Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1998

Egypt
1998
Total fertility rate: 3.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 3.68 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 1,979,615 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.68
Births
1,979,615
Births per 1,000 people
28.3
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
69,943,294
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
10-141.10.1%4,457
15-1958.17.9%210,586
20-24203.527.7%624,413
25-29215.629.3%569,466
30-34147.620.1%348,733
35-3978.910.7%166,853
40-4426.33.6%48,310
45-494.30.6%6,446
50-540.30.0%350