Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2042

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2042
Total fertility rate: 4.21
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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 4.21 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (187 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 5,738,924 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.21
Births
5,738,924
Births per 1,000 people
31.6
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
181,350,405
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
10-142.10.2%23,198
15-1968.78.1%696,800
20-24162.419.2%1,425,047
25-29187.322.2%1,376,386
30-34184.921.9%1,123,952
35-39141.916.8%704,459
40-4476.29.0%317,426
45-4919.62.3%68,702
50-541.10.1%2,952