Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Congo, 1957

Congo
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Congo was 6.07 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 43,179 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.07
Births
43,179
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
980,198
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
10-1415.11.2%818
15-19146.512.1%6,903
20-24279.123.0%11,583
25-29263.321.7%9,549
30-34218.918.0%6,911
35-39166.713.7%4,571
40-4496.07.9%2,271
45-4926.92.2%545
50-541.70.1%29