Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 1999

Egypt
1999
Total fertility rate: 3.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 3.60 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (211 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 1,994,974 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.60
Births
1,994,974
Births per 1,000 people
27.9
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
71,520,954
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
10-141.00.1%4,338
15-1957.28.0%214,390
20-24200.327.9%637,359
25-29211.029.3%572,190
30-34143.920.0%347,075
35-3976.610.7%166,226
40-4424.83.4%46,910
45-493.90.5%6,161
50-540.30.0%326