Fertility in Ethiopia (1950–2100)

Ethiopia
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia is projected at 3.72 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (190 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 4,213,081 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.72
Births
4,213,081
Births per 1,000 people
30.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
138,902,185
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.50.1%3,634
15-1964.38.6%473,393
20-24178.423.9%1,237,918
25-29189.625.4%1,131,805
30-34154.520.7%777,735
35-39104.714.0%422,955
40-4446.76.3%143,458
45-498.21.1%21,359
50-540.40.1%826