Fertility rate: Democratic Republic of Congo
6.051 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.051 |
| 2022 | 6.106 |
| 2021 | 6.156 |
| 2020 | 6.206 |
| 2019 | 6.253 |
| 2018 | 6.302 |
| 2017 | 6.349 |
| 2016 | 6.392 |
| 2015 | 6.437 |
| 2014 | 6.483 |
| 2013 | 6.527 |
| 2012 | 6.559 |
| 2011 | 6.582 |
| 2010 | 6.587 |
| 2009 | 6.591 |
| 2008 | 6.58 |
| 2007 | 6.559 |
| 2006 | 6.547 |
| 2005 | 6.526 |
| 2004 | 6.53 |
| 2003 | 6.549 |
| 2002 | 6.606 |
| 2001 | 6.663 |
| 2000 | 6.702 |
| 1999 | 6.692 |
| 1998 | 6.7 |
| 1997 | 6.69 |
| 1996 | 6.672 |
| 1995 | 6.676 |
| 1994 | 6.643 |
| 1993 | 6.641 |
| 1992 | 6.639 |
| 1991 | 6.645 |
| 1990 | 6.649 |
| 1989 | 6.65 |
| 1988 | 6.656 |
| 1987 | 6.651 |
| 1986 | 6.634 |
| 1985 | 6.612 |
| 1984 | 6.586 |
| 1983 | 6.564 |
| 1982 | 6.54 |
| 1981 | 6.519 |
| 1980 | 6.495 |
| 1979 | 6.479 |
| 1978 | 6.463 |
| 1977 | 6.45 |
| 1976 | 6.437 |
| 1975 | 6.419 |
| 1974 | 6.404 |
| 1973 | 6.385 |
| 1972 | 6.369 |
| 1971 | 6.344 |
| 1970 | 6.329 |
| 1969 | 6.304 |
| 1968 | 6.286 |
| 1967 | 6.267 |
| 1966 | 6.242 |
| 1965 | 6.21 |
| 1964 | 6.188 |
| 1963 | 6.158 |
| 1962 | 6.141 |
| 1961 | 6.124 |
| 1960 | 6.105 |
| 1959 | 6.065 |
| 1958 | 6.036 |
| 1957 | 6.009 |
| 1956 | 5.986 |
| 1955 | 5.982 |
| 1954 | 5.984 |
| 1953 | 5.983 |
| 1952 | 5.966 |
| 1951 | 5.971 |
| 1950 | 5.966 |