Fertility & birth rates in Egypt and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Egypt vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Egypt vs Malaysia 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	Malaysia
1960	6.79	6.41
1961	6.76	6.37
1962	6.71	6.3
1963	6.65	6.19
1964	6.54	6.03
1965	6.39	5.84
1966	6.31	5.64
1967	6.25	5.43
1968	6.19	5.29
1969	6.12	5.16
1970	6.06	5.04
1971	5.99	4.92
1972	5.93	4.82
1973	5.84	4.73
1974	5.78	4.62
1975	5.75	4.5
1976	5.73	4.4
1977	5.68	4.28
1978	5.63	4.18
1979	5.57	4.09
1980	5.49	4.04
1981	5.37	4
1982	5.33	3.97
1983	5.31	3.93
1984	5.21	3.89
1985	5.12	3.8
1986	5	3.7
1987	4.91	3.57
1988	4.83	3.5
1989	4.68	3.31
1990	4.51	3.3
1991	4.32	3.34
1992	4.15	3.37
1993	3.99	3.36
1994	3.87	3.35
1995	3.76	3.32
1996	3.7	3.3
1997	3.68	3.23
1998	3.68	3.12
1999	3.6	3.07
2000	3.51	2.94
2001	3.46	2.81
2002	3.41	2.66
2003	3.35	2.6
2004	3.28	2.49
2005	3.25	2.39
2006	3.22	2.31
2007	3.24	2.25
2008	3.24	2.26
2009	3.26	2.22
2010	3.3	2.14
2011	3.31	2.15
2012	3.4	2.12
2013	3.49	2.07
2014	3.49	2.06
2015	3.5	2.01
2016	3.35	1.94
2017	3.31	1.89
2018	3.02	1.84
2019	2.87	1.78
2020	2.85	1.68
2021	2.75	1.56
2022	2.75	1.55
2023	2.75	1.55
2024	2.74	1.54
2025	2.71	1.53
2026	2.68	1.52
2027	2.66	1.51
2028	2.63	1.51
2029	2.61	1.51
2030	2.59	1.51
2031	2.57	1.5
2032	2.54	1.5
2033	2.52	1.5
2034	2.5	1.5
2035	2.48	1.5
2036	2.46	1.51
2037	2.44	1.51
2038	2.42	1.51
2039	2.4	1.51
2040	2.39	1.51
2041	2.37	1.51
2042	2.35	1.51
2043	2.33	1.52
2044	2.31	1.52
2045	2.29	1.52
2046	2.27	1.52
2047	2.26	1.52
2048	2.24	1.53
2049	2.23	1.53
2050	2.21	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Egypt	Malaysia
1960	42.3%	45.4%
1961	42.4%	45.9%
1962	42.3%	46.3%
1963	42.2%	46.5%
1964	42.1%	46.6%
1965	42.1%	46.5%
1966	42%	46.2%
1967	41.9%	45.9%
1968	41.7%	45.5%
1969	41.6%	45%
1970	41.4%	44.5%
1971	41.3%	44%
1972	41.2%	43.4%
1973	41.1%	42.8%
1974	41.1%	42.2%
1975	41%	41.7%
1976	41.1%	41.1%
1977	41.1%	40.6%
1978	41.1%	40.1%
1979	41.2%	39.6%
1980	41.2%	39.2%
1981	41.2%	38.8%
1982	41.3%	38.6%
1983	41.3%	38.4%
1984	41.3%	38.2%
1985	41.3%	38.1%
1986	41.3%	38%
1987	41.3%	37.9%
1988	41.2%	37.7%
1989	41.2%	37.5%
1990	40.9%	37.2%
1991	40.7%	36.9%
1992	40.4%	36.6%
1993	40.1%	36.3%
1994	39.7%	36%
1995	39.3%	35.7%
1996	38.9%	35.5%
1997	38.5%	35.3%
1998	38%	35%
1999	37.5%	34.6%
2000	36.9%	34.2%
2001	36.4%	33.7%
2002	35.9%	33.2%
2003	35.4%	32.6%
2004	35%	32%
2005	34.6%	31.4%
2006	34.3%	30.7%
2007	34.1%	30%
2008	33.9%	29.4%
2009	33.9%	28.6%
2010	33.9%	27.9%
2011	33.9%	27.4%
2012	33.9%	27%
2013	33.9%	26.6%
2014	34%	26.2%
2015	34.1%	25.8%
2016	34.1%	25.5%
2017	34.1%	25.2%
2018	34%	24.9%
2019	33.7%	24.5%
2020	33.5%	24%
2021	33.2%	23.4%
2022	32.9%	22.8%
2023	32.4%	22.3%
2024	32%	21.8%
2025	31.6%	21.3%
2026	31.1%	20.8%
2027	30.6%	20.4%
2028	30%	19.9%
2029	29.4%	19.4%
2030	28.8%	19%
2031	28.3%	18.5%
2032	27.8%	18.1%
2033	27.4%	17.8%
2034	27.2%	17.6%
2035	27%	17.4%
2036	26.9%	17.3%
2037	26.8%	17.3%
2038	26.7%	17.2%
2039	26.6%	17.1%
2040	26.4%	17%
2041	26.3%	17%
2042	26.2%	16.9%
2043	26.1%	16.8%
2044	25.9%	16.7%
2045	25.8%	16.7%
2046	25.6%	16.6%
2047	25.4%	16.5%
2048	25.2%	16.4%
2049	24.9%	16.3%
2050	24.7%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32% of the population in Egypt and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 40.9% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Egypt and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Egypt vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.82% in Egypt and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	685,403	251,090
