Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2022
Total fertility rate: 6.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 6.11 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 4,262,077 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.11
Births
4,262,077
Births per 1,000 people
41.6
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.3
Population
102,396,968
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%28,946
15-19108.18.8%573,556
20-24243.719.9%1,088,357
25-29265.021.7%1,008,606
30-34255.320.9%786,222
35-39202.216.6%504,751
40-44112.29.2%221,353
45-4929.12.4%47,967
50-541.60.1%2,323