Total fertility rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 5.98 births. Ranked 3 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.98 | −0.07 | −1.16% |
| 2023 | 6.05 | −0.05 | −0.9% |
| 2022 | 6.11 | −0.05 | −0.81% |
| 2021 | 6.16 | −0.05 | −0.81% |
| 2020 | 6.21 | −0.05 | −0.75% |
| 2019 | 6.25 | −0.05 | −0.78% |
| 2018 | 6.3 | −0.05 | −0.74% |
| 2017 | 6.35 | −0.04 | −0.67% |
| 2016 | 6.39 | −0.04 | −0.7% |
| 2015 | 6.44 | −0.05 | −0.71% |
| 2014 | 6.48 | −0.04 | −0.67% |
| 2013 | 6.53 | −0.03 | −0.49% |
| 2012 | 6.56 | −0.02 | −0.35% |
| 2011 | 6.58 | −0 | −0.08% |
| 2010 | 6.59 | −0 | −0.06% |
| 2009 | 6.59 | +0.01 | +0.17% |
| 2008 | 6.58 | +0.02 | +0.32% |
| 2007 | 6.56 | +0.01 | +0.18% |
| 2006 | 6.55 | +0.02 | +0.32% |
| 2005 | 6.53 | −0 | −0.06% |
| 2004 | 6.53 | −0.02 | −0.29% |
| 2003 | 6.55 | −0.06 | −0.86% |
| 2002 | 6.61 | −0.06 | −0.86% |
| 2001 | 6.66 | −0.04 | −0.58% |
| 2000 | 6.7 | +0.01 | +0.15% |
| 1999 | 6.69 | −0.01 | −0.12% |
| 1998 | 6.7 | +0.01 | +0.15% |
| 1997 | 6.69 | +0.02 | +0.27% |
| 1996 | 6.67 | −0 | −0.06% |
| 1995 | 6.68 | +0.03 | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 6.64 | +0 | +0.03% |
| 1993 | 6.64 | +0 | +0.03% |
| 1992 | 6.64 | −0.01 | −0.09% |
| 1991 | 6.65 | −0 | −0.06% |
| 1990 | 6.65 | −0 | −0.02% |
| 1989 | 6.65 | −0.01 | −0.09% |
| 1988 | 6.66 | +0 | +0.08% |
| 1987 | 6.65 | +0.02 | +0.26% |
| 1986 | 6.63 | +0.02 | +0.33% |
| 1985 | 6.61 | +0.03 | +0.39% |
| 1984 | 6.59 | +0.02 | +0.34% |
| 1983 | 6.56 | +0.02 | +0.37% |
| 1982 | 6.54 | +0.02 | +0.32% |
| 1981 | 6.52 | +0.02 | +0.37% |
| 1980 | 6.5 | +0.02 | +0.25% |
| 1979 | 6.48 | +0.02 | +0.25% |
| 1978 | 6.46 | +0.01 | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 6.45 | +0.01 | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 6.44 | +0.02 | +0.28% |
| 1975 | 6.42 | +0.01 | +0.23% |
| 1974 | 6.4 | +0.02 | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 6.39 | +0.02 | +0.25% |
| 1972 | 6.37 | +0.02 | +0.39% |
| 1971 | 6.34 | +0.02 | +0.24% |
| 1970 | 6.33 | +0.02 | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 6.3 | +0.02 | +0.29% |
| 1968 | 6.29 | +0.02 | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 6.27 | +0.03 | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 6.24 | +0.03 | +0.52% |
| 1965 | 6.21 | +0.02 | +0.36% |
| 1964 | 6.19 | +0.03 | +0.49% |
| 1963 | 6.16 | +0.02 | +0.28% |
| 1962 | 6.14 | +0.02 | +0.28% |
| 1961 | 6.12 | +0.02 | +0.31% |
| 1960 | 6.11 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Chad
6.03
Democratic Republic of the Congo
5.98
Central African Republic
5.95
Angola
5.05
Cameroon
4.26
Equatorial Guinea
4.12
Republic of the Congo
4.11
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6
Gabon
3.59
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
How many births there are per thousand girls aged 15–19 during a year.
Demography Contraceptive useWhat part of women in a marriage or a union uses contraception.
Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.
Demography Population growthAnnual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.