Chad vs Somalia: Fertility rate: births per woman

Chad

6.12 live births per woman

in 2023

Somalia

6.13 live births per woman

in 2023

Chad rank

2nd

Somalia rank

1st

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

Chad
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 6.13 live births per woman against 6.12 live births per woman in Chad, a difference of 0.012 live births per woman.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.

Globally, Chad ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 1st of 236 countries.

Individual pages

Fertility rate: births per woman in Chad
Fertility rate: births per woman in Somalia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.