Niger vs Somalia: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Niger
5.15 children per women
in 2023
Somalia
5.16 children per women
in 2023
Niger rank
3rd
Somalia rank
2nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Niger
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 5.16 children per women against 5.15 children per women in Niger, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.
Niger ranks 3rd and Somalia ranks 2nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 3 and Somalia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.13 children per women | 4.59 children per women | 0.463 children per women | Somalia |
| 1960s | 4.22 children per women | 4.74 children per women | 0.5218 children per women | Somalia |
| 1970s | 4.39 children per women | 4.76 children per women | 0.3707 children per women | Somalia |
| 1980s | 4.7 children per women | 4.99 children per women | 0.2938 children per women | Somalia |
| 1990s | 5.21 children per women | 5.25 children per women | 0.0386 children per women | Somalia |
| 2000s | 6.04 children per women | 5.61 children per women | 0.4318 children per women | Niger |
| 2010s | 5.98 children per women | 5.44 children per women | 0.5332 children per women | Niger |
| 2020s | 5.24 children per women | 5.22 children per women | 0.0207 children per women | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Niger or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 5.16 children per women against 5.15 children per women in Niger as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Niger and Somalia?
- 0.01 children per women, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Niger ranks 3rd and Somalia ranks 2nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).