Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1962

Egypt
1962
Total fertility rate: 6.71
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Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 6.71 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (318 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,304,014 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.71
Births
1,304,014
Births per 1,000 people
46.0
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
28,337,013
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
10-1413.11.0%20,846
15-19147.111.0%183,023
20-24318.523.8%315,599
25-29311.723.3%313,690
30-34265.819.9%250,954
35-39172.812.9%144,539
40-4484.16.3%60,863
45-4922.31.7%13,762
50-541.40.1%741