Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1952

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1952
Total fertility rate: 5.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo was 5.97 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 590,023 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.97
Births
590,023
Births per 1,000 people
46.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
12,803,640
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
10-1412.51.0%9,850
15-19129.110.8%88,452
20-24279.523.4%165,338
25-29267.222.4%135,556
30-34229.319.2%99,245
35-39136.811.5%50,314
40-44106.58.9%32,817
45-4930.82.6%7,973
50-542.20.2%478