Fertility in Egypt, 2005

Egypt
2005
Total fertility rate: 3.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Egypt was 3.25 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (196 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 2,154,522 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.25
Births
2,154,522
Births per 1,000 people
26.6
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
81,101,004
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%2,713
15-1952.98.1%227,491
20-24185.128.4%713,466
25-29196.030.1%643,764
30-34129.019.8%358,573
35-3965.010.0%159,273
40-4419.83.0%43,485
45-492.80.4%5,430
50-540.20.0%332