Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 2002

Egypt
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Egypt was 3.41 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (205 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 2,064,224 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.41
Births
2,064,224
Births per 1,000 people
27.1
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
76,239,137
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
10-140.70.1%3,211
15-1952.57.7%214,382
20-24192.928.3%676,383
25-29204.730.0%607,041
30-34136.119.9%350,506
35-3970.210.3%162,202
40-4421.73.2%44,480
45-493.20.5%5,687
50-540.20.0%328