Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1970

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1970
Total fertility rate: 6.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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 6.33 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 957,902 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.33
Births
957,902
Births per 1,000 people
47.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
20,137,436
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
10-1417.01.3%19,523
15-19135.110.7%131,782
20-24273.521.6%245,943
25-29270.921.4%219,677
30-34247.619.5%171,356
35-39172.713.6%100,111
40-44115.99.1%56,018
45-4932.02.5%12,785
50-542.10.2%704