Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1981

Ethiopia
1981
Total fertility rate: 7.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 7.31 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (298 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 1,776,864 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.31
Births
1,776,864
Births per 1,000 people
50.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
35,304,012
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
10-1418.31.3%39,643
15-19179.212.3%322,499
20-24286.319.6%411,941
25-29298.320.4%351,768
30-34275.818.9%297,172
35-39234.516.0%224,997
40-44132.99.1%105,133
45-4934.52.4%22,667
50-541.90.1%1,043