Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2018
Total fertility rate: 6.30
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 6.30 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 3,861,913 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.30
Births
3,861,913
Births per 1,000 people
42.9
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.1
Population
90,047,644
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%24,959
15-19111.88.9%525,709
20-24251.720.0%1,014,408
25-29273.521.7%897,458
30-34263.620.9%706,748
35-39208.716.6%443,258
40-44115.09.1%201,213
45-4930.02.4%45,967
50-541.70.1%2,191