Fertility & birth rates in Egypt and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Egypt vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Egypt was 2.75 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Egypt vs Ivory Coast population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Egypt	Ivory Coast
1960	6.79	7.69
1961	6.76	7.72
1962	6.71	7.75
1963	6.65	7.78
1964	6.54	7.81
1965	6.39	7.84
1966	6.31	7.87
1967	6.25	7.89
1968	6.19	7.91
1969	6.12	7.93
1970	6.06	7.94
1971	5.99	7.94
1972	5.93	7.94
1973	5.84	7.94
1974	5.78	7.93
1975	5.75	7.91
1976	5.73	7.88
1977	5.68	7.83
1978	5.63	7.67
1979	5.57	7.63
1980	5.49	7.59
1981	5.37	7.54
1982	5.33	7.49
1983	5.31	7.42
1984	5.21	7.35
1985	5.12	7.27
1986	5	7.19
1987	4.91	7.09
1988	4.83	6.97
1989	4.68	6.85
1990	4.51	6.72
1991	4.32	6.59
1992	4.15	6.43
1993	3.99	6.27
1994	3.87	6.13
1995	3.76	6.04
1996	3.7	5.95
1997	3.68	5.9
1998	3.68	5.85
1999	3.6	5.81
2000	3.51	5.77
2001	3.46	5.7
2002	3.41	5.64
2003	3.35	5.57
2004	3.28	5.53
2005	3.25	5.5
2006	3.22	5.45
2007	3.24	5.4
2008	3.24	5.36
2009	3.26	5.33
2010	3.3	5.29
2011	3.31	5.24
2012	3.4	5.19
2013	3.49	5.14
2014	3.49	5.07
2015	3.5	4.97
2016	3.35	4.87
2017	3.31	4.76
2018	3.02	4.6
2019	2.87	4.52
2020	2.85	4.46
2021	2.75	4.41
2022	2.75	4.35
2023	2.75	4.28
2024	2.74	4.23
2025	2.71	4.17
2026	2.68	4.1
2027	2.66	4.05
2028	2.63	3.99
2029	2.61	3.93
2030	2.59	3.88
2031	2.57	3.83
2032	2.54	3.78
2033	2.52	3.75
2034	2.5	3.69
2035	2.48	3.64
2036	2.46	3.6
2037	2.44	3.56
2038	2.42	3.51
2039	2.4	3.47
2040	2.39	3.43
2041	2.37	3.39
2042	2.35	3.35
2043	2.33	3.31
2044	2.31	3.27
2045	2.29	3.23
2046	2.27	3.2
2047	2.26	3.17
2048	2.24	3.13
2049	2.23	3.1
2050	2.21	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Egypt	Ivory Coast
1960	42.3%	43.1%
1961	42.4%	43.2%
1962	42.3%	43.4%
1963	42.2%	43.6%
1964	42.1%	43.9%
1965	42.1%	44.1%
1966	42%	44.3%
1967	41.9%	44.6%
1968	41.7%	44.8%
1969	41.6%	44.9%
1970	41.4%	45.1%
1971	41.3%	45.1%
1972	41.2%	45.2%
1973	41.1%	45.2%
1974	41.1%	45.3%
1975	41%	45.4%
1976	41.1%	45.7%
1977	41.1%	46.1%
1978	41.1%	46.5%
1979	41.2%	46.8%
1980	41.2%	47.1%
1981	41.2%	47.3%
1982	41.3%	47.5%
1983	41.3%	47.7%
1984	41.3%	47.8%
1985	41.3%	47.9%
1986	41.3%	48%
1987	41.3%	48.1%
1988	41.2%	48%
1989	41.2%	47.9%
1990	40.9%	47.8%
1991	40.7%	47.6%
1992	40.4%	47.4%
1993	40.1%	47.1%
1994	39.7%	46.9%
1995	39.3%	46.7%
1996	38.9%	46.4%
1997	38.5%	46.2%
1998	38%	46.1%
1999	37.5%	46%
2000	36.9%	46%
2001	36.4%	46.1%
2002	35.9%	46.2%
2003	35.4%	46.2%
2004	35%	46.3%
2005	34.6%	46.3%
2006	34.3%	46.3%
2007	34.1%	46.4%
2008	33.9%	45.8%
2009	33.9%	44.9%
2010	33.9%	44%
2011	33.9%	43.3%
2012	33.9%	42.7%
2013	33.9%	42.2%
2014	34%	42%
2015	34.1%	42.2%
2016	34.1%	42.3%
2017	34.1%	42.4%
2018	34%	42.4%
2019	33.7%	42.3%
2020	33.5%	42.2%
2021	33.2%	42%
2022	32.9%	41.7%
2023	32.4%	41.3%
2024	32%	40.9%
2025	31.6%	40.5%
2026	31.1%	40%
2027	30.6%	39.7%
2028	30%	39.3%
2029	29.4%	38.8%
2030	28.8%	38.3%
2031	28.3%	37.8%
2032	27.8%	37.3%
2033	27.4%	37%
2034	27.2%	36.7%
2035	27%	36.4%
2036	26.9%	36.2%
2037	26.8%	35.9%
2038	26.7%	35.7%
2039	26.6%	35.6%
2040	26.4%	35.4%
2041	26.3%	35.3%
2042	26.2%	35.1%
2043	26.1%	35%
2044	25.9%	34.8%
2045	25.8%	34.7%
2046	25.6%	34.5%
2047	25.4%	34.4%
2048	25.2%	34.2%
2049	24.9%	34%
2050	24.7%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32% of the population in Egypt and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 40.9% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Egypt and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Egypt vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.82% in Egypt and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Egypt	Ivory Coast
