Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2011

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2011
Total fertility rate: 6.58
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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo was 6.58 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (284 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 3,115,991 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.58
Births
3,115,991
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
70,849,311
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
10-145.90.5%26,414
15-19122.59.3%459,014
20-24266.420.3%810,757
25-29284.421.6%700,870
30-34268.520.4%531,531
35-39215.416.4%367,857
40-44118.99.0%178,409
45-4931.12.4%39,341
50-541.70.1%1,803