Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Congo, 1956

Congo
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Congo was 6.07 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 42,361 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.07
Births
42,361
Births per 1,000 people
44.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
956,824
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
10-1415.01.2%791
15-19146.212.0%6,755
20-24279.623.0%11,378
25-29263.621.7%9,376
30-34218.818.0%6,786
35-39166.513.7%4,483
40-4496.17.9%2,230
45-4926.92.2%535
50-541.70.1%28