Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2017
Total fertility rate: 6.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 6.35 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (276 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 3,742,518 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.35
Births
3,742,518
Births per 1,000 people
43.0
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
87,083,398
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%24,235
15-19112.58.9%511,703
20-24253.320.0%984,935
25-29275.521.7%868,737
30-34265.620.9%680,245
35-39210.216.6%427,420
40-44115.89.1%197,832
45-4930.32.4%45,267
50-541.70.1%2,143