Fertility in Congo, 2016

Congo
2016
Total fertility rate: 4.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 4.55 children per woman in 2016 — 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 28.7 years old. In total, 178,053 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.55
Births
178,053
Births per 1,000 people
34.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
5,222,536
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
10-145.60.6%1,657
15-19118.913.1%29,393
20-24197.321.7%43,066
25-29203.122.3%40,596
30-34177.319.5%32,227
35-39132.414.6%21,302
40-4461.86.8%8,355
45-4912.71.4%1,407
50-540.50.1%46