Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1981

Egypt
1981
Total fertility rate: 5.37
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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 5.37 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,780,598 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.37
Births
1,780,598
Births per 1,000 people
39.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
45,147,224
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
10-145.30.5%13,330
15-19106.79.9%240,064
20-24262.324.4%523,006
25-29282.326.3%488,427
30-34219.620.4%313,003
35-39135.712.6%145,061
40-4452.44.9%48,028
45-4910.00.9%9,230
50-540.50.1%445