Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1983

Ethiopia
1983
Total fertility rate: 7.35
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Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 7.35 children per woman in 1983 — 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 29.4 years old. In total, 1,928,494 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.35
Births
1,928,494
Births per 1,000 people
51.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
37,740,817
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
10-1418.91.3%43,758
15-19181.512.4%356,200
20-24287.719.6%462,295
25-29297.720.3%377,282
30-34276.318.8%303,993
35-39236.616.1%244,984
40-44134.89.2%114,592
45-4934.42.3%24,291
50-541.90.1%1,098