Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Congo, 1964

Congo
1964
Total fertility rate: 6.18
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Year

-5 -1   1964  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Congo was 6.18 children per woman in 1964 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (278 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 50,938 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.18
Births
50,938
Births per 1,000 people
43.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
1,174,816
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
10-1416.01.3%1,117
15-19149.612.1%8,426
20-24277.922.5%13,331
25-29264.721.4%11,070
30-34225.518.2%8,183
35-39173.514.0%5,445
40-44100.08.1%2,709
45-4926.92.2%624
50-541.70.1%33