Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1950

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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 Democratic Republic of the Congo was 5.97 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 563,665 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.97
Births
563,665
Births per 1,000 people
45.8
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
12,294,287
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
10-1412.21.0%9,254
15-19129.710.9%84,778
20-24280.523.5%158,450
25-29267.422.4%129,332
30-34229.119.2%94,811
35-39135.911.4%47,713
40-44106.18.9%31,213
45-4930.82.6%7,655
50-542.20.2%456