Fertility in Congo, 2010

Congo
2010
Total fertility rate: 4.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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 4.85 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (211 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 173,633 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.85
Births
173,633
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
4,462,290
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
10-146.00.6%1,482
15-19133.813.8%29,899
20-24208.721.5%43,328
25-29211.221.7%39,421
30-34191.019.7%31,480
35-39142.214.6%19,435
40-4465.96.8%7,444
45-4912.71.3%1,112
50-540.50.0%30