# Fertility rate: Ethiopia

3.989 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.

Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/fertility) · [All countries and regions](/fertility).

## Every year

| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2023 | 3.989 |
| 2022 | 4.082 |
| 2021 | 4.177 |
| 2020 | 4.274 |
| 2019 | 4.347 |
| 2018 | 4.371 |
| 2017 | 4.401 |
| 2016 | 4.473 |
| 2015 | 4.529 |
| 2014 | 4.605 |
| 2013 | 4.708 |
| 2012 | 4.887 |
| 2011 | 5.08 |
| 2010 | 5.282 |
| 2009 | 5.488 |
| 2008 | 5.695 |
| 2007 | 5.887 |
| 2006 | 6.047 |
| 2005 | 6.194 |
| 2004 | 6.301 |
| 2003 | 6.4 |
| 2002 | 6.499 |
| 2001 | 6.579 |
| 2000 | 6.654 |
| 1999 | 6.721 |
| 1998 | 6.792 |
| 1997 | 6.869 |
| 1996 | 6.928 |
| 1995 | 6.998 |
| 1994 | 7.051 |
| 1993 | 7.088 |
| 1992 | 7.125 |
| 1991 | 7.161 |
| 1990 | 7.196 |
| 1989 | 7.229 |
| 1988 | 7.262 |
| 1987 | 7.293 |
| 1986 | 7.318 |
| 1985 | 7.338 |
| 1984 | 7.356 |
| 1983 | 7.351 |
| 1982 | 7.337 |
| 1981 | 7.313 |
| 1980 | 7.287 |
| 1979 | 7.248 |
| 1978 | 7.229 |
| 1977 | 7.189 |
| 1976 | 7.129 |
| 1975 | 7.079 |
| 1974 | 7.018 |
| 1973 | 6.962 |
| 1972 | 6.895 |
| 1971 | 6.838 |
| 1970 | 6.782 |
| 1969 | 6.719 |
| 1968 | 6.7 |
| 1967 | 6.684 |
| 1966 | 6.661 |
| 1965 | 6.63 |
| 1964 | 6.612 |
| 1963 | 6.586 |
| 1962 | 6.561 |
| 1961 | 6.533 |
| 1960 | 6.514 |
| 1959 | 6.494 |
| 1958 | 6.473 |
| 1957 | 6.464 |
| 1956 | 6.458 |
| 1955 | 6.457 |
| 1954 | 6.459 |
| 1953 | 6.449 |
| 1952 | 6.435 |
| 1951 | 6.429 |
| 1950 | 6.433 |

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