Fertility in Congo, 2013

Congo
2013
Total fertility rate: 4.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 4.73 children per woman in 2013 — 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 28.7 years old. In total, 178,855 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.73
Births
178,855
Births per 1,000 people
36.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
4,857,099
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%1,573
15-19123.513.0%29,029
20-24204.621.6%43,768
25-29210.822.3%41,748
30-34184.619.5%32,193
35-39139.014.7%21,110
40-4465.36.9%8,092
45-4913.01.4%1,304
50-540.50.1%39