Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2055

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2055
Total fertility rate: 3.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 3.37 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.4 years old. In total, 6,518,670 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.37
Births
6,518,670
Births per 1,000 people
26.9
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
242,361,218
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
10-141.20.2%16,273
15-1950.57.5%626,198
20-24125.918.6%1,445,316
25-29153.822.7%1,606,140
30-34154.622.9%1,435,607
35-39115.517.1%917,027
40-4459.48.8%391,452
45-4914.52.1%77,487
50-540.70.1%3,171