Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1958

Egypt
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 6.86 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (315 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,259,258 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.86
Births
1,259,258
Births per 1,000 people
49.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
25,600,321
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
10-1412.50.9%16,781
15-19174.912.7%176,872
20-24309.222.5%314,968
25-29314.722.9%308,121
30-34269.419.6%234,919
35-39178.313.0%135,740
40-4489.16.5%58,107
45-4923.31.7%13,092
50-541.40.1%656