Algeria vs Egypt: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Algeria
2.72 live births per woman
in 2024
Egypt
2.73 live births per woman
in 2024
Algeria rank
66th
Egypt rank
65th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Algeria
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 2.73 live births per woman against 2.72 live births per woman in Algeria, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 66th and Egypt ranks 65th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 5 and Egypt in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.35 live births per woman | 6.99 live births per woman | 0.3545 live births per woman | Algeria |
| 1960s | 7.65 live births per woman | 6.47 live births per woman | 1.18 live births per woman | Algeria |
| 1970s | 7.47 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 1.67 live births per woman | Algeria |
| 1980s | 6.01 live births per woman | 5.12 live births per woman | 0.8815 live births per woman | Algeria |
| 1990s | 3.6 live births per woman | 3.93 live births per woman | 0.3298 live births per woman | Egypt |
| 2000s | 2.6 live births per woman | 3.32 live births per woman | 0.723 live births per woman | Egypt |
| 2010s | 3.01 live births per woman | 3.3 live births per woman | 0.2898 live births per woman | Egypt |
| 2020s | 2.82 live births per woman | 2.77 live births per woman | 0.0562 live births per woman | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Algeria or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 2.73 live births per woman against 2.72 live births per woman in Algeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Algeria and Egypt?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Egypt?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Egypt rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Algeria ranks 66th and Egypt ranks 65th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.