Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2024
Total fertility rate: 5.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 5.98 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.1 years old. In total, 4,467,740 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.98
Births
4,467,740
Births per 1,000 people
40.9
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.3
Population
109,276,265
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
10-144.30.4%30,094
15-19105.28.8%600,774
20-24238.419.9%1,134,132
25-29259.821.7%1,051,223
30-34250.620.9%828,543
35-39198.116.6%535,937
40-44109.99.2%235,300
45-4928.62.4%49,372
50-541.60.1%2,364