Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2054

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2054
Total fertility rate: 3.43
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 3.43 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.4 years old. In total, 6,479,087 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.43
Births
6,479,087
Births per 1,000 people
27.3
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
237,508,266
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%16,703
15-1951.77.5%633,489
20-24128.318.7%1,451,326
25-29155.922.7%1,597,942
30-34156.522.8%1,415,019
35-39117.217.1%900,324
40-4460.68.8%384,849
45-4914.82.2%76,272
50-540.80.1%3,165