Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2040

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2040
Total fertility rate: 4.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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 4.38 children per woman in 2040 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 5,593,911 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.38
Births
5,593,911
Births per 1,000 people
32.4
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
172,595,582
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
10-142.20.3%24,365
15-1972.18.2%697,432
20-24169.419.3%1,398,095
25-29194.022.1%1,332,685
30-34191.021.8%1,075,807
35-39146.916.8%684,453
40-4479.09.0%311,851
45-4920.52.3%66,333
50-541.10.1%2,891