Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2039

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2039
Total fertility rate: 4.46
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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 4.46 children per woman in 2039 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 5,518,613 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.46
Births
5,518,613
Births per 1,000 people
32.8
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
168,296,695
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
10-142.30.3%24,946
15-1973.88.3%696,026
20-24173.019.4%1,382,598
25-29197.422.1%1,309,159
30-34194.121.7%1,052,095
35-39149.616.8%676,755
40-4480.69.0%309,311
45-4920.92.3%64,855
50-541.20.1%2,867