Fertility in Congo, 2022

Congo
2022
Total fertility rate: 4.22
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 4.22 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (190 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 186,731 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.22
Births
186,731
Births per 1,000 people
30.9
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
6,035,104
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%1,871
15-19111.213.2%34,184
20-24184.822.0%46,080
25-29189.722.5%40,904
30-34164.019.5%31,949
35-39121.514.4%21,702
40-4453.86.4%8,467
45-4911.41.4%1,523
50-540.50.1%49