1961	703,216	257,270
1962	720,128	262,140
1963	738,788	265,815
1964	749,608	266,406
1965	752,682	264,836
1966	774,391	262,162
1967	788,908	258,764
1968	809,482	260,705
1969	824,564	264,327
1970	841,952	269,341
1971	868,365	272,323
1972	893,333	276,263
1973	905,068	284,611
1974	946,052	289,880
1975	987,822	294,541
1976	1,030,546	300,615
1977	1,065,298	305,515
1978	1,107,179	311,027
1979	1,145,655	317,439
1980	1,181,914	326,947
1981	1,206,830	339,991
1982	1,258,574	353,138
1983	1,318,474	365,290
1984	1,351,297	376,797
1985	1,388,718	383,243
1986	1,410,249	385,799
1987	1,436,059	381,999
1988	1,465,620	386,507
1989	1,461,547	373,277
1990	1,450,747	384,518
1991	1,440,936	401,938
1992	1,421,372	418,900
1993	1,409,374	429,910
1994	1,402,840	437,873
1995	1,406,935	443,349
1996	1,427,161	450,174
1997	1,470,119	447,768
1998	1,519,728	436,316
1999	1,534,697	432,355
2000	1,540,084	417,371
2001	1,568,962	400,939
2002	1,593,474	381,084
2003	1,614,293	377,425
2004	1,626,745	365,138
2005	1,660,624	355,324
2006	1,693,374	349,509
2007	1,749,322	348,711
2008	1,792,943	362,380
2009	1,848,123	366,157
2010	1,910,134	360,260
2011	1,951,851	372,836
2012	2,060,535	371,497
2013	2,156,922	366,738
2014	2,195,761	367,587
2015	2,227,594	358,302
2016	2,131,690	345,681
2017	2,122,866	336,434
2018	1,908,512	324,568
2019	1,805,818	309,426
2020	1,704,988	283,282
2021	1,566,491	212,002
2022	1,736,123	237,560
2023	1,780,230	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Egypt vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Egypt	Malaysia
1985	141	63
1986	135	59
1987	128	56
1988	121	55
1989	114	52
1990	107	51
1991	100	49
1992	93	48
1993	86	46
1994	81	44
1995	75	43
1996	69	42
1997	64	40
1998	60	39
1999	56	38
2000	53	37
2001	50	36
2002	48	34
2003	45	34
2004	43	33
2005	41	31
2006	40	30
2007	38	30
2008	36	29
2009	34	29
2010	32	29
2011	31	29
2012	29	29
2013	27	29
2014	26	30
2015	24	30
2016	23	30
2017	21	29
2018	20	29
2019	19	28
2020	31	29
2021	42	52
2022	24	38
2023	17	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.75% in Egypt and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	32%	9.46%
1961	30.9%	8.83%
1962	29.9%	8.25%
1963	28.9%	7.74%
1964	28%	7.28%
1965	27.2%	6.89%
1966	26.5%	6.56%
1967	25.9%	6.27%
1968	25.4%	6.02%
1969	25%	5.79%
1970	24.7%	5.56%
1971	24.3%	5.32%
1972	23.9%	5.06%
1973	23.3%	4.79%
1974	22.6%	4.5%
1975	21.7%	4.23%
1976	20.8%	3.97%
1977	19.8%	3.71%
1978	18.8%	3.48%
1979	17.8%	3.25%
1980	16.8%	3.04%
1981	15.9%	2.84%
1982	14.9%	2.65%
1983	13.9%	2.47%
1984	12.9%	2.32%
1985	11.9%	2.18%
1986	11%	2.05%
1987	10.2%	1.93%
1988	9.57%	1.83%
1989	9.03%	1.74%
1990	8.57%	1.66%
1991	8.14%	1.58%
1992	7.73%	1.51%
1993	7.31%	1.45%
1994	6.88%	1.39%
1995	6.45%	1.34%
1996	6.04%	1.29%
1997	5.65%	1.23%
1998	5.29%	1.15%
1999	4.96%	1.07%
2000	4.66%	1%
2001	4.39%	0.93%
2002	4.15%	0.88%
2003	3.94%	0.85%
2004	3.75%	0.84%
2005	3.57%	0.83%
2006	3.41%	0.83%
2007	3.27%	0.82%
2008	3.12%	0.82%
2009	2.99%	0.82%
2010	2.86%	0.81%
2011	2.74%	0.81%
2012	2.62%	0.8%
2013	2.52%	0.81%
2014	2.41%	0.81%
2015	2.33%	0.81%
2016	2.24%	0.82%
2017	2.16%	0.82%
2018	2.08%	0.82%
2019	2.01%	0.82%
2020	1.94%	0.81%
2021	1.87%	0.81%
2022	1.81%	0.81%
2023	1.75%	0.81%