Fertility in Egypt (1950–2100)

Egypt
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.68
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt is projected at 2.68 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 2,459,317 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
2,459,317
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
120,101,175
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
10-140.70.1%4,264
15-1939.67.4%219,063
20-24138.725.9%683,332
25-29175.532.8%796,863
30-34105.519.7%445,955
35-3951.69.6%218,957
40-4420.43.8%78,426
45-493.60.7%11,787
50-540.20.0%667