Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Republic of the Congo

Total fertility rate in the Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 4.11 births. Ranked 24 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 32.5%.

2024 4.11 births −1.15% vs 2023
World rank 24of 217
Period maximum 6.44 births1972
Period minimum 4.11 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Republic of the Congo, 1960–2024456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.09 births1962: 6.1 births1964: 6.18 births1966: 6.27 births1968: 6.33 births1970: 6.38 births1972: 6.44 births1974: 6.39 births1976: 6.32 births1978: 6.21 births1980: 6.07 births1982: 5.85 births1984: 5.66 births1986: 5.51 births1988: 5.39 births1990: 5.27 births1992: 5.18 births1994: 5.1 births1996: 5.03 births1998: 4.91 births2000: 4.72 births2002: 4.7 births2004: 4.69 births2006: 4.65 births2008: 4.73 births2010: 4.85 births2012: 4.79 births2014: 4.67 births2016: 4.55 births2018: 4.44 births2020: 4.33 births2022: 4.22 births2024: 4.11 births
Change over the period: −1.98 (−32.47%) Average annual rate: -0.61 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 4.11 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Middle Africa computed 5.48 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 4.11 −0.05 −1.15%
2023 4.16 −0.06 −1.38%
2022 4.22 −0.07 −1.52%
2021 4.28 −0.05 −1.13%
2020 4.33 −0.05 −1.16%
2019 4.38 −0.06 −1.4%
2018 4.44 −0.05 −1.2%
2017 4.5 −0.05 −1.1%
2016 4.55 −0.06 −1.32%
2015 4.61 −0.06 −1.24%
2014 4.67 −0.07 −1.4%
2013 4.73 −0.05 −1.13%
2012 4.79 −0.04 −0.85%
2011 4.83 −0.03 −0.52%
2010 4.85 +0.04 +0.89%
2009 4.81 +0.08 +1.74%
2008 4.73 +0.08 +1.66%
2007 4.65 −0 −0.04%
2006 4.65 −0.02 −0.39%
2005 4.67 −0.02 −0.45%
2004 4.69 −0.01 −0.13%
2003 4.7 −0 −0.02%
2002 4.7 +0.03 +0.58%
2001 4.67 −0.05 −1.14%
2000 4.72 −0.08 −1.69%
1999 4.81 −0.1 −2.12%
1998 4.91 −0.09 −1.76%
1997 5 −0.04 −0.72%
1996 5.03 −0.03 −0.69%
1995 5.07 −0.04 −0.69%
1994 5.1 −0.03 −0.6%
1993 5.13 −0.04 −0.83%
1992 5.18 −0.04 −0.84%
1991 5.22 −0.04 −0.85%
1990 5.27 −0.06 −1.15%
1989 5.33 −0.07 −1.21%
1988 5.39 −0.07 −1.21%
1987 5.46 −0.06 −1.02%
1986 5.51 −0.07 −1.31%
1985 5.59 −0.07 −1.25%
1984 5.66 −0.1 −1.74%
1983 5.76 −0.09 −1.57%
1982 5.85 −0.13 −2.24%
1981 5.98 −0.08 −1.34%
1980 6.07 −0.08 −1.27%
1979 6.14 −0.07 −1.08%
1978 6.21 −0.06 −0.97%
1977 6.27 −0.05 −0.73%
1976 6.32 −0.04 −0.61%
1975 6.36 −0.03 −0.53%
1974 6.39 −0.03 −0.47%
1973 6.42 −0.02 −0.37%
1972 6.44 +0.03 +0.44%
1971 6.42 +0.04 +0.63%
1970 6.38 +0.03 +0.41%
1969 6.35 +0.02 +0.36%
1968 6.33 +0.04 +0.59%
1967 6.29 +0.02 +0.37%
1966 6.27 +0.04 +0.61%
1965 6.23 +0.05 +0.74%
1964 6.18 +0.04 +0.59%
1963 6.15 +0.05 +0.79%
1962 6.1 +0.01 +0.1%
1961 6.09 +0.01 +0.13%
1960 6.09

About the indicator

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.