Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1969

Ethiopia
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.72
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Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.72 children per woman in 1969 — 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 29.3 years old. In total, 1,341,757 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.72
Births
1,341,757
Births per 1,000 people
49.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
27,072,571
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
10-1416.21.2%24,274
15-19159.911.9%207,054
20-24272.820.3%340,415
25-29287.421.4%302,509
30-34257.519.1%228,450
35-39199.914.9%148,781
40-44112.48.4%70,249
45-4936.32.7%19,029
50-542.30.2%995