Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1989

Ethiopia
1989
Total fertility rate: 7.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 7.23 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (296 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 2,331,392 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.23
Births
2,331,392
Births per 1,000 people
50.8
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
45,879,690
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
10-1415.31.1%42,902
15-19168.311.6%396,241
20-24287.419.9%591,134
25-29296.220.5%507,503
30-34275.119.0%368,934
35-39231.116.0%255,957
40-44133.69.2%136,169
45-4937.42.6%31,075
50-542.20.2%1,476