Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2045

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2045
Total fertility rate: 3.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2045 2015, 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 3.99 children per woman in 2045 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.3 years old. In total, 5,956,604 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.99
Births
5,956,604
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
194,865,379
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
10-141.80.2%21,490
15-1964.08.0%687,735
20-24152.619.1%1,453,222
25-29178.122.3%1,447,336
30-34176.622.1%1,198,055
35-39134.816.9%748,896
40-4471.69.0%327,169
45-4918.12.3%69,597
50-541.00.1%3,102