Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2044

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2044
Total fertility rate: 4.06
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-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 4.06 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.3 years old. In total, 5,889,608 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.06
Births
5,889,608
Births per 1,000 people
30.9
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
190,312,002
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
10-141.90.2%22,074
15-1965.68.1%692,272
20-24155.919.2%1,445,824
25-29181.222.3%1,425,141
30-34179.422.0%1,174,535
35-39137.216.9%733,297
40-4473.19.0%324,259
45-4918.52.3%69,180
50-541.00.1%3,027