Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1997
Total fertility rate: 6.69
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo was 6.69 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 2,116,742 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
2,116,742
Births per 1,000 people
46.0
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
46,029,902
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
10-149.80.7%26,977
15-19123.29.2%274,601
20-24255.319.1%489,094
25-29281.221.0%481,104
30-34279.320.9%410,431
35-39222.716.6%273,069
40-44132.29.9%132,954
45-4932.42.4%27,154
50-541.80.1%1,358