Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1975

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1975
Total fertility rate: 6.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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 6.42 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 1,067,337 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.42
Births
1,067,337
Births per 1,000 people
46.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
23,021,101
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
10-1415.41.2%20,751
15-19136.310.6%152,338
20-24270.321.1%256,583
25-29270.721.1%236,141
30-34252.819.7%197,707
35-39185.014.4%122,635
40-44119.29.3%65,695
45-4932.22.5%14,713
50-542.10.2%773