Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2065

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2065
Total fertility rate: 2.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2065  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 2.94 children per woman in 2065 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.5 years old. In total, 6,791,483 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.94
Births
6,791,483
Births per 1,000 people
23.4
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
290,802,814
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
10-140.80.1%12,487
15-1940.26.8%570,547
20-24106.218.1%1,394,060
25-29137.023.3%1,655,586
30-34139.923.8%1,570,985
35-39101.917.3%1,043,318
40-4450.08.5%452,555
45-4911.52.0%88,491
50-540.60.1%3,457