Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1982

Ethiopia
1982
Total fertility rate: 7.34
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Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 7.34 children per woman in 1982 — 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, 1,865,068 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.34
Births
1,865,068
Births per 1,000 people
50.8
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
36,701,290
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
10-1418.81.3%42,588
15-19179.412.2%340,099
20-24287.519.6%440,732
25-29297.620.3%365,583
30-34276.318.8%302,281
35-39236.416.1%238,110
40-44134.29.2%110,929
45-4934.52.4%23,662
50-541.90.1%1,082