Fertility & birth rates in Egypt and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Egypt vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Egypt vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.79	6.31
1961	6.76	6.37
1962	6.71	6.42
1963	6.65	6.47
1964	6.54	6.51
1965	6.39	6.54
1966	6.31	6.58
1967	6.25	6.61
1968	6.19	6.65
1969	6.12	6.67
1970	6.06	6.7
1971	5.99	6.7
1972	5.93	6.7
1973	5.84	6.7
1974	5.78	6.67
1975	5.75	6.66
1976	5.73	6.64
1977	5.68	6.62
1978	5.63	6.59
1979	5.57	6.56
1980	5.49	6.53
1981	5.37	6.48
1982	5.33	6.43
1983	5.31	6.43
1984	5.21	6.44
1985	5.12	6.43
1986	5	6.41
1987	4.91	6.39
1988	4.83	6.37
1989	4.68	6.35
1990	4.51	6.32
1991	4.32	6.28
1992	4.15	6.22
1993	3.99	6.15
1994	3.87	6.08
1995	3.76	6.02
1996	3.7	5.97
1997	3.68	5.93
1998	3.68	5.91
1999	3.6	5.88
2000	3.51	5.83
2001	3.46	5.76
2002	3.41	5.67
2003	3.35	5.6
2004	3.28	5.55
2005	3.25	5.5
2006	3.22	5.45
2007	3.24	5.47
2008	3.24	5.6
2009	3.26	5.68
2010	3.3	5.66
2011	3.31	5.6
2012	3.4	5.52
2013	3.49	5.43
2014	3.49	5.3
2015	3.5	5.25
2016	3.35	5.19
2017	3.31	5.13
2018	3.02	5.07
2019	2.87	5.02
2020	2.85	4.96
2021	2.75	4.91
2022	2.75	4.84
2023	2.75	4.76
2024	2.74	4.69
2025	2.71	4.62
2026	2.68	4.54
2027	2.66	4.46
2028	2.63	4.39
2029	2.61	4.3
2030	2.59	4.23
2031	2.57	4.14
2032	2.54	4.06
2033	2.52	3.97
2034	2.5	3.89
2035	2.48	3.82
2036	2.46	3.75
2037	2.44	3.67
2038	2.42	3.6
2039	2.4	3.53
2040	2.39	3.47
2041	2.37	3.4
2042	2.35	3.34
2043	2.33	3.28
2044	2.31	3.22
2045	2.29	3.16
2046	2.27	3.11
2047	2.26	3.06
2048	2.24	3.01
2049	2.23	2.97
2050	2.21	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Egypt	Mozambique
1960	42.3%	41%
1961	42.4%	41.2%
1962	42.3%	41.4%
1963	42.2%	41.6%
1964	42.1%	41.9%
1965	42.1%	42.2%
1966	42%	42.5%
1967	41.9%	42.7%
1968	41.7%	42.9%
1969	41.6%	43.1%
1970	41.4%	43.3%
1971	41.3%	43.4%
1972	41.2%	43.6%
1973	41.1%	43.7%
1974	41.1%	43.8%
1975	41%	44%
1976	41.1%	44.1%
1977	41.1%	44.3%
1978	41.1%	44.6%
1979	41.2%	44.9%
1980	41.2%	45.3%
1981	41.2%	45.6%
1982	41.3%	45.7%
1983	41.3%	45.8%
1984	41.3%	45.9%
1985	41.3%	45.9%
1986	41.3%	45.9%
1987	41.3%	45.9%
1988	41.2%	45.8%
1989	41.2%	45.7%
1990	40.9%	45.7%
1991	40.7%	45.6%
1992	40.4%	45.5%
1993	40.1%	45.4%
1994	39.7%	45.2%
1995	39.3%	45%
1996	38.9%	44.9%
1997	38.5%	44.8%
1998	38%	44.9%
1999	37.5%	45%
2000	36.9%	45.1%
2001	36.4%	45.1%
2002	35.9%	45.2%
2003	35.4%	45.3%
2004	35%	45.3%
2005	34.6%	45.3%
2006	34.3%	45.4%
2007	34.1%	45.4%
2008	33.9%	45.5%
2009	33.9%	45.6%
2010	33.9%	45.8%
2011	33.9%	45.8%
2012	33.9%	45.9%
2013	33.9%	45.8%
2014	34%	45.8%
2015	34.1%	45.7%
2016	34.1%	45.6%
2017	34.1%	45.5%
2018	34%	45.4%
2019	33.7%	45.3%
2020	33.5%	45.2%
2021	33.2%	45.1%
2022	32.9%	45%
2023	32.4%	44.8%
2024	32%	44.5%
2025	31.6%	44.2%
2026	31.1%	43.9%
2027	30.6%	43.5%
2028	30%	43.2%
2029	29.4%	42.9%
2030	28.8%	42.5%
2031	28.3%	42.2%
2032	27.8%	41.9%
2033	27.4%	41.5%
2034	27.2%	41.1%
2035	27%	40.7%
2036	26.9%	40.3%
2037	26.8%	39.9%
2038	26.7%	39.5%
2039	26.6%	39%
2040	26.4%	38.6%
2041	26.3%	38.2%
2042	26.2%	37.7%
2043	26.1%	37.3%
2044	25.9%	36.9%
2045	25.8%	36.4%
2046	25.6%	36%
2047	25.4%	35.6%
2048	25.2%	35.2%
2049	24.9%	34.8%
2050	24.7%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32% of the population in Egypt and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 40.9% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Egypt and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Egypt vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.82% in Egypt and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	685,403	165,774
