Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Congo, 1994

Congo
1994
Total fertility rate: 5.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Congo was 5.10 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 103,290 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.10
Births
103,290
Births per 1,000 people
38.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
2,673,144
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
10-149.70.9%1,576
15-19127.012.4%18,534
20-24207.420.3%25,985
25-29216.421.2%23,582
30-34208.520.4%18,154
35-39156.915.3%10,703
40-4476.97.5%3,951
45-4919.11.9%773
50-541.00.1%32