Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2019
Total fertility rate: 6.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 6.25 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 3,954,796 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.25
Births
3,954,796
Births per 1,000 people
42.5
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.1
Population
92,947,442
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%25,808
15-19111.18.9%538,013
20-24249.920.0%1,033,891
25-29271.421.7%919,865
30-34261.520.9%726,911
35-39207.016.5%457,138
40-44114.39.1%204,499
45-4929.82.4%46,444
50-541.70.1%2,229