Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1998

Ethiopia
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.79 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 2,977,127 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.79
Births
2,977,127
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
63,363,524
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
10-148.80.6%33,089
15-19151.511.1%466,584
20-24276.220.3%735,363
25-29286.521.1%666,632
30-34269.719.8%544,441
35-39210.815.5%345,629
40-44118.58.7%147,374
45-4935.72.6%36,092
50-542.10.2%1,924