Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1974

Ethiopia
1974
Total fertility rate: 7.02
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 7.02 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (284 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 1,559,340 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.02
Births
1,559,340
Births per 1,000 people
50.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
30,957,273
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
10-1420.81.5%38,357
15-19190.113.5%278,551
20-24274.819.6%345,651
25-29284.420.3%343,370
30-34262.118.7%265,425
35-39211.715.1%179,749
40-44122.88.8%86,909
45-4934.42.5%20,339
50-542.00.1%988