Fertility rate: births per woman in Egypt
Egypt: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.75 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Egypt, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Egypt is 2.75 live births per woman, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Egypt peaked at 7.09 live births per woman in 1953 and was at its lowest, 2.75 live births per woman, in 2021.
That places Egypt 66th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.99 live births per woman | 6.83 live births per woman | 7.09 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.47 live births per woman | 6.12 live births per woman | 6.79 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.8 live births per woman | 5.57 live births per woman | 6.06 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.12 live births per woman | 4.68 live births per woman | 5.49 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.93 live births per woman | 3.6 live births per woman | 4.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.32 live births per woman | 3.22 live births per woman | 3.5 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3 live births per woman | 2.87 live births per woman | 3.5 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.77 live births per woman | 2.75 live births per woman | 2.85 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 63 Guam 2.78 live births per woman compare
- 64 Algeria 2.77 live births per woman compare
- 65 Eswatini 2.75 live births per woman compare
- 67 Micronesia (country) 2.75 live births per woman compare
- 68 Botswana 2.73 live births per woman compare
- 69 Saint Martin (French part) 2.72 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Egypt
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0651 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.754 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 44.03 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.7515 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 28.83 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 49.19 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.9779 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Egypt?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Egypt was 2.75 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 7.09 live births per woman in 1953.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.75 live births per woman in 2021.
- How does Egypt rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Egypt ranks 66th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.