Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1966

Ethiopia
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.66
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Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.66 children per woman in 1966 — 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, 1,235,363 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.66
Births
1,235,363
Births per 1,000 people
49.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
24,952,689
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
10-1414.81.1%20,511
15-19146.210.9%187,627
20-24269.120.2%310,597
25-29290.621.8%281,230
30-34259.619.4%211,856
35-39200.015.0%137,686
40-44115.08.6%66,727
45-4937.52.8%18,156
50-542.40.2%970