Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1968

Ethiopia
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.70
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.70 children per woman in 1968 — 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 29.5 years old. In total, 1,304,884 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.70
Births
1,304,884
Births per 1,000 people
49.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
26,337,930
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
10-1416.11.2%23,438
15-19153.011.4%196,348
20-24270.620.2%331,249
25-29288.621.5%294,827
30-34259.119.3%223,582
35-39200.815.0%145,579
40-44115.08.6%70,099
45-4936.82.7%18,768
50-542.30.2%990