Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2023

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2023
Total fertility rate: 6.05
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 6.05 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 4,369,683 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.05
Births
4,369,683
Births per 1,000 people
41.3
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.3
Population
105,789,731
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%30,051
15-19106.98.8%587,824
20-24241.520.0%1,113,202
25-29262.621.7%1,031,480
30-34253.020.9%806,776
35-39200.316.6%521,087
40-44111.29.2%228,334
45-4928.82.4%48,580
50-541.60.1%2,349