Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2025

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2025
Total fertility rate: 5.90
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2025 1995, 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 5.90 children per woman in 2025 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (257 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.1 years old. In total, 4,559,718 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.90
Births
4,559,718
Births per 1,000 people
40.4
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.3
Population
112,832,473
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
10-144.20.4%30,107
15-19103.58.8%613,653
20-24234.919.9%1,149,953
25-29256.621.7%1,067,291
30-34247.921.0%854,236
35-39195.516.6%549,254
40-44108.59.2%242,396
45-4928.32.4%50,448
50-541.60.1%2,379