1961	703,216	171,236
1962	720,128	176,297
1963	738,788	180,867
1964	749,608	182,334
1965	752,682	185,931
1966	774,391	189,218
1967	788,908	193,044
1968	809,482	197,623
1969	824,564	202,174
1970	841,952	207,385
1971	868,365	211,137
1972	893,333	215,793
1973	905,068	226,847
1974	946,052	240,665
1975	987,822	257,984
1976	1,030,546	273,924
1977	1,065,298	289,193
1978	1,107,179	310,403
1979	1,145,655	331,162
1980	1,181,914	349,586
1981	1,206,830	322,207
1982	1,258,574	321,493
1983	1,318,474	324,158
1984	1,351,297	304,524
1985	1,388,718	307,625
1986	1,410,249	332,609
1987	1,436,059	334,438
1988	1,465,620	349,480
1989	1,461,547	348,833
1990	1,450,747	353,290
1991	1,440,936	357,676
1992	1,421,372	362,373
1993	1,409,374	369,518
1994	1,402,840	384,821
1995	1,406,935	421,630
1996	1,427,161	442,559
1997	1,470,119	461,209
1998	1,519,728	474,453
1999	1,534,697	491,814
2000	1,540,084	506,162
2001	1,568,962	519,594
2002	1,593,474	529,867
2003	1,614,293	540,992
2004	1,626,745	554,973
2005	1,660,624	570,132
2006	1,693,374	586,009
2007	1,749,322	610,913
2008	1,792,943	654,920
2009	1,848,123	693,673
2010	1,910,134	719,025
2011	1,951,851	741,303
2012	2,060,535	763,088
2013	2,156,922	784,641
2014	2,195,761	799,778
2015	2,227,594	824,435
2016	2,131,690	850,430
2017	2,122,866	876,594
2018	1,908,512	903,176
2019	1,805,818	927,581
2020	1,704,988	945,952
2021	1,566,491	951,234
2022	1,736,123	1,003,689
2023	1,780,230	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Egypt vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Egypt	Mozambique
1985	141	1,452
1986	135	1,355
1987	128	1,348
1988	121	1,259
1989	114	1,209
1990	107	1,150
1991	100	1,094
1992	93	1,046
1993	86	968
1994	81	902
1995	75	883
1996	69	819
1997	64	738
1998	60	694
1999	56	624
2000	53	547
2001	50	473
2002	48	398
2003	45	360
2004	43	321
2005	41	301
2006	40	298
2007	38	327
2008	36	365
2009	34	352
2010	32	305
2011	31	268
2012	29	218
2013	27	196
2014	26	210
2015	24	216
2016	23	202
2017	21	187
2018	20	159
2019	19	134
2020	31	123
2021	42	180
2022	24	104
2023	17	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.75% in Egypt and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	32%	-
1961	30.9%	-
1962	29.9%	-
1963	28.9%	26.5%
1964	28%	26.7%
1965	27.2%	26.8%
1966	26.5%	26.8%
1967	25.9%	26.9%
1968	25.4%	26.9%
1969	25%	26.9%
1970	24.7%	26.8%
1971	24.3%	26.7%
1972	23.9%	26.6%
1973	23.3%	26.4%
1974	22.6%	26.3%
1975	21.7%	26.1%
1976	20.8%	26%
1977	19.8%	25.8%
1978	18.8%	25.7%
1979	17.8%	25.7%
1980	16.8%	25.6%
1981	15.9%	25.6%
1982	14.9%	25.5%
1983	13.9%	25.3%
1984	12.9%	25.1%
1985	11.9%	24.8%
1986	11%	24.5%
1987	10.2%	24.2%
1988	9.57%	23.9%
1989	9.03%	23.6%
1990	8.57%	23.3%
1991	8.14%	23%
1992	7.73%	22.6%
1993	7.31%	22.1%
1994	6.88%	21.6%
1995	6.45%	20.9%
1996	6.04%	20.1%
1997	5.65%	19.2%
1998	5.29%	18.2%
1999	4.96%	17.2%
2000	4.66%	16.3%
2001	4.39%	15.4%
2002	4.15%	14.6%
2003	3.94%	13.9%
2004	3.75%	13.2%
2005	3.57%	12.5%
2006	3.41%	11.8%
2007	3.27%	11%
2008	3.12%	10.4%
2009	2.99%	9.75%
2010	2.86%	9.5%
2011	2.74%	9.05%
2012	2.62%	8.63%
2013	2.52%	8.26%
2014	2.41%	7.92%
2015	2.33%	7.51%
2016	2.24%	7.23%
2017	2.16%	7.09%
2018	2.08%	6.95%
2019	2.01%	6.83%
2020	1.94%	6.73%
2021	1.87%	6.58%
2022	1.81%	6.43%
2023	1.75%	6.17%