Fertility & birth rates in Somalia and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Somalia vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Somalia vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	7.25	6.38
1961	7.25	6.3
1962	7.26	6.23
1963	7.26	6.16
1964	7.26	6.07
1965	7.26	5.98
1966	7.26	5.87
1967	7.25	5.75
1968	7.23	5.61
1969	7.21	5.47
1970	7.18	5.32
1971	7.15	5.17
1972	7.12	5.04
1973	7.09	4.91
1974	7.06	4.79
1975	7.03	4.69
1976	7.02	4.59
1977	7	4.49
1978	7.13	4.4
1979	7.16	4.3
1980	7.18	4.2
1981	7.23	4.1
1982	7.25	4.01
1983	7.28	3.93
1984	7.3	3.86
1985	7.33	3.79
1986	7.35	3.73
1987	7.37	3.67
1988	7.4	3.6
1989	7.42	3.52
1990	7.44	3.45
1991	7.47	3.37
1992	7.5	3.29
1993	7.53	3.22
1994	7.54	3.15
1995	7.58	3.08
1996	7.62	3.02
1997	7.66	2.97
1998	7.66	2.91
1999	7.66	2.86
2000	7.65	2.79
2001	7.64	2.78
2002	7.63	2.74
2003	7.6	2.7
2004	7.57	2.64
2005	7.53	2.63
2006	7.49	2.6
2007	7.46	2.52
2008	7.42	2.48
2009	7.38	2.42
2010	7.32	2.4
2011	7.27	2.4
2012	7.21	2.38
2013	7.14	2.33
2014	7.06	2.3
2015	6.98	2.25
2016	6.88	2.22
2017	6.77	2.18
2018	6.66	2.15
2019	6.56	2.13
2020	6.45	2.12
2021	6.35	2.11
2022	6.26	2.09
2023	6.13	2.08
2024	6.01	2.08
2025	5.91	2.06
2026	5.8	2.04
2027	5.68	2.03
2028	5.58	2.01
2029	5.47	2
2030	5.35	1.99
2031	5.25	1.98
2032	5.14	1.97
2033	5.04	1.96
2034	4.94	1.95
2035	4.84	1.94
2036	4.74	1.93
2037	4.63	1.92
2038	4.52	1.91
2039	4.44	1.91
2040	4.35	1.9
2041	4.26	1.89
2042	4.16	1.88
2043	4.07	1.87
2044	3.99	1.86
2045	3.91	1.86
2046	3.84	1.85
2047	3.78	1.84
2048	3.71	1.84
2049	3.65	1.83
2050	3.6	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Somalia	Venezuela
1960	44.4%	46.8%
1961	44.7%	46.9%
1962	44.8%	47%
1963	45%	47%
1964	45.1%	47%
1965	45.1%	46.9%
1966	44.9%	46.8%
1967	44.8%	46.6%
1968	44.7%	46.3%
1969	44.6%	46%
1970	44.5%	45.6%
1971	44.5%	45.2%
1972	44.4%	44.7%
1973	44.4%	44.3%
1974	44.4%	43.8%
1975	44.3%	43.3%
1976	44.3%	42.9%
1977	44.3%	42.5%
1978	44.4%	42.1%
1979	44.5%	41.7%
1980	44.6%	41.3%
1981	44.8%	41%
1982	45%	40.6%
1983	45.2%	40.3%
1984	45.4%	39.9%
1985	45.6%	39.6%
1986	45.8%	39.3%
1987	46%	39%
1988	46.3%	38.7%
1989	46.7%	38.4%
1990	47%	38.1%
1991	47%	37.8%
1992	46.5%	37.4%
1993	46.4%	37%
1994	46.5%	36.6%
1995	46.7%	36.2%
1996	46.9%	35.8%
1997	47%	35.3%
1998	47.1%	34.9%
1999	47.2%	34.5%
2000	47.4%	34%
2001	47.5%	33.6%
2002	47.6%	33.1%
2003	47.7%	32.7%
2004	47.9%	32.2%
2005	48.2%	31.8%
2006	48.6%	31.4%
2007	48.9%	31%
2008	48.9%	30.6%
2009	48.8%	30.3%
2010	48.7%	29.9%
2011	48.3%	29.5%
2012	47.9%	29.2%
2013	47.8%	28.9%
2014	47.7%	28.5%
2015	47.6%	28.2%
2016	47.5%	27.9%
2017	47.4%	27.8%
2018	47.3%	27.9%
2019	47.1%	28%
2020	47%	27.8%
2021	47%	27.4%
2022	46.8%	26.8%
2023	46.7%	26.2%
2024	46.6%	25.5%
2025	46.6%	24.9%
2026	46.5%	24.3%
2027	46.4%	23.8%
2028	46.1%	23.2%
2029	45.8%	22.8%
2030	45.4%	22.4%
2031	45.1%	22%
2032	44.7%	21.7%
2033	44.3%	21.5%
2034	43.9%	21.4%
2035	43.5%	21.4%
2036	43.1%	21.4%
2037	42.6%	21.5%
2038	42.1%	21.5%
2039	41.7%	21.4%
2040	41.2%	21.4%
2041	40.8%	21.3%
2042	40.3%	21.2%
2043	39.9%	21.1%
2044	39.4%	20.9%
2045	39%	20.7%
2046	38.6%	20.5%
2047	38.2%	20.3%
2048	37.8%	20%
2049	37.4%	19.8%
