Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1974

Egypt
1974
Total fertility rate: 5.78
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Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 5.78 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (296 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,561,834 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.78
Births
1,561,834
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
37,969,667
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
10-146.70.6%14,775
15-19122.810.6%240,099
20-24277.224.0%460,775
25-29296.325.6%404,575
30-34231.520.0%230,960
35-39144.612.5%139,724
40-4462.15.4%58,504
45-4914.21.2%11,846
50-540.80.1%574