1960	685,403	99,681
1961	703,216	105,568
1962	720,128	111,930
1963	738,788	118,526
1964	749,608	124,996
1965	752,682	131,601
1966	774,391	138,438
1967	788,908	145,773
1968	809,482	153,464
1969	824,564	161,541
1970	841,952	170,070
1971	868,365	179,918
1972	893,333	190,842
1973	905,068	203,429
1974	946,052	216,389
1975	987,822	228,883
1976	1,030,546	241,939
1977	1,065,298	250,858
1978	1,107,179	257,222
1979	1,145,655	268,875
1980	1,181,914	280,630
1981	1,206,830	292,755
1982	1,258,574	305,204
1983	1,318,474	317,379
1984	1,351,297	331,910
1985	1,388,718	344,549
1986	1,410,249	357,205
1987	1,436,059	370,654
1988	1,465,620	378,575
1989	1,461,547	390,081
1990	1,450,747	402,629
1991	1,440,936	413,354
1992	1,421,372	423,294
1993	1,409,374	430,759
1994	1,402,840	438,274
1995	1,406,935	453,719
1996	1,427,161	469,740
1997	1,470,119	489,984
1998	1,519,728	509,167
1999	1,534,697	527,634
2000	1,540,084	545,129
2001	1,568,962	555,220
2002	1,593,474	563,692
2003	1,614,293	568,220
2004	1,626,745	579,424
2005	1,660,624	593,685
2006	1,693,374	605,001
2007	1,749,322	617,247
2008	1,792,943	630,610
2009	1,848,123	654,439
2010	1,910,134	676,554
2011	1,951,851	694,033
2012	2,060,535	708,847
2013	2,156,922	720,228
2014	2,195,761	728,978
2015	2,227,594	731,387
2016	2,131,690	735,630
2017	2,122,866	734,553
2018	1,908,512	722,445
2019	1,805,818	727,774
2020	1,704,988	727,455
2021	1,566,491	732,191
2022	1,736,123	750,270
2023	1,780,230	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Egypt vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Egypt, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Egypt	Ivory Coast
1985	141	766
1986	135	735
1987	128	697
1988	121	671
1989	114	645
1990	107	619
1991	100	584
1992	93	546
1993	86	503
1994	81	463
1995	75	421
1996	69	381
1997	64	364
1998	60	380
1999	56	381
2000	53	378
2001	50	405
2002	48	427
2003	45	451
2004	43	456
2005	41	492
2006	40	544
2007	38	567
2008	36	562
2009	34	588
2010	32	592
2011	31	569
2012	29	566
2013	27	544
2014	26	522
2015	24	505
2016	23	488
2017	21	465
2018	20	449
2019	19	429
2020	31	447
2021	42	459
2022	24	409
2023	17	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.75% in Egypt and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Egypt	Ivory Coast
1960	32%	32.1%
1961	30.9%	31.3%
1962	29.9%	30.5%
1963	28.9%	29.7%
1964	28%	28.9%
1965	27.2%	28.2%
1966	26.5%	27.4%
1967	25.9%	26.7%
1968	25.4%	26%
1969	25%	25.2%
1970	24.7%	24.5%
1971	24.3%	23.7%
1972	23.9%	22.9%
1973	23.3%	22.1%
1974	22.6%	21.2%
1975	21.7%	20.3%
1976	20.8%	19.5%
1977	19.8%	18.7%
1978	18.8%	18%
1979	17.8%	17.4%
1980	16.8%	16.9%
1981	15.9%	16.4%
1982	14.9%	16.1%
1983	13.9%	15.8%
1984	12.9%	15.5%
1985	11.9%	15.4%
1986	11%	15.3%
1987	10.2%	15.2%
1988	9.57%	15.2%
1989	9.03%	15.3%
1990	8.57%	15.3%
1991	8.14%	15.4%
1992	7.73%	15.4%
1993	7.31%	15.4%
1994	6.88%	15.3%
1995	6.45%	15.2%
1996	6.04%	15.1%
1997	5.65%	14.9%
1998	5.29%	14.6%
1999	4.96%	14.4%
2000	4.66%	14.1%
2001	4.39%	13.7%
2002	4.15%	13.3%
2003	3.94%	13%
2004	3.75%	12.6%
2005	3.57%	12.2%
2006	3.41%	11.8%
2007	3.27%	11.4%
2008	3.12%	11%
2009	2.99%	10.6%
2010	2.86%	10.2%
2011	2.74%	9.91%
2012	2.62%	9.6%
2013	2.52%	9.27%
2014	2.41%	8.92%
2015	2.33%	8.61%
2016	2.24%	8.36%
2017	2.16%	8.11%
2018	2.08%	7.85%
2019	2.01%	7.59%
2020	1.94%	7.37%
2021	1.87%	7.14%
2022	1.81%	6.92%
2023	1.75%	6.71%