Fertility in Congo, 2023

Congo
2023
Total fertility rate: 4.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 4.16 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (187 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 189,365 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.16
Births
189,365
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
6,182,885
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
10-145.00.6%1,967
15-19109.913.2%35,235
20-24182.522.0%47,187
25-29187.222.6%41,341
30-34161.819.5%31,899
35-39119.514.4%21,766
40-4452.56.3%8,407
45-4910.91.3%1,516
50-540.40.1%49