Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1956

Ethiopia
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.46 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 923,373 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.46
Births
923,373
Births per 1,000 people
46.6
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
19,818,885
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%17,316
15-19118.29.1%121,997
20-24254.119.7%223,983
25-29286.422.2%215,728
30-34257.519.9%165,479
35-39197.715.3%107,292
40-44123.39.5%56,153
45-4938.23.0%14,616
50-542.50.2%811