Niger vs Somalia: Fertility rate: births per woman

Niger
6.06 live births per woman
in 2023
Somalia
6.13 live births per woman
in 2023
Niger rank
3rd
Somalia rank
1st

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Niger
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 6.13 live births per woman against 6.06 live births per woman in Niger, a difference of 0.071 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niger ahead.

Globally, Niger ranks 3rd and Somalia ranks 1st of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.