Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2009

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2009
Total fertility rate: 6.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 6.59 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 2,924,268 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
2,924,268
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
66,412,044
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
10-147.00.5%29,613
15-19122.29.3%421,057
20-24268.420.4%762,452
25-29282.621.5%643,447
30-34267.920.3%500,329
35-39215.516.4%355,727
40-44120.59.1%172,350
45-4931.52.4%37,555
50-541.80.1%1,742