Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1996

Ethiopia
1996
Total fertility rate: 6.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.93 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (291 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 2,887,226 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.93
Births
2,887,226
Births per 1,000 people
48.6
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
59,467,635
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
10-1410.20.7%34,943
15-19164.711.9%487,577
20-24274.919.8%696,443
25-29290.621.0%654,270
30-34269.419.4%512,069
35-39214.615.5%320,570
40-44124.08.9%143,742
45-4936.22.6%35,782
50-542.20.2%1,829