,234
1987	231,580	537,292
1988	215,599	525,126
1989	225,255	522,323
1990	225,162	540,581
1991	53,052	557,886
1992	57,495	548,793
1993	232,960	527,557
1994	246,950	502,279
1995	254,509	493,966
1996	264,807	471,010
1997	271,894	441,631
1998	284,779	408,532
1999	295,523	385,448
2000	306,651	365,138
2001	319,059	356,483
2002	331,215	359,231
2003	341,192	355,098
2004	351,959	363,994
2005	363,117	363,462
2006	372,597	383,265
2007	380,303	426,880
2008	394,258	461,665
2009	405,784	471,839
2010	385,571	461,293
2011	203,213	454,858
2012	399,468	463,333
2013	448,518	501,742
2014	464,481	536,881
2015	481,573	552,781
2016	495,132	549,045
2017	478,556	548,372
2018	514,244	585,119
2019	548,756	618,154
2020	561,311	643,750
2021	566,399	689,325
2022	551,450	715,410
2023	608,203	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Somalia vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Somalia	Uzbekistan
1985	1,465	72
1986	1,452	69
1987	1,393	63
1988	1,423	58
1989	1,395	53
1990	1,358	50
1991	1,431	47
1992	1,339	46
1993	1,195	47
1994	1,254	49
1995	1,210	46
1996	1,225	44
1997	1,206	42
1998	1,177	42
1999	1,170	43
2000	1,150	42
2001	1,129	42
2002	1,121	41
2003	1,111	40
2004	1,104	39
2005	1,086	39
2006	1,085	38
2007	1,074	37
2008	1,035	35
2009	995	34
2010	1,062	34
2011	972	33
2012	894	33
2013	855	32
2014	816	32
2015	784	31
2016	754	31
2017	716	30
2018	727	29
2019	656	29
2020	655	29
2021	726	28
2022	622	27
2023	563	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.4% in Somalia and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1979	-	12.5%
1980	-	11.7%
1981	-	10.9%
1982	20.1%	10.2%
1983	19.8%	9.5%
1984	19.5%	8.91%
1985	19.3%	8.4%
1986	19%	7.96%
1987	18.8%	7.59%
1988	18.6%	7.31%
1989	18.3%	7.13%
1990	18%	7.04%
1991	44.3%	7.01%
1992	45.6%	7.01%
1993	17.3%	6.99%
1994	17.2%	6.95%
1995	17.2%	6.91%
1996	17.2%	6.83%
1997	17.2%	6.72%
1998	17.2%	6.57%
1999	17.2%	6.38%
2000	17.2%	6.15%
2001	17.2%	5.88%
2002	17.2%	5.57%
2003	17.2%	5.25%
2004	17.2%	4.92%
2005	17.2%	4.57%
2006	17.2%	4.24%
2007	17%	3.9%
2008	16.6%	3.59%
2009	16.2%	3.29%
2010	18.6%	3.01%
2011	35.9%	2.75%
2012	18.4%	2.52%
2013	14.3%	2.32%
2014	13.8%	2.14%
2015	13.4%	1.98%
2016	13%	1.85%
2017	15.5%	1.73%
2018	13.6%	1.64%
2019	11.8%	1.56%
2020	11.4%	1.5%
2021	11.1%	1.44%
2022	14.3%	1.38%
2023	10.4%	1.33%