Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2000
Total fertility rate: 6.70
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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 6.70 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 2,287,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.70
Births
2,287,896
Births per 1,000 people
45.3
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
50,507,442
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
10-1410.40.8%32,052
15-19125.79.4%314,200
20-24259.019.3%528,057
25-29282.121.1%505,852
30-34282.321.1%445,250
35-39218.816.3%291,509
40-44127.69.5%140,462
45-4932.42.4%29,111
50-541.80.1%1,400