Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1978

Egypt
1978
Total fertility rate: 5.63
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 5.63 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,705,633 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.63
Births
1,705,633
Births per 1,000 people
40.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
41,761,431
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
10-145.90.5%13,848
15-19113.910.1%240,949
20-24271.324.1%506,996
25-29294.726.2%457,293
30-34229.320.4%287,787
35-39143.512.7%134,951
40-4455.95.0%52,822
45-4911.71.0%10,508
50-540.60.1%481