Fertility in Congo, 2017

Congo
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 4.50 children per woman in 2017 — 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 28.7 years old. In total, 178,792 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.50
Births
178,792
Births per 1,000 people
33.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
5,351,011
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
10-145.40.6%1,683
15-19117.213.0%29,801
20-24195.321.7%43,312
25-29201.022.4%40,373
30-34175.219.5%32,314
35-39130.714.5%21,342
40-4460.66.7%8,479
45-4912.61.4%1,440
50-540.50.1%48