2050	37%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Somalia and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 47% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Somalia and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Somalia vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.34% in Somalia and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	73,850	285,105
1961	75,513	292,109
1962	77,737	299,345
1963	79,859	307,279
1964	82,042	314,397
1965	84,448	321,695
1966	86,930	329,697
1967	89,497	335,813
1968	92,208	340,973
1969	95,045	343,596
1970	98,025	350,709
1971	101,196	355,212
1972	104,493	360,749
1973	108,038	367,612
1974	104,813	375,678
1975	108,998	385,045
1976	113,319	395,344
1977	124,818	405,315
1978	132,689	414,032
1979	151,016	421,256
1980	174,790	425,613
1981	185,211	432,059
1982	182,793	436,564
1983	190,775	443,569
1984	199,017	449,186
1985	207,960	455,517
1986	218,416	468,252
1987	231,580	474,204
1988	215,599	477,569
1989	225,255	478,053
1990	225,162	478,168
1991	53,052	477,917
1992	57,495	474,824
1993	232,960	473,189
1994	246,950	469,178
1995	254,509	469,267
1996	264,807	468,653
1997	271,894	472,002
1998	284,779	469,123
1999	295,523	463,787
2000	306,651	459,802
2001	319,059	451,487
2002	331,215	466,821
2003	341,192	456,902
2004	351,959	455,881
2005	363,117	463,260
2006	372,597	460,152
2007	380,303	452,482
2008	394,258	435,870
2009	405,784	427,257
2010	385,571	425,397
2011	203,213	425,958
2012	399,468	420,758
2013	448,518	408,930
2014	464,481	395,088
2015	481,573	384,560
2016	495,132	359,651
2017	478,556	340,222
2018	514,244	317,302
2019	548,756	274,826
2020	561,311	237,223
2021	566,399	207,746
2022	551,450	216,619
2023	608,203	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Somalia vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Somalia	Venezuela
1985	1,465	83
1986	1,452	81
1987	1,393	81
1988	1,423	80
1989	1,395	80
1990	1,358	83
1991	1,431	80
1992	1,339	82
1993	1,195	82
1994	1,254	84
1995	1,210	84
1996	1,225	86
1997	1,206	82
1998	1,177	82
1999	1,170	88
2000	1,150	86
2001	1,129	101
2002	1,121	87
2003	1,111	97
2004	1,104	94
2005	1,086	93
2006	1,085	96
2007	1,074	92
2008	1,035	103
2009	995	109
2010	1,062	110
2011	972	104
2012	894	113
2013	855	123
2014	816	133
2015	784	136
2016	754	162
2017	716	195
2018	727	205
2019	656	202
2020	655	207
2021	726	251
2022	622	219
2023	563	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.4% in Somalia and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	-	6.87%
1967	-	6.75%
1968	-	6.61%
1969	-	6.47%
1970	-	6.3%
1971	-	6.12%
1972	-	5.94%
1973	-	5.75%
1974	-	5.57%
1975	-	5.38%
1976	-	5.2%
1977	-	5.01%
1978	-	4.82%
1979	-	4.62%
1980	-	4.42%
1981	-	4.24%
1982	20.1%	4.07%
1983	19.8%	3.91%
1984	19.5%	3.77%
1985	19.3%	3.64%
1986	19%	3.5%
1987	18.8%	3.37%
1988	18.6%	3.23%
1989	18.3%	3.09%
1990	18%	2.96%
1991	44.3%	2.86%
1992	45.6%	2.78%
1993	17.3%	2.73%
1994	17.2%	2.68%
1995	17.2%	2.63%
1996	17.2%	2.55%
1997	17.2%	2.45%
1998	17.2%	2.34%
1999	17.2%	2.24%
2000	17.2%	2.15%
2001	17.2%	2.09%
2002	17.2%	2.03%
2003	17.2%	1.98%
2004	17.2%	1.91%
2005	17.2%	1.85%
2006	17.2%	1.79%
2007	17%	1.74%
2008	16.6%	1.72%
2009	16.2%	1.71%
2010	18.6%	1.72%
2011	35.9%	1.73%
2012	18.4%	1.76%
2013	14.3%	1.79%
2014	13.8%	1.83%
2015	13.4%	1.92%
2016	13%	2.43%
2017	15.5%	2.43%
2018	13.6%	2.43%
2019	11.8%	2.43%
2020	11.4%	2.43%
2021	11.1%	2.43%
2022	14.3%	2.43%
2023	10.4%	2.43%