Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2016

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2016
Total fertility rate: 6.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 6.39 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 3,599,622 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.39
Births
3,599,622
Births per 1,000 people
42.9
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
83,956,415
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
10-144.50.4%23,536
15-19113.58.9%498,866
20-24254.919.9%943,485
25-29277.421.7%833,878
30-34267.420.9%648,983
35-39211.616.6%410,635
40-44116.59.1%193,813
45-4930.52.4%44,340
50-541.70.1%2,086