Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2074

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2074
Total fertility rate: 2.65
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-5 -1   2074  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 2.65 children per woman in 2074 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.5 years old. In total, 6,919,358 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
6,919,358
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
332,668,933
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%9,522
15-1933.26.3%508,749
20-2492.717.5%1,353,586
25-29126.423.8%1,728,443
30-34131.124.7%1,664,194
35-3993.217.6%1,091,977
40-4443.38.2%468,494
45-499.31.8%90,924
50-540.40.1%3,470