Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2015
Total fertility rate: 6.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 6.44 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 3,503,691 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.44
Births
3,503,691
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
81,035,531
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
10-144.80.4%23,998
15-19115.89.0%496,186
20-24256.419.9%909,644
25-29279.321.7%811,073
30-34268.420.8%625,113
35-39213.016.5%400,210
40-44117.69.1%191,988
45-4930.72.4%43,460
50-541.70.1%2,022