Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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 6.11 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (278 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 718,406 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.11
Births
718,406
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
15,264,846
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
10-1414.61.2%13,477
15-19130.810.7%107,713
20-24278.022.8%196,514
25-29269.722.1%162,907
30-34236.319.3%121,956
35-39148.912.2%65,004
40-44110.09.0%40,575
45-4931.32.6%9,698
50-542.20.2%563