Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1979

Egypt
1979
Total fertility rate: 5.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 5.57 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,736,760 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.57
Births
1,736,760
Births per 1,000 people
40.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
42,818,628
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
10-145.50.5%13,160
15-19108.49.7%234,253
20-24272.624.5%520,298
25-29292.926.3%471,146
30-34228.020.5%300,749
35-39141.412.7%136,005
40-4454.14.9%50,592
45-4911.01.0%10,081
50-540.60.1%480