Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1990

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1990
Total fertility rate: 6.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
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 6.65 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 1,681,955 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.65
Births
1,681,955
Births per 1,000 people
45.9
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
36,684,063
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
10-1411.70.9%24,815
15-19122.39.2%222,973
20-24264.219.9%417,157
25-29271.820.4%365,696
30-34269.520.3%305,503
35-39224.416.9%212,160
40-44131.19.9%109,067
45-4932.72.5%23,475
50-541.90.1%1,109