Fertility in Congo, 2018

Congo
2018
Total fertility rate: 4.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 4.44 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 179,756 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.44
Births
179,756
Births per 1,000 people
32.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
5,483,118
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
10-145.30.6%1,711
15-19115.713.0%30,380
20-24193.321.8%43,641
25-29198.822.4%40,213
30-34173.019.5%32,402
35-39128.914.5%21,326
40-4459.36.7%8,562
45-4912.51.4%1,467
50-540.50.1%51