Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2021
Total fertility rate: 6.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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 6.16 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 4,158,030 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.16
Births
4,158,030
Births per 1,000 people
41.9
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.2
Population
99,148,932
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%27,889
15-19109.28.9%561,017
20-24245.819.9%1,068,310
25-29267.221.7%980,967
30-34257.420.9%766,633
35-39203.916.6%488,407
40-44113.09.2%215,073
45-4929.32.4%47,440
50-541.60.1%2,296