Fertility in Congo, 2000

Congo
2000
Total fertility rate: 4.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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 4.72 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (203 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 113,966 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.72
Births
113,966
Births per 1,000 people
36.2
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
3,151,346
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
10-147.00.7%1,353
15-19123.413.0%20,409
20-24199.621.1%29,093
25-29202.821.4%25,281
30-34186.419.7%20,099
35-39142.115.0%12,331
40-4467.37.1%4,526
45-4916.71.8%844
50-540.80.1%32