Somali birth rate 4th in the world.

[burahadeer]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=highest%20birth%20rates%20in%20the%20world&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CHkQFjAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Flibrary%2Fpublications%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Frankorder%2F2127rank.html&ei=XVHRT_KBGtPH6AGIvMm9Aw&usg=AFQjCNGpl5gTKbJHTowSFPKZNQgj73_sZg

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't this madness?

[burahadeer]

COUNTRY COMPARISON :: TOTAL FERTILITY RATE

This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. A rate of two children per woman is considered the replacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability in terms of total numbers. Rates above two children indicate populations growing in size and whose median age is declining. Higher rates may also indicate difficulties for families, in some situations, to feed and educate their children and for women to enter the labor force. Rates below two children indicate populations decreasing in size and growing older. Global fertility rates are in general decline and this trend is most pronounced in industrialized countries, especially Western Europe, where populations are projected to decline dramatically over the next 50 years.

 

RANK

COUNTRY (CHILDREN BORN/WOMAN) DATE OF INFORMATION

1 Niger

7.52

2012 est.

2 Uganda

6.65

2012 est.

3 Mali

6.35

2012 est.

4 Somalia

6.26

2012 est.

5 Burundi

6.08

2012 est.

6 Burkina Faso

6.07

2012 est.

7 Ethiopia

[RaMpAgE]

Its good, considering the mortality rate, migration and other factors affecting the Somali population

[Garnaqsi]

Having so many children you know you cannot feed then watching them die of starvation is disgusting! Even those who manage to feed them are usually unable to provide a better quality of life for them than they could if they had fewer. People get dogged against contraceptives but lack the moral imagination to see the impact of uncontrolled birth rates -- especially in countries like Somalia.

[burahadeer]

average I seen last time been there was 8-10.Some have 15+ and can imagine the quality of life they live in with no regular jobs sort to speak of.Lucky ones live on remittances.Waa reer hebel yaanu inaga badan.

[GaraadMon]

Don't pull the cart before the horse, fertility rates decline naturally as the economy develops. In fact, Somalia should see massive development in the future if the resources of having such a young population are used properly. Fortunately for Somalia we have more than enough resources to feed a much larger population in the future, so the situation isn't as dire as in say Niger or Mali.

 

It will be a problem though, if our nation doesn't get its act together soon, we need to re-evaluate how we hand out remittances to family members back home, there needs to be some sort of incentive for them to be self-dependant.

[Che -Guevara]

Blackflash;839819 wrote:

Don't pull the cart before the horse, fertility rates decline naturally as the economy develops. I

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Usheeg...loool

They replied with Western mindset-contextualize people.

[Abwaan]

Guess what, I think with large number of Somali diaspora in Western countries, some Asian and African countries ethnic Somalis could be the 1st on the list rather than 4th and this may not have been noticed because they are born outside Somalia.

This is good for Somalia because the population was low already and a lot of people were lost during the civil war.

[MoonLight1]

Its good news to hear this, Somalia needs a population boom as the next world wars will be on population and water, look at our historic rival Ethiopia with 80 million, and Kenya 35 Million and rising, surely we are one of the least populated countries in the world with only 16 people per KMsq.

[rudy-Diiriye]

u gonna belief a cia report...well, i have ten golden donkeys to sell to u 4 a dollar...any takers!!

[burahadeer]

MoonLight1;839825 wrote:

Its good news to hear this, Somalia needs a population boom as the next world wars will be on population and water, look at our historic rival Ethiopia with 80 million, and Kenya 35 Million and rising, surely we are one of the least populated countries in the world with only 16 people per KMsq.

 

 

in the long run ,yes, but under such conditions today!!.We not even growing anything worth sustaining a population. Most food comes from outside.

All available to us is livestock and that's if you lucky enough to be in peaceful region.The worst hit areas with concurrent famine r the richest parts(bread basket)..Jubas,but not a bushel available due to lack of security.

[faarah22]

Those who are saying we will have development while the population is booming are ignorant, no country has ever developed without addressing its growth FIRST from china, norway, singapore. smaller planned families leads to qualitative advantages that are prerequisite for development to take place. you don't need starving millions to make a great country, what you need is education, opportunities and healthy population. luxembourg is top in every sphere of life yet less than a million, pakistan is 250 million yet it's hell.

[GaraadMon]

No one said having a large population will lead to development, in our case it is independent of economic growth. In any case I'm speaking of our current population, it's young and if properly utilized can make big changes (although I doubt it'll ever happen). As the economy develops in Somalia, the purchasing power of foreign remittance will be nullified and the population will react accordingly (have less children or die), besides you haven't taken the current situation in to account, who knows what the current population of Somalia is, I have a feeling that it's a lot lower than 10 million.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Dhalmada aad ha lo badiyo raaxada so raacdana aad halooga faiideysto dhashana ha so kordhaan, Somalidu wa dad yar yar dadka waloo bahanyahay.

[Valenteenah.]

Funny how it's always the privileged few (and no, I'm not counting the above SOLers) who lament about population growth. Perhaps they should stop consuming the lion's share of the world's resources if they wanna save the planet?

 

A high birth rate is the only thing going for deprived Somalis right now - children are their investment and future pension.