Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1957

Ethiopia
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.46 children per woman in 1957 — 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, 945,520 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.46
Births
945,520
Births per 1,000 people
46.9
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
20,173,739
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%17,854
15-19118.29.1%124,933
20-24254.519.7%229,783
25-29286.622.2%220,642
30-34257.619.9%169,192
35-39198.015.3%109,935
40-44123.49.5%57,453
45-4938.23.0%14,906
50-542.50.2%821