Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1956

Egypt
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 6.97 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (319 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,249,782 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.97
Births
1,249,782
Births per 1,000 people
51.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
24,387,343
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
10-1413.41.0%15,716
15-19180.712.9%182,303
20-24312.222.3%319,827
25-29318.622.8%301,017
30-34272.819.5%228,506
35-39182.313.0%131,956
40-4492.26.6%57,251
45-4923.41.7%12,591
50-541.40.1%615