Fertility in Congo, 1990

Congo
1990
Total fertility rate: 5.27
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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 5.27 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (220 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 92,634 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.27
Births
92,634
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
2,380,560
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
10-1411.31.1%1,689
15-19126.312.0%16,373
20-24219.620.8%24,975
25-29220.520.9%20,519
30-34216.420.5%15,886
35-39157.715.0%8,853
40-4480.27.6%3,536
45-4921.32.0%764
50-541.20.1%42