Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1987

Ethiopia
1987
Total fertility rate: 7.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 7.29 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (297 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 2,173,156 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.29
Births
2,173,156
Births per 1,000 people
51.2
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
42,460,040
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
10-1416.21.1%42,150
15-19172.311.8%382,180
20-24288.319.8%544,018
25-29297.220.4%456,000
30-34274.418.8%335,363
35-39235.716.2%252,003
40-44136.29.3%131,674
45-4936.32.5%28,450
50-542.10.1%1,324