Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2030

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2030
Total fertility rate: 5.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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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-5 -1   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 5.42 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (237 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.1 years old. In total, 4,954,791 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.42
Births
4,954,791
Births per 1,000 people
37.7
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
131,532,201
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
10-143.40.3%29,036
15-1993.38.6%663,868
20-24213.719.7%1,242,397
25-29236.821.8%1,136,597
30-34229.921.2%940,745
35-39180.416.6%610,601
40-4499.29.2%272,441
45-4926.12.4%56,609
50-541.50.1%2,497