Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2008

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2008
Total fertility rate: 6.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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 6.58 children per woman in 2008 — 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 30.0 years old. In total, 2,833,867 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.58
Births
2,833,867
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
64,390,664
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
10-147.30.6%29,640
15-19122.79.3%408,745
20-24266.220.2%730,321
25-29280.621.3%616,145
30-34268.420.4%491,542
35-39216.416.5%351,403
40-44120.39.2%167,879
45-4931.52.4%36,502
50-541.80.1%1,688