Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Egypt

Total fertility rate in Egypt in 2024 — 2.74 births. Ranked 62 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 59.7%.

2024 2.74 births −0.55% vs 2023
World rank 62of 217
Period maximum 6.79 births1960
Period minimum 2.74 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Egypt, 1960–2024246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.79 births1962: 6.71 births1964: 6.54 births1966: 6.31 births1968: 6.19 births1970: 6.06 births1972: 5.93 births1974: 5.78 births1976: 5.73 births1978: 5.63 births1980: 5.49 births1982: 5.33 births1984: 5.21 births1986: 5 births1988: 4.83 births1990: 4.51 births1992: 4.15 births1994: 3.87 births1996: 3.7 births1998: 3.68 births2000: 3.51 births2002: 3.41 births2004: 3.28 births2006: 3.22 births2008: 3.24 births2010: 3.3 births2012: 3.4 births2014: 3.49 births2016: 3.35 births2018: 3.02 births2020: 2.85 births2022: 2.75 births2024: 2.74 births
Change over the period: −4.06 (−59.74%) Average annual rate: -1.41 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Egypt

Egypt 2.74 births
World 2.19 births
Northern Africa computed 2.89 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.74 −0.02 −0.55%
2023 2.75 +0 +0%
2022 2.75 +0 +0%
2021 2.75 −0.1 −3.51%
2020 2.85 −0.02 −0.7%
2019 2.87 −0.15 −4.97%
2018 3.02 −0.29 −8.76%
2017 3.31 −0.04 −1.19%
2016 3.35 −0.15 −4.29%
2015 3.5 +0.01 +0.29%
2014 3.49 +0 +0%
2013 3.49 +0.09 +2.65%
2012 3.4 +0.09 +2.69%
2011 3.31 +0.02 +0.46%
2010 3.3 +0.04 +1.14%
2009 3.26 +0.02 +0.65%
2008 3.24 +0 +0.03%
2007 3.24 +0.01 +0.43%
2006 3.22 −0.03 −0.95%
2005 3.25 −0.03 −0.88%
2004 3.28 −0.07 −2.06%
2003 3.35 −0.06 −1.76%
2002 3.41 −0.05 −1.39%
2001 3.46 −0.04 −1.28%
2000 3.51 −0.09 −2.61%
1999 3.6 −0.08 −2.23%
1998 3.68 −0 −0.03%
1997 3.68 −0.02 −0.49%
1996 3.7 −0.06 −1.7%
1995 3.76 −0.1 −2.61%
1994 3.87 −0.13 −3.21%
1993 3.99 −0.16 −3.76%
1992 4.15 −0.17 −3.85%
1991 4.32 −0.2 −4.37%
1990 4.51 −0.16 −3.51%
1989 4.68 −0.16 −3.25%
1988 4.83 −0.08 −1.59%
1987 4.91 −0.09 −1.74%
1986 5 −0.12 −2.31%
1985 5.12 −0.09 −1.75%
1984 5.21 −0.1 −1.9%
1983 5.31 −0.02 −0.39%
1982 5.33 −0.04 −0.73%
1981 5.37 −0.13 −2.29%
1980 5.49 −0.08 −1.35%
1979 5.57 −0.06 −1.07%
1978 5.63 −0.05 −0.86%
1977 5.68 −0.05 −0.86%
1976 5.73 −0.02 −0.38%
1975 5.75 −0.04 −0.61%
1974 5.78 −0.06 −1.01%
1973 5.84 −0.09 −1.45%
1972 5.93 −0.06 −1.02%
1971 5.99 −0.07 −1.14%
1970 6.06 −0.06 −1%
1969 6.12 −0.07 −1.18%
1968 6.19 −0.06 −0.94%
1967 6.25 −0.06 −0.89%
1966 6.31 −0.08 −1.24%
1965 6.39 −0.15 −2.35%
1964 6.54 −0.11 −1.61%
1963 6.65 −0.06 −0.91%
1962 6.71 −0.05 −0.73%
1961 6.76 −0.04 −0.52%
1960 6.79

Northern Africa, 2024

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About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.