Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1997

Egypt
1997
Total fertility rate: 3.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 3.68 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (215 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 1,930,803 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.68
Births
1,930,803
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
68,431,740
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
10-141.20.2%5,082
15-1960.08.1%210,638
20-24202.727.5%602,221
25-29215.029.2%555,286
30-34147.220.0%341,630
35-3978.110.6%161,117
40-4426.83.6%47,787
45-494.60.6%6,681
50-540.30.0%361