Fertility in Congo, 2020

Congo
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Congo was 4.33 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 182,600 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.33
Births
182,600
Births per 1,000 people
31.7
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
5,752,790
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
10-144.90.6%1,745
15-19113.613.1%32,242
20-24189.321.9%44,507
25-29194.422.5%40,308
30-34168.419.5%32,195
35-39125.114.5%21,525
40-4456.26.5%8,515
45-4912.11.4%1,512
50-540.50.1%52