Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1983

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1983
Total fertility rate: 6.56
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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo was 6.56 children per woman in 1983 — 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 29.8 years old. In total, 1,347,179 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.56
Births
1,347,179
Births per 1,000 people
46.1
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
29,250,963
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
10-1413.41.0%23,466
15-19134.910.3%198,918
20-24265.720.2%328,803
25-29270.820.6%283,984
30-34261.619.9%234,666
35-39205.915.7%169,887
40-44125.89.6%87,724
45-4932.62.5%18,816
50-541.90.1%916