Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 2003

Egypt
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 3.35 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (202 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 2,091,590 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.35
Births
2,091,590
Births per 1,000 people
26.9
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
77,853,548
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%2,859
15-1952.37.8%218,488
20-24190.228.4%688,959
25-29202.430.2%620,603
30-34133.219.9%351,391
35-3967.710.1%159,401
40-4421.03.1%43,981
45-493.10.5%5,575
50-540.20.0%336