Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2050

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2050
Total fertility rate: 3.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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 3.66 children per woman in 2050 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.3 years old. In total, 6,282,533 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.66
Births
6,282,533
Births per 1,000 people
28.8
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
218,246,072
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
10-141.50.2%18,652
15-1956.97.8%662,176
20-24138.418.9%1,465,179
25-29165.022.5%1,548,331
30-34164.722.5%1,323,077
35-39124.417.0%833,375
40-4465.38.9%356,370
45-4916.22.2%72,233
50-540.80.1%3,138