Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1965

Ethiopia
1965
Total fertility rate: 6.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.63 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (291 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 1,197,864 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.63
Births
1,197,864
Births per 1,000 people
49.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
24,310,612
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%19,192
15-19141.110.6%181,690
20-24267.920.2%299,180
25-29291.121.9%274,190
30-34259.519.5%206,116
35-39199.215.0%133,731
40-44114.88.6%64,973
45-4937.82.8%17,833
50-542.50.2%958