Fertility in Congo (1950–2100)

Congo
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Congo is projected at 3.99 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 198,689 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.99
Births
198,689
Births per 1,000 people
29.9
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
6,637,786
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-145.00.6%2,066
15-19104.013.1%38,220
20-24175.822.1%51,304
25-29181.122.8%43,118
30-34155.219.5%32,239
35-39114.114.3%21,566
40-4450.16.3%8,566
45-4910.41.3%1,556
50-540.40.1%53