Fertility in Ethiopia, 2001

Ethiopia
2001
Total fertility rate: 6.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.58 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 3,126,035 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.58
Births
3,126,035
Births per 1,000 people
45.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
69,487,762
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
10-147.10.5%30,797
15-19155.411.8%518,165
20-24269.720.5%776,197
25-29278.721.2%683,384
30-34258.019.6%559,089
35-39193.914.7%352,691
40-44117.38.9%166,721
45-4933.92.6%37,264
50-541.90.1%1,727