Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2034

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2034
Total fertility rate: 4.99
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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 4.99 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (219 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 5,219,842 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.99
Births
5,219,842
Births per 1,000 people
35.4
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
147,468,136
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
10-142.90.3%27,622
15-1984.38.5%685,435
20-24195.319.6%1,317,237
25-29219.022.0%1,203,598
30-34213.821.4%982,127
35-39166.216.7%650,381
40-4491.19.1%289,625
45-4923.82.4%61,140
50-541.30.1%2,675