Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1953

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1953
Total fertility rate: 5.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo was 5.98 children per woman in 1953 — 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, 605,163 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.98
Births
605,163
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
13,069,450
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
10-1412.61.1%10,186
15-19129.210.8%90,616
20-24279.723.4%169,232
25-29267.822.4%139,164
30-34230.019.2%101,784
35-39137.711.5%51,769
40-44106.98.9%33,766
45-4930.82.6%8,158
50-542.20.2%490