Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1978

Ethiopia
1978
Total fertility rate: 7.23
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Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 7.23 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 1,720,137 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.23
Births
1,720,137
Births per 1,000 people
51.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
33,734,592
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
10-1420.11.4%41,811
15-19185.312.8%315,517
20-24285.719.8%385,349
25-29292.320.2%344,595
30-34271.418.8%302,913
35-39225.915.6%208,321
40-44128.08.9%98,652
45-4934.32.4%21,943
50-542.00.1%1,038