Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2081

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2081
Total fertility rate: 2.48
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-5 -1   2081  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 2.48 children per woman in 2081 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.6 years old. In total, 6,981,541 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
6,981,541
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
363,127,572
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
10-140.50.1%7,611
15-1928.65.8%454,705
20-2484.317.0%1,292,291
25-29120.524.3%1,769,280
30-34126.625.5%1,759,819
35-3988.217.8%1,141,542
40-4439.27.9%466,140
45-497.91.6%86,966
50-540.30.1%3,184