Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2085

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2085
Total fertility rate: 2.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo is projected at 2.40 children per woman in 2085 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.6 years old. In total, 7,005,899 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
7,005,899
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
379,483,691
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
10-140.40.1%6,708
15-1926.45.5%424,843
20-2480.316.7%1,254,776
25-29118.124.6%1,781,808
30-34125.026.0%1,808,861
35-3986.017.9%1,172,827
40-4437.27.7%469,179
45-497.31.5%83,933
50-540.30.1%2,961