Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Congo, 2007

Congo
2007
Total fertility rate: 4.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Congo was 4.65 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 148,138 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.65
Births
148,138
Births per 1,000 people
37.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
3,980,430
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
10-145.90.6%1,351
15-19129.013.9%26,525
20-24200.521.5%37,275
25-29200.921.6%33,255
30-34180.719.4%26,052
35-39138.414.9%16,608
40-4462.16.7%6,047
45-4913.51.4%994
50-540.60.1%31