Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1988

Egypt
1988
Total fertility rate: 4.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 4.83 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,988,951 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.83
Births
1,988,951
Births per 1,000 people
36.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
55,187,682
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
10-143.00.3%9,412
15-1990.29.3%238,877
20-24241.224.9%569,823
25-29260.026.8%551,747
30-34198.120.4%368,753
35-39119.912.4%183,797
40-4448.05.0%58,988
45-497.90.8%7,217
50-540.40.0%338