Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 2002

Ethiopia
2002
Total fertility rate: 6.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.50 children per woman in 2002 — 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 29.4 years old. In total, 3,170,909 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.50
Births
3,170,909
Births per 1,000 people
44.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
71,635,517
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
10-146.60.5%30,012
15-19151.211.6%527,023
20-24266.320.5%782,353
25-29278.921.5%700,051
30-34255.819.7%564,246
35-39191.314.7%358,906
40-44113.58.7%169,091
45-4933.12.5%37,499
50-541.90.1%1,731