Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2020

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020
Total fertility rate: 6.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 6.21 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (269 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 4,049,813 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.21
Births
4,049,813
Births per 1,000 people
42.2
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
102.2
Population
95,989,998
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%26,825
15-19110.38.9%549,116
20-24247.920.0%1,050,543
25-29269.321.7%947,373
30-34259.520.9%745,843
35-39205.516.5%471,772
40-44113.79.2%209,165
45-4929.52.4%46,911
50-541.70.1%2,264