Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2035

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2035
Total fertility rate: 4.87
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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 4.87 children per woman in 2035 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (214 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 5,266,778 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.87
Births
5,266,778
Births per 1,000 people
34.8
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
151,560,102
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
10-142.80.3%27,065
15-1981.98.4%687,641
20-24190.219.5%1,328,660
25-29214.022.0%1,221,726
30-34209.221.5%989,092
35-39162.316.7%653,231
40-4489.09.1%294,940
45-4923.12.4%61,704
50-541.30.1%2,720