Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2053

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2053
Total fertility rate: 3.48
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 3.48 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.3 years old. In total, 6,437,980 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.48
Births
6,437,980
Births per 1,000 people
27.7
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
232,664,917
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
10-141.30.2%17,148
15-1953.07.6%641,272
20-24130.718.7%1,456,772
25-29158.122.6%1,588,939
30-34158.522.7%1,394,242
35-39119.017.0%883,254
40-4461.78.8%378,088
45-4915.22.2%75,093
50-540.80.1%3,168