Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1969

Egypt
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.12
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Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 6.12 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (303 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,427,121 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.12
Births
1,427,121
Births per 1,000 people
42.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
33,811,615
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
10-149.30.8%18,309
15-19135.911.1%230,189
20-24292.223.9%408,752
25-29302.724.8%310,391
30-34237.019.4%235,104
35-39154.912.7%149,973
40-4470.45.8%60,554
45-4917.71.4%13,194
50-541.00.1%657