Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2002

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2002
Total fertility rate: 6.61
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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo was 6.61 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 2,395,052 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.61
Births
2,395,052
Births per 1,000 people
44.6
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.2
Population
53,750,524
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
10-148.70.7%28,651
15-19124.89.5%338,559
20-24257.619.5%563,735
25-29278.521.1%519,812
30-34279.421.2%462,661
35-39217.016.4%307,312
40-44120.99.2%142,090
45-4932.12.4%30,790
50-541.80.1%1,444