Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Congo, 1963

Congo
1963
Total fertility rate: 6.15
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Year

-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Congo was 6.15 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 49,492 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.15
Births
49,492
Births per 1,000 people
43.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
1,143,263
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
10-1415.81.3%1,067
15-19149.112.1%8,126
20-24277.422.6%13,005
25-29263.821.5%10,803
30-34223.518.2%7,944
35-39171.714.0%5,280
40-4498.98.0%2,624
45-4926.92.2%612
50-541.70.1%32