Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1957

Egypt
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 6.92 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,255,690 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.92
Births
1,255,690
Births per 1,000 people
50.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
24,994,408
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
10-1412.80.9%16,070
15-19178.312.9%179,071
20-24311.022.4%318,363
25-29316.922.9%305,003
30-34271.419.6%232,002
35-39180.513.0%133,974
40-4490.76.5%57,722
45-4923.41.7%12,850
50-541.40.1%635