Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1958

Ethiopia
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.47 children per woman in 1958 — 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, 968,090 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.47
Births
968,090
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
20,480,285
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
10-1414.31.1%18,441
15-19118.29.1%127,920
20-24255.019.7%235,797
25-29286.822.2%225,657
30-34257.919.9%172,897
35-39198.315.3%112,587
40-44123.59.5%58,757
45-4938.22.9%15,199
50-542.50.2%831