Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1966

Egypt
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.31
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Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 6.31 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (301 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,355,681 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.31
Births
1,355,681
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
31,406,541
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
10-1411.30.9%20,788
15-19150.812.0%230,198
20-24301.023.9%347,115
25-29298.523.7%295,263
30-34244.619.4%243,923
35-39158.312.6%144,674
40-4474.35.9%59,708
45-4919.41.5%13,328
50-541.20.1%684