Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2026

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2026
Total fertility rate: 5.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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 5.80 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.1 years old. In total, 4,634,979 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.80
Births
4,634,979
Births per 1,000 people
39.8
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.3
Population
116,452,162
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
10-144.00.3%29,988
15-19101.48.7%623,983
20-24230.519.9%1,162,467
25-29252.421.7%1,076,809
30-34244.221.0%878,879
35-39192.316.6%560,091
40-44106.79.2%248,888
45-4927.92.4%51,491
50-541.50.1%2,385