Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2010

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010
Total fertility rate: 6.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 3,011,258 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
3,011,258
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
68,563,038
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
10-146.60.5%28,447
15-19121.29.2%434,735
20-24267.220.3%785,250
25-29282.421.5%667,957
30-34268.120.4%513,879
35-39216.216.4%362,786
40-44121.49.2%177,929
45-4931.42.4%38,501
50-541.80.1%1,771