Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1954

Ethiopia
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.46 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 881,661 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.46
Births
881,661
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
19,038,035
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
10-1414.21.1%16,346
15-19118.09.1%116,123
20-24253.719.6%213,521
25-29286.822.2%206,604
30-34257.619.9%158,256
35-39197.515.3%102,284
40-44123.39.5%53,665
45-4938.33.0%14,078
50-542.60.2%785