Congo, Dem. Rep. | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Development relevance: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Total fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
1960 6.08
1961 6.107
1962 6.132
1963 6.157
1964 6.183
1965 6.211
1966 6.237
1967 6.268
1968 6.298
1969 6.319
1970 6.343
1971 6.378
1972 6.402
1973 6.411
1974 6.416
1975 6.424
1976 6.425
1977 6.429
1978 6.441
1979 6.456
1980 6.465
1981 6.486
1982 6.498
1983 6.548
1984 6.599
1985 6.646
1986 6.693
1987 6.741
1988 6.73
1989 6.735
1990 6.702
1991 6.685
1992 6.667
1993 6.644
1994 6.668
1995 6.712
1996 6.72
1997 6.729
1998 6.73
1999 6.721
2000 6.718
2001 6.7
2002 6.672
2003 6.64
2004 6.618
2005 6.597
2006 6.59
2007 6.582
2008 6.578
2009 6.591
2010 6.587
2011 6.582
2012 6.559
2013 6.527
2014 6.483
2015 6.437
2016 6.392
2017 6.349
2018 6.302
2019 6.253
2020 6.206
2021 6.156
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Congo, Dem. Rep. | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Development relevance: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Total fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source