Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Egypt, 2004

Egypt
2004
Total fertility rate: 3.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 3.28 children per woman in 2004 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 2,111,602 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.28
Births
2,111,602
Births per 1,000 people
26.6
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
79,477,443
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
10-140.60.1%2,767
15-1952.07.9%221,271
20-24186.728.4%698,259
25-29198.530.2%630,368
30-34130.319.8%352,410
35-3965.610.0%157,473
40-4420.13.1%43,156
45-493.00.5%5,551
50-540.20.0%344