Fertility in Congo, 2021

Congo
2021
Total fertility rate: 4.28
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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 4.28 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 184,882 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.28
Births
184,882
Births per 1,000 people
31.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
5,892,183
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
10-144.80.6%1,792
15-19112.713.2%33,310
20-24187.421.9%45,260
25-29192.422.5%40,627
30-34166.519.5%32,125
35-39123.614.5%21,675
40-4455.06.4%8,519
45-4911.81.4%1,523
50-540.50.1%51