Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2013
Total fertility rate: 6.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 6.53 children per woman in 2013 — 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 30.0 years old. In total, 3,311,232 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.53
Births
3,311,232
Births per 1,000 people
43.7
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.9
Population
75,789,395
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
10-145.20.4%24,609
15-19121.29.3%488,568
20-24261.020.0%853,490
25-29283.321.7%759,917
30-34269.520.7%576,097
35-39214.116.4%380,515
40-44118.09.0%184,999
45-4930.72.4%41,159
50-541.70.1%1,880