Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1988

Ethiopia
1988
Total fertility rate: 7.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 7.26 children per woman in 1988 — 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, 2,248,548 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.26
Births
2,248,548
Births per 1,000 people
50.9
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
44,150,826
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
10-1416.91.2%45,673
15-19170.511.7%389,111
20-24288.219.8%566,911
25-29296.520.4%480,911
30-34274.618.9%349,348
35-39232.616.0%251,762
40-44134.49.3%133,743
45-4936.82.5%29,672
50-542.10.1%1,416