Fertility in Congo, 1980

Congo
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.06
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Congo was 6.06 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (255 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 76,381 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.06
Births
76,381
Births per 1,000 people
41.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
1,828,985
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
10-1413.31.1%1,560
15-19149.412.3%14,505
20-24255.421.1%20,241
25-29251.620.8%15,990
30-34235.619.4%11,904
35-39178.114.7%7,456
40-4498.38.1%3,743
45-4928.12.3%929
50-541.70.1%50