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How many babies are born in Somalia?

836 thousand babies born in Somalia in 2026. That is 0.63% of all births worldwide, and the 37th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Somalia: history and projections

10K100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Somalia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~8.2K ~200K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1000 ~16K ~390K 41.2 Modelled estimate
1500 ~32K ~780K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1800 ~46.8K ~989K 47.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~71.9K ~1.52M 47.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 112K 2.21M 50.5 UN estimate
2000 446K 8.84M 50.4 UN estimate
2023 789K 18.4M 43.0 UN estimate
2026 836K 20.3M 41.2 UN projection
2050 1.07M 37.2M 28.8 UN projection
2075 1.13M 55.3M 20.5 UN projection
2100 1.06M 67.4M 15.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Somalia among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 789K. That is roughly 97 times the estimated ~8.15K births a year in 1 CE.

At 5.81 children per woman, fertility in Somalia is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Somalia each year?

An estimated 836 thousand babies are born in Somalia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 2,290 a day and 0.63% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Somalia?

Somalia has an estimated 41.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 5.81 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.