Fertility in Congo, 2015

Congo
2015
Total fertility rate: 4.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 4.61 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 178,070 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.61
Births
178,070
Births per 1,000 people
34.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
5,097,580
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
10-145.70.6%1,622
15-19120.713.1%29,189
20-24199.721.7%43,116
25-29205.622.3%40,992
30-34179.719.5%32,212
35-39134.514.6%21,278
40-4463.06.8%8,240
45-4912.81.4%1,378
50-540.50.1%44