Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2037

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2037
Total fertility rate: 4.64
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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 4.64 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (205 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 5,370,090 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.64
Births
5,370,090
Births per 1,000 people
33.6
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
159,848,576
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
10-142.50.3%25,969
15-1977.68.3%692,112
20-24180.719.4%1,349,770
25-29204.722.0%1,260,565
30-34200.621.6%1,010,957
35-39155.316.7%660,176
40-4484.79.1%304,803
45-4921.92.4%62,938
50-541.20.1%2,801