Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1962

Ethiopia
1962
Total fertility rate: 6.56
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Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.56 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 1,088,493 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.56
Births
1,088,493
Births per 1,000 people
48.5
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
22,465,126
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
10-1415.31.2%19,990
15-19126.59.6%154,577
20-24260.919.9%266,578
25-29289.122.0%250,722
30-34259.819.8%190,948
35-39199.915.2%124,685
40-44121.09.2%63,454
45-4938.02.9%16,637
50-542.50.2%900