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How many babies are born in Egypt?

2.46 million babies born in Egypt in 2026. That is 1.86% of all births worldwide, and the 12th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Egypt: history and projections

1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Egypt’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~160K ~4M 40.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~200K ~5M 39.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~160K ~4M 40.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~148K ~3.5M 42.2 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~417K ~9.94M 42.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 1.16M 21.1M 54.6 UN estimate
2000 2M 73.1M 27.4 UN estimate
2023 2.41M 115M 21.0 UN estimate
2026 2.46M 120M 20.5 UN projection
2050 2.58M 162M 16.0 UN projection
2075 2.47M 191M 13.0 UN projection
2100 2.2M 202M 10.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Egypt among estimates through 2023 were in 2015, at about 2.81M. That is roughly 17 times the estimated ~163K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.68 children per woman, fertility in Egypt is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Egypt each year?

An estimated 2.46 million babies are born in Egypt in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 6,730 a day and 1.86% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Egypt?

Egypt has an estimated 20.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.68 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.