Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2073

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.68
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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 2.68 children per woman in 2073 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.5 years old. In total, 6,914,828 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
6,914,828
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
328,151,396
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
10-140.60.1%9,831
15-1933.96.3%516,999
20-2494.217.6%1,361,617
25-29127.523.8%1,722,372
30-34132.124.6%1,651,887
35-3994.117.5%1,088,701
40-4444.08.2%468,670
45-499.61.8%91,262
50-540.40.1%3,491