Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1999

Ethiopia
1999
Total fertility rate: 6.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.72 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 3,032,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.72
Births
3,032,896
Births per 1,000 people
46.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
65,374,561
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
10-148.60.6%34,126
15-19158.311.8%497,042
20-24274.720.4%751,587
25-29281.220.9%664,098
30-34264.819.7%548,720
35-39203.215.1%346,075
40-44117.98.8%152,881
45-4935.42.6%36,473
50-542.10.2%1,888